Chapters James pov
I walked into to comic-com ten grand in my pocket and hoping to escape the cops. I had committed three armed robberies and two assaults all to take care of my family, but they're gone now. But, I had heard a rumor that people vanish after coming to this thing and buying an item from a man in the far back of the convention hall. A fresh start or death sounded like a better option. While I walked, I ignored everyone else as I walked for the far back to look for anything that seems strange. As, I wa,lked the only things I saw were stands full of star wars, stark and all kinds of amine. I was about to reach the end when I noticed a lone vendor sitting in the last spot for stands. I walked up to him and saw he was dressed up like king Bartra from seven deadly sins. He took a piece of paper and pen out of his pocket as I looked at the items.
“Hello Sir, what can I help you with?”
I crossed my arm and looked down at the weapons and armor he had on the table. I saw Lostvayne, Chastiefol, and Estarossa sword. I also saw sharingan and Rinnegan contacts beside Chastiefol. What I found most crazy was they all looked real.
(sharingan and Rinnegan)
(Estarossa sword)
(Chastiefol)
(Lostvayne)
“Alright, that will be nine thousand dollars.”
“I’ll take these four things please sir.” He looked down at the items then handed me the piece of paper as he put all but Chastiefol into a bag. I grabbed the bag and Chastiefol then I looked at him as he waved his hands a smile on his face. A flash of white hit me and then the next thing I knew I slashed down into a body of water. I hurry up as I didn’t have the chance to take a breath before I landed in the water. I breached the surface of the water, and I noticed that the swords were on my sides now with Chastiefol stabbed into a downed tree not to far from me. I looked down at the water as the water settled letting me see that my appearance had changed. My brown hair had turned into a messy blond mop, and my blue eyes had changed my right eye had the sharingan, and my left had the Rinnegan. My body had also changed from my slightly overweight body to a body more like a mix between Estarossa’s and a body from Naruto. My pants were the only thing I was still wearing since my shirt was gone and I didn’t feel any shoes on my feet. I also felt something flowing around inside my body like something was alive inside me. ‘What is that?!’ I grabbed my chest where I felt it then I felt two heartbeats. One from under my heart, and another lower down on my chest near the first beat a little lower and to the right of the first heartbeat. ‘I have two hearts and my eyes.’ I grabbed a piece of fabric from the water that was my shirt and tied it around my right as I stood in the water.
“What was that noise?”
I heard a female voice, and I jumped from the water with strength I didn’t know I had. Lucky for me I landed over by Chastiefol before anyone could see me or see anyone. I grabbed Chastiefol as I jumped higher into the trees and grabbed a branch and pulled myself up and I looked down to see where I as. I was in what I think was in a swamp and marshland given what this area looked like. I stabbed Chastiefol into the wood to help me stand as I looked down to the ground. I watched as six large women walked into the area.
“Twilight there’s no pony here.”
I looked closely, and my eyes could see them clearly as if I was in front of them. The first creature was wearing a vest with a six-pointed star on the front of a white button-up shirt underneath it was a plaid skirt. I think it was a unicorn given the horse like features and the horn on her head. There were a few more horsewomen with her one catching my eyes quickly. She had a thick yellow sweater on that matched her fur and she had her pink hair, with feathered wings on her back. The other four were a mix of a cowgirl, a tomboy with blue wings on her back and the other two didn’t seem like much. But, one thing I noticed is that all of them were about two and a half feet taller than me, and I could tell by their size they’d have to have so serious strength in the body.
“Hey, what’s that?”
I looked that the white one who was in a dress that showed her body off. She had a horn as well, and I saw she was pointing to the reminders of my shirt in the water. The purple horsewomen’s horn glowed with it then grabbed some of the fabric out of the water. I watched as she looked at it then she looked around the area with narrowed eyes.
“This was ripped apart by force, so whatever or the pony it came from may still be around here and possibly hurt. We need to find this pony quickly before something else happens.”
“Right.”
I watched them split up to start looking around moving farther and farther away from each other. I watched the yellow one and saw her moving farther away from the others. I jumped out of my tree making a whooshing sound like a fast moving wind as I landed in the tree above her. I saw all then jump as they looked around trying to find what made that sound. ‘This is crazy is my body just reacting ?’ I stabbed Chastiefol into the tree to hold me up as placed my feet on the trunk of the tree. I smiled as I looked down at the horsewoman under the tree I was watching.
“Girls, something is here I can feel it.”
I narrowed my eyes as I looked down at the purple mare as she spoke. ‘So, she knows I’m here even though she hasn’t seen me. Maybe she can sense my weapons, or maybe I’m giving off some energy she can sense with that energy she used. ‘No point in hiding if she can sense me.” I pulled Chastiefol free, and I let myself fall to the ground, I landed behind the yellow horse scaring her. She jumped away as the rest of her group rushed over and looked at me as I spun Chastiefol in my right hand.
“What is that thing and what is with its eyes?”
I felt something awaken in me as I looked at them. The rainbow-haired horse said as I started to walked to her and stopped Chastiefol spinning as I walked. “Δεν είμαι ένα πράγμα, είμαι Meliodas.” ( I am no a thing, I am Meliodas.) I spoke in greek so I could make them confused seeing as I studied Greek mythology and learned how to speak it. ‘Badass new name check.’ I dashed behind the pink one and pulled a Meliodas as I grabbed her left ass cheek. She epped as I kneaded the cheek and she swung her arm back, but I jumped back. She turned and covered her flank as she looked at me her pink cheeks darker as she looked at me.
“Pervert!”
I tilled my head as I looked at them pretending I couldn’t understand them. “τι; χαιρετισμό του.” (What? It’s a greeting.”) the Purple on looked at me strangely when she seemed to figure it out.
“Girls, I don’t think he can’t understand us and given how strange he’s looking at us I think that must be some kind of greeting even if it is perverted.”
She started to walk over to me and I smiled as she came close. ‘That’s right let your guard down then I’ll give you a good shock.’ She stood in front of me and she wasn’t as tall as the blue horsewoman. She was only half a foot taller than me and lean down a little but didn’t look me in the eye.
“Can you understand us?”
I blinked as I looked at her then I grabbed the front of a shirt she was wearing and pulled her face down to mine then pressed our lips together. She grabbed my shoulder as I let her and started to talk as I ran my arm over my lips. “I apologize about that kiss but my kind can learn another language through lip contact. Now, as I said before my name is Meliodas of the seven deadly sins .” The women covered her lips as she blushed as she walked back over to her companies.
“Ok, all that aside why did you grab my flank!?”
The pink one yelled and I covered my ears. I looked at her as I cleaned out my ears. “ By the goddess why are you yelling it was just a greeting. My race is very open and greeting like that are common.” She calmed down as she looked at me and the rest seemed to calm down as I rested my arms on my swords. I saw the yellow on looking at me and I looked her in the eyes. I smiled as waved at her and she hid behind the orange one. The orange one looked at me with narrowed eyes as she reached for a rope she had on her side. I put my on the handle of my sword and drew them then threw them over to the girls. “You can those until you trust me or you can tie my hands if that makes you feel I just don’t want to fight right now.” They took the sword and the blue tried to grab Chastiefol. “Wait!” when she grabbed Chastiefol with her right hand I mentally told Chastiefol to slam down. Chastiefol did and she screamed when her hand was crushed by the force of Chastiefol slamming down. I grabbed Chastiefol from three of the girls who couldn’t move it an inch. I grabbed Chastiefol right beside her hand and lifted it shocking them all. “Eighth configuration pollen garden.” Chastiefol changed into a large barrier is formed around us and slowly he had started healing and the pain on her face subsided immediately. As her hand healed. The others looked at the green barrier with dark green circles around the outside of the barrier. I smiled as the blue one looked up at me a shocked look on her face. I kneeled down and grabbed her hand and looked it over. “The bones seemed to be healing well a few more minutes and they will be fully healed.”
“What is this Meliodas?”
The purple one asked as she touched the barrier. I sat down as I looked at her. “ This is Chastiefol eighth configuration pollen garden a large barrier is formed around a person and is capable of withstanding even the most powerful attacks. The barrier is made of pollen from the Sacred Tree which has the capabilities of slowly healing and subsides the pain someone is feeling.” She walked and sat down beside me as smiled on her face as she pulled a quill, ink, and paper out of a bag she had on her side.
“What is this sacred tree?”
I crossed my legs as the rest of the group sat down as I started to talk. “The sacred tree acts as a portal between the human realm and the fairy realm. It is surrounded by a barrier that can be manipulated in order to keep out certain individuals. The Sacred Tree is also the one that chooses the king of the forest.”
“The tree picks a king? It’s not through birth or commotions?”
I nodded as I looked at her. “Yes, you see it’s like because the sacred tree possesses an enormous magical power. Some are able to access this power and use it, even summon and control its roots and branches in combat. The Tree is extremely resistant, weapons forged from it are much more resistant than steel. The Sacred Tree possesses many unique qualities. It is capable of emitting a healing pollen when it is injured, which also provides protection. The moss that grows in it is capable of shapeshifting into sentinel beings that fight to protect it from enemies. In its highest branches grow the flower known as Sunflower, which can emit powerful rays of solar energy. From the Sunflower is extracted an ivy named Death Thorn, from which the slightest cut seems to result in death. All these abilities can be used by Chastiefol as you can see.” She was writing everything as the barrier started to faded and Chastiefol reformed above me. Chastiefol flew over to my side as the blue girl flexed her healed hand.
“Thank you.”
I nodded as I looked at her. “Your welcome, Now we need to get names out of the way as it’s a little hard for me to talk to you all not knowing your names.” This seemed the give them pause as the looked at me. Then the pink one smiled as she mover to sitting in front of me.
“Hi, Pinkie Pie! These are my best friends Twilight, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Fluttershy. We're out here because Twilight said then was a massive surge of magic and we had to see what it was but before she could teleport us the magic.”
She spoke very quickly and was moving her hands around like a mad man but, I believe I got most of it. I laughed as I looked at her. “I think the surge your friend felt was me coming to this world. A lot of magic was used to bring me here.” Twilight stopped writing as she looked at me.
“This world?”
I nodded as I looked at her. “Yes, seeing as I’m alive the Multiverse theory holds weight.”
“Multiverse?”
I looked her in the eye and she seemed to see my eyes were very different from hers finally.
“Your eye…”
“We’ll talk about my eyes later Twilight and as I was saying the Multiverse theory is that an infinite realm of being or potential being of which the universe is regarded as a part or instance. The best example is saying that like how now I’m here and then in another universe, I’m not here. This idea follows the idea that each thing we do is the opposite in a different universe.”
“I see like if I choose to go left on a road then in a different universe I’d go right.”
I nodded a smile on my face. “That’s right.” Twilight smiled as all her friends looked over my swords and Rarity pulled Lostvayne from the sheath. I turned to look at her as she was about to run a finger over the blade. “That is the sharpest blade ever made.” Rarity looked at me then back to the sword edge. “Let me see it, and I’ll show you what I mean.” She looked at Twilight, and she nodded her head then she held Lostvayne out to me.
“Ok, but don’t test it out of us.”
I laughed as I stood up and held Lostvayne at my side. I walked over to a large tree and put Lostvayne on the side. ‘Hope this works.’ I pushed down a little on the tree and Lostvayne started to cut through the tree like a knife cut through hot butter. I cut all the way through, and the tree fell back and into the water.
“Wow, nelly that is sharp!!”
I rested Lostvayne in my shoulder as they all stood up. I held Lostvanye out, and the took it aga then resheathed it. Chastiefol floated over to me then turned into a large green pillow, and I jumped up onto the pillow. “Anyone want a ride?”
“ME!”
Pinkie jumped up onto the pillow and sat behind me and wrapped her arms around my neck as the others started to walk away. I followed them on Chastiefol as Pinkie talked my ear off and I nodded or answered her with a yes or no.
“Say Meliodas you said you were a seven deadly sin? What is a sin?”
Rainbow flew up beside us as I floated along behind the group.
"An immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law."
"So, you committed an immoral act?"
I nodded as I looked forward. "My sin is the sin of wrath."
Rainbow looked at me interested but stopped when her right ear turned to the side. She stopped and looked around then she listening and I heard a crack from the right.
“Hydra!”
A large beast with four heads, a large body with no forearms with a spiked tail ran out of the tree line and charged us. I frowned as I looked at the beast. “A hydra that a rare one.”
I patted Pinkie’s arms as she held my neck tightly. “I’ll handle this let me go.”
“WHAT!”
I slipped out of her arms and grabbed Lostvayne handle when I ran by Rarity as I charged the hydra.
“Meliodas stop!”
I ran right up to the beast chest and held Lostvayne out to the right as I slide along the beast left leg. I cut three-fourths of the way through the Hydra’s leg and as it fell to the side I stabbed Lostvayne into the left rib cage then dashed forward cutting its chest opened. I cut clean through then jumped back a good twenty feet Lostvayne at the ready just in case. The beast fell to the ground whimpering in pain as it lay dying. I relaxed my stance then walked over to the beast and watched as the beast weakly tried to escape me. “Died monster.” I flipped Lostvayne in my hand then stabbed the beast in the heart through its back. It let out one last whimper as it stopped moving. I pulled Lostvayne free as I turned to look at the girls all of them looking at me shocked. “We’re clear we can go now.” I walked over and held the sword out to Rarity who backed away from the blood covered sword.
“N-no, no you can just keep that nasty thing with you.”
I shrugged my shoulders as I took the sheath from her and restapped it to my side. Once that was done I swung Lostvayne down and threw the blood off leaving a line of blood on the ground. I sheathed the blade as I jumped back onto Chastiefol but Pinkie jumped off and I noticed Applejack hand her hand wrapped around Estarossa sword.
“I see, kill one monster and you all fear me. Well, you're more than free to try and kill me but know the first one to try will die or the one who has a weapon in hand.” She let the handle go as she looked at me. I sighed as I looked over at her. “Well, I guess I’ll be seeing you all around then.” I jumped from Chastiefol and grabbed Estarossa sword from her hand then Chastiefol turned back into spear form as I waved at them. “Bye.” I jumped to the west and saw that in I kept heading this way I would move into a mountain range. ‘I love this new body now that I have small control over my physical abilities I should learn how to use the rest of my new powers.
I had decided on going into the mountains this time and made a new home in a remote cave at the foot of the second tallest mountains. A river wasn't too far from the cave which would help me get food, and let me still be able to clean myself on reasonably regular bases. The day after I have abandoned the old homestead I had sent my clones into the forest with my swords to cut trees to used able for the building of a gate at the cave mouth. I had also sent a clone to see what had happened to my home. He dispelled himself, and I received the information he had gathered. Guards were watching my house, and the house itself was ransacked from top to bottom. Guess they hoped to catch me off guard or at least find out where else I'd go to a hideout. In truth I wasn't hiding I just had no interest in their life's but what the three said last night bothered me. What kind of world collars and reducates the male gender if they step out of line.
“Move!”
I heard a female voice yell then was followed by a whip crack, and a male voice screamed. I ran out of my cave then I looked over to the river. There was a large group of stallions surrounded by mares and in chains sitting in cages with the stronger looking stallions pulling the cages. On their back were old and fresh whip marks some still bleeding. A great rage filled me as I looked down to them, my anger driving me to act as I saw a mare drew a whip back to strike the stallions again. I stomped my left foot on the ground sending a shock wave through the rock and reached the large group. All of them looked up at me, and I used my darkness to make myself look more intimidating. I could see a scarf like a trail of darkness coming from my neck and on my chest had formed the magatama beads like on the sage of the six paths kimono. The darkness spread down the top of my arms and left the underside of my arm white. The darkness covered my shoulders and spikes formed on them. I felt the darkness spread to my back up and face, but I wasn't sure what it covered or looked like. I jumped from my overlook of the river a cloud of dust following me as I flew high in the sky. I came crashed down into the middle of a group mares. "Face my wrath!" I swung my right fist and slammed into a mares right rib cage breaking all the ribs and caved in the rib cage. She threw up a mouth full of blood as she was sent through a tree breaking the tree in two.
"Starry!"
I another mare jumped at me a kife in hands. I drew Lostvanye from my side as I moved her arm to the side as she tried to stab me and she missed the attack. I swung to the side quickly and a red line formed across her stomach then as she tried to step back her top half fell off her lower half. I smiled as I swung my sword again then cut her upper half down the middle making her blood and guts fall to the ground scaring everyone around me. I turned my head and saw a few mares in golden armor and the one who was holding the whip was out front with a young colt in front of her on the ground a fresh whip wound on his back. I looked at the mare with the whip, and she flinched as I looked at her. "You're coming with me, but I'll handle you later after I settle things here." I activated Obito mangekyou sharingan, and the black spinning gate sucked the mare into the Kamui dimension.
"Captain Ruby!"
I looked around quickly and counted ten mares, and one bird like woman weighted chained alone in a cage. I dashed to the closest armored mare and cut her stomach open as I ran past her. "One." I hard right as I slashed another mare blood sprayed from her chest. "Two." I appeared behind two mares and quickly stabbed both from behind. "Four." I grabbed a sword from one of them as I moved to the next mare. I covered the sword I took in black and purple flames as I charged the remaining five mares. "DIED!" I swung the flaming blade and sent the flames onto the group buring them to death. I threw the spare sword away as I turned to the stallions. "Move back from the bars, please." They moved back, and I swung Lostvayne cutting the bars. The bars fell to the ground as I moved to the next one and so on until I reached the last cage holding an anthropomorphic eagle, I think. She was about a foot and six inches taller then me if I had to guess her height. She had brown fur and feathers on her wings, Her head was full of white feathers and three at the top of her head were purple with purple eyeshade. She was wearing a loss fitting shirt with tight jeans that show her curves off. I looked over the chains holding her and saw at they were made to hold stronger beast or great weight. "Give me a second, and I'll have you, free miss."
"Just kill me like you did the rest."
I stopped as I looked at her as I lowered Lostvayne. "Why?"
She looked down to a box in the far side of her cage, and I looked at it as well.
"My mother's and father's head are in that box. Prince Blueblood ordered their execution since they refused to any him to marry me."
I sheath Lostvayne as I was now genuinely curious about her story. "Why did he have them executed?" She looked at me out of the corner of her eye, and I could see bags under her eyes clear sign she's hadn't slept for some time.
"My family is blood-related to the royal family, but we do not associate with them since my grandmother died. But, Blueblood didn't care as he just wanted to arrange a marriage that would give him a shot at becoming the next king of the griffon empire. We explained that my cousin Strong Eagle is next in line be he wouldn't listen to us. Then my mother threw him out by force he said get me one way or another."
I nodded as I learned this information which was a little different from what I was used too. Monarchy, if I had to guess, was the primary way countries were run in this world. I sighed and grabbed the bars then ripped the door off the hinges. She looked at me shocked as I threw the door a good fifty feet away before climbing into the cage on wheels. I walked over to her and grabbed the chains holding her. As I started to break the chins, I talked to her. "If you'd like I can bring them back." I broke the chains holding her legs as I spoke.
"You can do that?"
I nodded as I started on the chains holding her arms and body down. "Yes, I have a power called the Rinne Tensei Jutsu, but first I have to use the Impure World Reincarnation jutsu. First I have to take their heads so I can get their DNA then I'm going to need two sacrifices to act catalysis to hold their souls in the physical world. I can use the mare I took a few seconds ago but I still need another sacrifice, but you are not an option." I saw the look in her eyes as I talked to her and knew the thought crossed her mind. The last chain was connected to steel collar around her neck. "Hold still for me I'm going to have to cut this one." I drew Lostvanye and quickly cut the collar in two freeing her. "Ok, let go and get this going, miss." I put a hand under the wings on her back, and my other arm under her knees then got on one knee then lifted her as I stood.
"H-hey!"
"Stop," I spoke calmly but with the authority in my tone showing that I was in control of what was happening from this point on. I looked down at her as her cheeks turned a light shade of red and she looked down at my hand holding her arm.
"Thank you."
I smiled as I jumped down from the cage and over to the river where the stallions were drinking and washing the blood from their bodies farther down from where the others were drinking. "Sit here while I see if I can get one more living sacrifice." I kneeled and sat her down, but she grabbed my arm. I looked her in the eyes as she pulled me back down.
"If you can bring them back I'm yours. I'll do anything you want me to give you anything I can."
I smiled as I grabbed her head that was holding my arm. "There is no need for that miss all I ask is that you and your family get out of this country before Blueblood realizes your free." She looked at me the forlorn look in her eyes gone as for the first time she smiled at me. She let me go then pulled her legs up into her chest as I turned and walked over to the mare I cut over the stomach. She was brightly alive, but she’d work. I opened the Kamui dimension, and the mare fell out onto the, and I grabbed her head before she could get up then slammed the side of her head into my knee. She was knocked out from my hit, and I let fall to the ground. One of the stallions brought the box over to me, and I thanked him. “Impure World Reincarnation jutsu!” Black lines formed on the ground and a large black circle formed under the two mares. Once that was done. I grabbed the box and ripped the top off of the box. I grabbed another female head and saw it was a close match the Griffon I cut free the only difference being that the feather's on her head was pure black at the tips. I put the head on guard I cut across the stomach then took the male head out. His feathers were red with yellow tips, and his beck was longer and a more significant size than the other two. I put his head in the second mare then clapped my hands and weaved the hand signs to finished the Jutsu.
"What is he doing and what is that magic?"
I heard a few stallions talking as I started to cast the Jutsu. Paper covered both the heads and bodies then as we watched the bumps at where the heads slowly sank into the mass then the bodies started to change. The male body size stayed the same, but it buffed out as a set of wings formed on the back. A lion tail formed, and I guessed griffon was the right thing to call them. A suit formed on him as his body formed and when his body had formed I looked over to the female. The body had shrunk it has become more curvy and slender giving her the appearance of a young woman who seemed to be in her prime, and she had a double b cup chest the smallest I've seen, so I have to guess that is the c average size. The wings of the guard I used as has her sacrifice had doubled as well. A red dress had formed on her body than when both their bodies finished their eyes opened, and they jumped up, and I saw the eyes of the reanimated souls. The father immediately lunged forward as he stood as if to grab someone who wasn't there anymore.
"Get off of my..."
He stopped seeing that whoever he was after wasn't there. He looked around and saw me his wife and their daughter.
"W-what is going on how are we..."
I waved my hand, and he looked at me, and I held up one finger. "I'm using my power to pull your souls to the physical world." I then pointed my finger down to the ground. "Side down because the body you have isn't complete just yet. I still have to perform the Resurrection Jutsu on the two of you." I clapped my hands to together then purple flames erupted from the ground as it shock from a sudden movement. The, a large head shot out from the center flames with the Rinnegan in both eyes. "The king of hell, long time since I've last used this Jutsu. But, I have a promise to keep to your daughter." I feed a considerable amount of chakra into the King of hell then he rose higher into the air. He looked down at them then opened his mouth going down his throat, and green energy poured out of his mouth. The energy flew two the griffons then once all the green energy had entered their new bodies the King of hell went back underground, and the fire died out. Steam came off of their bodies as the cracks from the Reincarnation disappeared. Where their eyes were black turned white as they returned to the mortal plane.
"No way, how could you do something like this?"
The one I carried out of the cage walked up beside me as her parents stood up. I looked at and saw that I overestimated her height as she was only nine inches taller than me. I smiled as she jumped at them and while they hugged the edges of my vision started to turn black. "Crap I overdid it." I began to fall when I heard a few stallions yell and I saw the griffon girl looked back at me you reached for me.
Gilda pov
I hugged my mother and father as if this was a dream, but I could feel my mothers claws digging into my back as she and I clung to one another.
"SIR!"
I turned my head and saw the creature falling to the ground. I let my father go to try, and grab him but my mother caught my arm I pulled away from them. He dropped to the ground, and as he laid on the ground the purple, black stuff on his body faded out. A half mask on his face that was made of the same stuff faded out, and I saw that from how small his body was he must young if I had to guess but powerful.
"Gilda, what is that thing?"
I looked back at my dad but had no answer for him. "I don't know, but I do know he revived you, so we have to help him." I pulled my arm free then quickly got up as I moved to check on him. But, as I was about to walk over to him, the buffer stallions who were pulling the cages grabbed the swords and spears left from the dead guards. They got in between him and me as the younger colts and stallions grabbed his arms then lifted him A large stallion with a green coat and black hair walked out first two swords in hand.
"We'll be taking him with us, and you need to leave before the recovery team comes to find all of us. In three days meet us on the outskirts of the everfree forest. We can risk being recaptured now that we may have found a way to have a fight chance for our Revolution."
I wanted to fight him on that, but he was right. The royal sisters wouldn't take a group of revolutionary stallion running free lightly, so we had to get away from this group, but I didn't want to leave my debt unpaid. "Wait let me come with you. I told him I was his if he could bring them back."
"Gilda you said what!?"
I looked back at my mother and rubbed my arm as I looked at her. "I- I just wanted to give him a reason to do it if he had a reason to do it, but he turned me down." My dad looked at me then at the stranger.
"He turned you down?"
I nodded as I looked at him. " All he asked for was that we get out of this country before Blueblood realizes I was free and you were alive." My mom and dad looked at one another then looked at him. My dad stood up then walked over to the stallions.
"My name his Great Wind high noble of griffonstone. I can offer all of you asylum in our city, and the princesses know if they try to take you while under asylum Equestria can lose their place in the peace agreement with the surrounding kingdoms."
The large stallion seemed to be thinking about it. Then before any of us could four more of identical look-alikes burst through the trees. One vanished, and the next thing we saw was the group around him was threw one of them into the air, and one was sent flying into a tree. He fell to the ground, and the one that sent the stallion flying stood in front of him the sword from the original's side. He looked at my father as he stood between him and my mother and me. His stance relaxed as he looked at him then looked at the ground were that head thing had come up from. He relaxed fully as two of the disappeared into smoke then the one being held up shook and his eyes.
"Boss you brought then back didn't you?"
He stood up but almost fell, but one of the look-alikes grabbed him.
"Ya, you guys dispel yourself I need the extra chakra."
"Right."
The other two turned to smoke then he stood on his own but was still shaky. I stood up and tried to walk over, but my dad put his arm up. "Dad?"
"We don't know what that was he could be more dangerous then he seems. He looked at the forest and grabbed the sword from the ground.
"You all need to leave the princesses are coming this way fast."
"You all need to leave the princesses are coming this way fast." I had warned the former slaves, and the griffons I had helped all now looked like death was about to strike us all. Chastiefol floated over to my side, and I turned it into pillow form and had it grow to ten times the usual form.
"What is that?"
"Just get on it, and I'll handle this and stay in the cave until I came for you." The stallions didn't think twice before getting on, but the griffons opened their wings and followed the pillow as Luna broke through the trees her swords in hand. She was dressed in full black plate armor with a crescent moon on her chest plate. Her hair was in a ponytail, and I noticed something different in her eyes. She looked like she...happy to see me than her sister lashed through trees as she walked into the area. She looked at me angerly as she saw the empty cages.
"Where are the revolutionaries?"
I crossed my arms behind my head as I ignored her and talked to Princess Luna. "Princess Luna, how is the filly doing?" Celestia mane started to smoke seeing I was ignoring her presence.
"Nightmare is fine, but she wants you to come and live at the castle with her. She seems to think of you as a father figure. Frankly, I would also like to talk to you and ask you about being a holy Knight I think is what you said you were."
I smiled as Celestia's patience finally ran out when she lifted her Helbert. Her wings opened on her back as she launched herself at me ready to strike. 'Idoit.' I shot forward and grabbed her throat then slammed he back on the ground and stomped down on the Helbert handle. She grabbed my hand on her throat, and she was kicking her legs and was trying to use her magic. "HEY!" I yelled, and she stopped as she looked up at me. "If you will calm down I will let you up but the Helbert stays on the ground, and I will then put my weapon on the ground. Princess Luna is free to keep her, but I don't want to fight if I can avoid it. Besides, I don't want to kill you." I spoke when I told Gilda I learned her names from my clones who were close enough to read the griffins beck. I spoke calmly but make my authority clear, and Celestia seemed to understand much to her anger if the redness in her eyes meant anything. I moved my foot pressed a foot down on her forearm, and she let go of her weapon. I then kicked it away then I took my two swords and threw them away from like I said I would. I let her go and walked back a few feet as she got to her hooves.
"Sister why is it I have to be the reasonable one this time?"
Luna didn't seem to care about me at the moment as she chastises her sister. I jumped into the and crossed my legs as I used harlequin flying power again as I watched the two talk.
“Luna! Yesterday you wanted to send this male to a brothel, and now you want to talk to him as if he's our equal?!”
“Celestial he created a body for my daughter, and she backs up the claim of destroying the evil half of Nightmare Moon. He has earned the right to speak to both of us as an equal or at less me because I'm being civil. Besides, even you and the elements failed to the fully destroy her with two tries whereas he only needed one!”
The two of them looked ready to rip each other a new one when I decided to intervene. I uncrossed my legs as I floated over to them. "Ok, children time to listen to your elder." I clapped my hands together and used Hashirama Senju, and roots shot out of the ground. They grabbed the mares around the waist and pulled them about seven feet apart from each other. I released them then sighed the ram sight. Both my middle and pointer fingers up straight into the air then formed the sign for the dragon. Then signed the bear sign which was my fists facing down to the ground. More roots came up from the ground and started to form thrones and a large table in the center of thrones. I sat down, and as the table was constructed, I made a full moon with two crescent moons on each side. This symbol seemed to catch both their interest as they looked at it.
"Are those moons?"
'Better play up the holy knight title." I smiled as I looked at Luna as they took their seats. "Excellent guess Princess Luna, this was the symbol of my goddess, Lady Nyx." They rested their arms on the table as moved her hand in a circle. Again I ignored her as I looked at Luna. "You see holy knights are chosen by a goddess to serve as guards of guardians when they leave the holy lands. Lady Nyx was the ruling goddess of the night, and I chose to work for her then that tyrant sister of hers." Had their attention and Luna now seems even more interested in what I was saying.
"What was she a goddess of and what was her name?"
"Hemera and she was the goddess of the sun crazy woman. I should have finished her when I had the chance." Celestia looked offended as she glared at me.
"So, you chose to become a guardian to the goddess of the night over the day. Now, second, how did you make a body for Nightmare and how is that even possible?"
"Hm, I will have to explain that I'll have to explain chakra first. Chakra has become a form of life energy that individuals produce to some degree varying the skill and elements the caster can use. But, if all the chakra in a person's body runs out, they die. That's also how I found Nightmare.
"Does she have chakra?"
I nodded my head as I looked at Luna. "No, but your bodies have energy follow in your bodies like chakra. I'm guessing it's your magic powers, but I can't be sure. But we're off topic; Chakra is created when two other forms of energy, known collectively as one's "stamina," are molded together with physical energy. This power is collected from each one of the body's cells and can be increased through training, stimulants, and exercise spiritual energy. Lastly, Mental Energy is derived from the mind's consciousness and can be enhanced through studying, meditation, and experience. These two energies are becoming more powerful will, in turn, make the created chakra more powerful. Therefore, practicing a technique repeatedly will build up knowledge, increasing one's spiritual energy, and thus allowing more chakra to be created. As a result, the warrior can do that same technique with more power. This same cycle applies for physical energy, except the warrior needs to increase their endurance instead." Celestia sighed as she leaned back into her throne and crossed her arms.
"I see, so very few would have the ability to use chakra. To have the mental fortitude and physical capability. I do have a question for you though Melodies.
“Yes?”
“Do you think mares could have the potential to learn how to use chakra?”
I frowned as I looked at her. “Let me be france Princess Celestia, anyone or anything can learn to use chakra, but many die well near the begin. The individuals I'm referring to those who survive the training. "
"What is the main reason for that?"
I rested my elbows on the toped as I interlocked my fingers. "They have to pass a test their master gives them. Many were often sent to the forest of death much like the one were in now. They are left with nothing but the clothes on your back and a knife."
"That seems like their trying to get them killed?"
I laughed as I looked at them with a smile. "That's the point if you can't use what you learned then there point in determining if they are ready the more advanced chakra abilities like Jutsu's like the one I used to make the table and chairs. I combined the water element and earth element to create wood style chakra.
"Wood style?"
I held up my hand and started to count off. "Five basic chakra types. Earth, Water, wind, fire, and lightning. Wood style is as I said the combined water and earth chakra. But, I have shared enough on my end, and I want to know something in return." They looked at each other then I saw Celestia glance over to our weapons. Luna placed her weapons on the table and pushed them into the middle just in my reach which I didn't understand at the moment. "Where can I find a stallion named Blueblood?" Celestia stood up and looked down at me her horn glowing.
"What do you want with our nephew?!"
She slammed her fist on the table cracking it. It was clear she was trying to intimidate, but it wasn't going to work. I calmly stood from my chair created a clone. This shocked them both, and my clone left already knowing what I have in mind. I, on the other hand, walked over to the weapons then picked up both weapons. I threw her weapon to her, and she grabbed the handle then spun it around her arm.
"What are you think?"
I looked at her and pointed the tip of Lostvayne at Celestia. "Clearly, you will not willing to listen to me or think of me as an equal. So, we're going to handle this one of two ways. You're going to kill me here and now or I'm going to make you understand my point of view little filly."
"Luna give us a signal."
"Sister..."
"Do it, Princess Luna."
She looked at me as I crossed my fingers. Luna sighed then threw her short into the air. Celestia seemed to like the idea of killing me, but I have a way to stop her in one got. I smiled as the short sword stabbed into the ground and Celestia launched herself at me. I formed hand signs and jumped at her my covered in lighting, She looked shocked, but it was too late for her. "Chidori!" Instead of stabbing through her body I opened my palm then slammed my palm into her stomach. Her body was covered in lightened, and the force of my palm slamming into her armor shattered from the strength of my attack. She was sent flying back and slammed into a large boulder. The after of the lightning took effect when I saw her twitching on the ground unable to against the rock.
"Sister!"
Luna ran over to her and got shocked when she tried to touch her. I walked over to her as lighting crackled around her body. She looked at me anger but now much more carefully as she now knew I did have the ability to not only harm her but stop her altogether. I walked over her then touched her shoulder once I stood in front of her. The lighting vanished when I send a second light burst through her body and causing the lighting to be canceled out. "Listen to me Celestia, I'm not an enemy but if you keep acting like this I may become one and now you know I have the ability to stop both you if I have too." Luna noticed what I said in the slight anger look in her eyes meant she knew I wasn't bluffing, but when we locked eyes, she backed down as I started to make lightning crack around my hand.
"DUDE!"
"Gilda slow down!"
I blinked as I turned my head and saw Gilda and her parents quickly flying to us, but Gilda was coming in to fast. "Slow down!" I quickly weaved hand signs then took a deep breath as I used a wind Jutsu. "Wind style great wind!" I blew a wall of wind to slow her speed, but the wind forces her to lose control. She was about to crash, but I jumped into the air and grabbed her before she could hit the ground. I floated back down Gilda looking at me as I smiled. "You need to be more careful. I can't always be around to save you." I laughed near the end, and she blushed a little.
"Ok."
I landed and set on her paws as her parents touched down in front of us. The mother looked at us then noticed Celestia and how I left her.
"Who did that to Princess Celestia?"
I threw my hand up as I looked at her. "Yo." They looked at me, and I made more lighting form around my hand. They looked between Gilda and me then the mother spoke again.
"Do you have a place to sleep?"
I was a little surprised but nodded. "No miss." She smiled then her husband nodded as she looked up at me.
"We have a privet house in Canterlot. You've helped us greatly so the house is yours if you'd like."
"You can't do that!"
I looked down at Celestia as she stood up. "Want to go for round two?" She slightly finched from my threat but held her ground.
"Males in Equestria can't own any land. If you take the home, I will have it foreclosed on!"
"Princess you can do that, you sighed an agreement that my home is part of the griffon embassy, so if you take action to stop my judgment with my country's embassy, then I will have you held responsible for any damages and the peace agreement of the royal kingdom's alliance."
"That a big threat sir, the repercussions of a broken alliance agreement could affect trade and if tempers rise it could cause a war. Are you sure that you want to take that rise, Celestia?"
"Every true son, if she makes a move against the second largest nation besides Equestria a war ould break out. The added effect also means that the other kingdom's mean they could assist the equestrians but would lose all their trade rights with any who trade with them. Equestria doesn't even have a proper army Airforce or navy right Celestia?"
We looked at her, and she was slight sweating see that a legitimate threat was there and beyond herself and her sister she didn't seem to have a real countermeasure. Luna took the next step as she held a hand up.
"Wait, we don't want to have a trade war or an actual war on our hands. If you do give the home to Melodies, then we will consider it as an asylum agreement and that he is under the protection of the griffon empire."
They didn't seem happy, but Luna had looked at me out of the corner of her eyes. 'I need to keep an eye on her.' The conversation ended, and we left for the capital city of Canterlot.
Meliodas clone pov
I had sent the Griffons down to the boss, and I stayed behind with stallions who all looked ready to fight. I walked out and watched the field below as the boss deals with the princesses. After a talk, an extremely short fight they and discussion the boss left with them The princess having their tails tucked between their legs. 'Nice boss, now for my part.' I turned and looked at the stallions. "Head for the griffon kingdom and stick in the forest the best you can. In a few months, the princesses will be forced to give up hunting you as long as you don't draw too much attention to yourselves."
"Right, we'll head for the border now and make sure to let Meliodas know We'll be stopping at a safe house about eight hours to the north."
"Right."
Chastiefol turned back to a spear and floated over to my side. "just be safe, and the boss will find a way to free all stallions." They nodded as they started to leave and I sent Chastiefol to the boss as I displed myself to send the information.
A week passed since I had moved to canterlot with Gilda staying to make sure the agreement I signed with the princess was upheld. The mares in the city we're happy that I now owned the second largest and what made it worse was the fact the second day in the home a brick was sent through one of the windows hitting Gilda as she was on the other side. Once I made sure she was alright another brick was thrown from the street. I made a clone to protect Gilda and walked out and found a group of mares laughing outside my gate. "HEY!" They looked at me as I cracked my knuckles as I walked up to them. "You're paying for the windows but first your all getting an ass whipping." The first mare in a suit of plate armor and had white fur with a two-tone blue mane and tail. Her armor was purple with gold trim, and there was a symbol of a shield with three stars above the shield and a star on the shield. The other two were younger looking mare most likely rookies following a higher up guard.
"Please, you can't hurt us male are too weak."
I jumped forward and kicked the mare on the right in the face. I threw my legs forward and sent her flying back. I turned in the air then kicked the second regular guard in the back of the neck. Her head shot forward, and her body fell into the ground, and a pool of blood was forming where her face was. The leader didn't seem to see my attack, and I smiled evilly as I noticed a weak spot on her armor right on her flanks. I pulled my hand back and covered my hand in my darkness. 'Meliodas pervert time.' I slapped her flanks as hard as I could and sent her flying into the wall across the road. But, she had pink energy around her body, and she pulled herself from the wall slowly. She looked back at me with anger written on her face.
"You little bucker!"
'This is a first.' I leaned my head to the side as a blast of magic shot past my head. I smiled as I looked at this mare. "This is going to be very fun." I Charged her with my darkness still covered in darkness. She pulled a sword from her side, and as we were about to clash, I saw a mass of energy appear beside us.
"Both you stop!"
The mare looked at Luna and smiled.
"Princess Luna thank Celestia, this male attacked us out of nowhere. He's wounded two of my new guards. Please help me subdue him."
Luna looked at her for a second then looked at me. My darkness started to spread up my arm, and Luna became very cautious.
"Meliodas you only seem to fight if you are being attacked so what really happened?"
I stopped my darkness as I waved my hand for her to follow me. She did, and the guard suddenly became very worried and got in front of me before I could walk to the broken window.
"You're under arrest, so you're going nowhere!"
I raised an eyebrow as Luna walked up beside me and looked down at the mare.
"Captain Gleaming Shield move aside, and he is under the Griffon empire protection he can't be arrested. But, it makes me wonder why you're trying so hard to stop me from seeing the house."
She was sweating now, and I grabbed her shoulder then threw her to the side as we walked onto the property, but she followed us.
"Wait, Princess Luna!"
Luna ignored her as she walked beside me and I took her around the corner and pointed to the broken window. We could see Gilda inside the window a maid helping hold an ice pack on her wing where the first brick hit her. I turned my head and saw Captain Gleaming Shield trying to slowly walk away seeing that she was caught. "Don't try to run or I'm going to break your legs." She stopped in her tracks as Luna looked back at her.
"Captain?"
"I didn't do it!"
Luna and I looked at one another then Luna's horn covered her hands and horn in her magic. She struggled as she pulled over to Luna who was very angry. I smiled as I watched luna's magic started to crush her armor and I saw large cracks formed on her chest plate. But, when I saw blood starting to come from her mouth, Luna stopped and let the mare dropped to the ground.
"Go back to the castle Captain, and I'll deal with you later."
The mare turned in the ground then quickly scrambled to her hoofs and ran away clearly scared of the wrath of the Princess of the night. I laughed as Luna huffed annoyed at the apparent Captain of the guard. I sighed then looked at the window and clapped my hands together then placed both sides on the wall beside the window. The wood on the inside of the house opened up, and the window fell forward and fell out onto my chest. The wall started to fill in the hole in the wall until the wall was a solid not sign of the window was ever there.
"Wood style again?"
I nodded as I grabbed the half broken window. "Ya."
"I have a question Sir Meliodas."
"Shot."
"Would you and lady Gilda like to join us for dinner?"
I looked back at her as I leaned on the wall. "Only if I get five minutes alone to talk to this Blueblood about what he did." Luna raised an eyebrow as she looked at me.
"Why do you want to talk to the most spoiled colt alive?"
I looked around then moved over to the side of the building and made sure nobody was around. Once I was sure we wouldn't be overheard I looked at her again. "He had Gilda's mother, and father killed, and Gilda chained as a slave." To say shock was on her face would be an understatement. Luna looked horrified as she looked at me.
"But, how are they alive if he had them killed?"
"A Jutsu a skill I learned to try and bring someone I loved back to life but... I couldn't find her DNA, and without that, I can't revive anyone. Her parents head were in the cage with her, so I had DNA for both of them. I used the same Jutsu to make that body for Nightmare." Luna looked at me then she grabbed my shirt and slammed me back into the wall.
"You will tell me how to use chakra right now. I need to know how to bring somepony back."
I smiled as I used the intangibility Technique used by Tobi and walked forward her arm passing through my body. I walked through her body, and when I was all the way through her body, I kicked the back her knee making she fell down, and I wrapped my arms around her neck and started to choke her out. She grabbed on to my arms and began kicking her legs as I felt her in place. "I'm not sure what you thought you'd get out of becoming physically violent with me Princess Luna." I saw her eyes starting to roll back then I let her go, and she rolled onto her stomach then coughed a few times as she rubbed her throat. I smiled as I grabbed her arms and lifted up with else which seemed to shock her. I then decided to pull another Meliodas then I pretended to let my right hand slip over her arm. I grabbed her right breast, and she stiffed as I squeezed a few times. "Well, I guess I'm about to get the hell beaten out of me right?" I squeezed it a few more times before a blush formed on her face. Then she got angry and grabbed my arm.
"I'm going to castrate you!"
I pulled my arm free then and let her go then ran off hands in my pockets as Luna quickly chasing me all the way screaming. I ran down the main street as Luna chased me making death threats and blasting magic at me every few seconds. I ran around a corner and jumped over a food cart as Luna tried to grab me, and I smiled as I pulled another Meliodas. I used the same Jutsu as before when she was close enough. A pair of blue silk panties came out from the bottom of her dress. I held them out as she glared at then her face went beet red as looked at me waving them back an fouth.
"How?"
I smiled as I balled them up as I looked at her. "I thought they'd be black Luna, but Blue on blue isn't very appealing." I walked over and placed the panties in her hand, and her blush only grew.
"You're uninvited to dinner!"
I ran off as she yelled and I jumped onto the roof of a house. "That's fine, but I do like the shade of blue."
"Buck off!"
I laughed as I started to jumped from roof to roof. 'I may have taken that to far, but her breast sure felt nice. Been a long time since last I grabbed a pair of tits.' I jumped off the roofs and landed in front of the griffon embassy household.
"Where did you and the princess run off too?"
I looked up to the top window and saw Gilda looking down at me. She had a bandage wrapped around her wing, and I floated up to her. I rubbed the top of her head as and she blushed a little.
"I have a question for you Meliodas."
'Am I going to try this again?' I floated into the house when she moved to the side. I landed and looked at her then was a little caught off guard when I looked at her. She was dressed in a white shirt with a, but she wasn't wearing anything on her bottom half but a pair of what looked like black silk panties. I looked up into her eyes as my mind starting to wonder. "What was that question, Gilda?" She smiled as she walked over to me her hips swaying as she walked over to me. Once she stood in front of me, She looked down at me with a seductive smile on her face.
"Who's prettier, the princesses or me?"
I raised an eyebrow as a smile formed on my face. "Well, if I'm being honest you do have a more predatory look in your eyes I really like. tI really does help your overall appeal but your not the apex in this house."
"Oh."
She started to drag her talents down my shirt the shape edge of her talents threating to cut the shirt and skin. I smiled as I put a hand on her side and started to change of chakra into a low charge of electricity. The effect was immediate as her fur puffed up, but she didn't pull away. I smiled as I moved my hand up towards her breast but stopped just before touching them. I pulled my hand back and walked away.
"H-hey, you got me horny, and you're just walking away!"
I smiled as I walked from her. "If you can grab me then I'll fix that." I used the intangibility Jutsu when I hear her start moving quickly. She flew through my body and crashed into the floor. I laughed as I walked through the wall and I heard her yell my name as I walked into my room. 'I know I'm an asshole but seeing her like that was a little bit more then I could handle at the moment.' I jumped onto my bed and then my door was sent flying into the wall. I looked at the doorway out of the corner of my eye. Low and behold Gilda stood in my doorway. "Well, this should be fun." She jumped at me, and I rolled to the side her claws just missed me as she tried to grab me.
"Hold still!"
I grabbed the headboard and threw my legs up and moved chakra to the bottom of my feet. I pushed myself off the headboard, and my feet made contact with the roof. I stood on the roof and looked down at a horny griffoness. "It's not like I don't find you attractive Gilda, in fact, I'd say your very attractive and you have curves in all the right places. But personally, I'd like to know you more before we do anything, you know what I mean?"
"NO! you got me horny, and you're going to take care of it!"
I blew a raspberry, and she puffed up with her wings opening fully. "Ah, you're trying to saw dominance how cute. But my answer is still no." I moved used my chakra to boost my speed and got behind her. I chopped the back of her neck, and I knocked her out quickly. I grabbed her body as she fell to the ground. "Um, just wait for it Gilda, if we get along well, then it will come in time I promise." I picked her up and walked out my door and down to her room. I opened her door and walked over to her then laid her down. I covered her and walked out the door but stopped when my eyes caught something. I saw and energy moving around right outside Gilda's window, but nothing was there. I turned myself to at the window I could see the energy still right at the window. "I see you." The energy suddenly backed off and started to move away from the window quickly. I created a shadow clone the energy began to fly away. "Catch whoever that is and bring him or her back alive."
"Alright boss."
He opened the window and launched himself out after the body of energy. I looked back at Gilda who was still out cold. 'I don't think she'd care.' I walked over to the bed and placed a hand on her stomach. I started to feed a small amount of chakra into her body. My chakra had begun to overtake the magic in her body then something happened, and I was shocked as I watched her body shrink. It seemed that her natural magic was being forced into a secondary energy source. Her body had shrunk down to only about two inches taller than me, but I could see how her body changed with my Rinnegan. Her physical strength would be greater, and her speed would easily dwarf many, but I would still be able to stop her if I had to. Once I thought she was ready, I would start to teach her how to use Jutsu.
"Boss."
I turned my head and saw my clone with a thrashing mare on his shoulder. She had black fur and was on a set of dark blue armor. She had a bat-like appearance and golden eyes. My darkness was wrapped around her wrist and over her mouth. I took my hand off of Gilda's stomach and watched to see what would happen. When the chakra ran out, she grew back to her normal size. "Interesting."
"Boss, what do you want to do with this mare? Should I just kill her?"
At that, the mare's struggling got much more violent as she to free herself from my clone. I sighed then walked over to her and grabbed her and put her on my shoulder. "Go used the invisibility Jutsu to keep an eye on the surrounding."
"Right boss." He jumped back out the window, and I looked back at the mare who was hitting my back with bound hands. "Ok, time for you and me to have a chat." I turned as she kicked her legs in the air and I could hear muffled yelling. I walked out of Gilda's room and walked down to the main room. I placed her in a chair next to a large "Relax, I'm not going to hurt you or anything. I just want to know why you were watching us." I put a hand on her shoulder and my darkness wrapped around her restraining her movements more. 'I'm glad my clones experimented with this darkness.' I then touched the darkness on her mouth, and it was absorbed back into mine.
"HELP! HELP!"
I blinked as she screamed then rolled my eyes and grabbed her mouth as I activated Shisui’s Mangekyou Sharingan and made her look me in the eyes. This technique allowed me to enter her mind and manipulate her memories if I wanted or I could make false experiences, making it seem as if she was doing things of her own free will; she wouldn't even notice the manipulated. I made it so she would think I was a trusted friend and made it so she would tell me everything. Once I was done I deactivated Shisui’s Mangekyou Sharingan and let her mouth go, and she blinked as she looked at me confused. 'Once I'm finished with her I'll fix her mind.
"Meliodas why am I tied down to a chair?"
I smiled as I took the darkness off her body. "You were helping me practice my darkness. But, never mind that what was the reason why you come over today?" She looked at me for a second then blinked as she reached into the front of her armor and held out a piece of paper to me.
"Right here you go."
I took the paper then reactivated Shisui’s Sharingan as I read.
'Vice-captain Sharp Spear, you are called upon to go and investigate the daily lives of both Lady Gilda and the former holy knight Meliodas. Keep a close on Meliodas as he seems to have many secrets and seems to have powers that we do not yet know or may not understand. Keep a close eye on his move movements and report anything that may cause supposition or may harm anypony. If so you are to call for aid and take him to a male education center.'
At the bottom, I saw that it had been signed by both Celestia and Luna. 'So, these two want to play this way well two can play this game.' I smiled as I looked at the mare again and returned her mind to its original state before her time to return could come up. 'I have to find the education center.'
I walked down the side of Canterlot with a book of combat skills of the griffon empire soldiers. They had a very similar style to my world which I had planned to learn so I could better protect myself and Gilda who never left the house knowing Blueblood couldn't touch her there, I also looked around to try and find where he lived, but nothing had come up. Almost all the mares in this city saw stallions or any males as slaves. I saw many of the mares leaning stallions and colts around with leashes, a few also had a stick and anytime they step out of line that would strike them with it or punch them across the face. Each time I've seen it, I felt the same rage I felt when I freed Gilda from her cage.
"Hey, Sir Meliodas!"
I looked up front my book when I head Nightmares voice. A carriage was coming down the road, and I saw Celestia's and Luna's energies in the carriage. I was going to make it a point to avoid them soon, but now I would be forced to deal with them. The carriage stopped, and Nightmare jumped out and ran up to me. She was dressed in an elegant white summer dress with a blue rose attached to lace on her side that was tied in a bow right under the rose. She had her hoofs in a shoe of a kind. Lace was wrapped around her forelegs, and they were tied into a bow at the top of the back of her foreleg. She had her mane in brads ponytail with a silver crown on her head. She tackled into my chest and hugged me as tightly as she could. She looked up at me with her cheeks puffed out as she gave me the pouting face.
"Why haven't you come to see me when you moved to the city?"
I blew her a raspberry, and she smiled as she looked up at me. "Can I please have my chest back?"
"No!"
She laughed, and I closed my book when I saw Luna get out of the carriage. She was in a silver v-neck dress, and a split showed the top of her left thigh with her mane matching Nightmares. Luna also had a pair of high hills on with her sword on her side. She avoided eye contact with me, and I did the same. "Uh, sorry about what happened Luna." I rubbed the back of my head as she turned her head to look at me.
"No, I... overreacted to what happened and I know it was a mistake on my part. You weren't trying to do anything, so I'm the one who needs to say sorry, Sir Meliodas."
We started to draw a crowd as we talked to one another and I rubbed Nightmares head as she hugged me. "Well you could say it's both our faults but you grabbed me and slamming me against the wall was uncalled for." I smiled as she laughed into her hand as she looked at me.
"Ya, and nearly choking me out cold and almost made me black out."
I laughed, and Nightmare looked between us.
"You two got into a fight!?"
Luna and I looked at her then both of us laughed louder as Luna walked over to her and patted her shoulder a few times.
"It was more like mommy tried to hurt Sir Meliodas. He just protected himself from me, and as much as I hate to say it, he managed to overpower for a moment when he surprised me."
I raised an eyebrow at her thinking I couldn't overpower if I wanted too. I smirked as I looked at her and she noticed it. She narrowed her eyes as she looked at me.
"Meliodas no."
"Meliodas yes."
I took a step back, and Nightmares arms went through my body shocking everyone. Once free I dropped my book then weaved hand signs which put Luna on the defensive, and she grabbed Nightmare then put her behind her. I laughed as I looked at her and grabbed my wrist as lighting erupted from a ball of lighting in my left hand.
"Sir Meliodas up can make lighting from you hand cool!"
I looked at Luna who looked worried as I started to walk over to her then I saw Celestia’s Helbert come through the carriage wall. I smiled as I grabbed the spear tip of the Helbert stopping the attack, and I rooted myself to the ground with my chakra. The force from her attack was stopped on my end, but the carriage was pushed back from her straining to hit me. “Listen sunbutt I’m going to give you three seconds to get out and talk, or I’ll take you out of there.”
“We both know your lying.”
She was speaking calmly, and I sighed. “Fine, we do it this way then.” I shoot my lighting through the Helbert, and the inside of the carriage turned white as I was about to swing the weapon as hard as I could then stopped when a pair of hands grabbed me around my chest.
"Sir Meliodas stop!"
I turned my head and saw Nightmare holding onto me. "Nightmare get off me." She nodded her head, and I started to cancel the Jutsu. A few seconds later my lighting faded, and I sighed then put a hand on the top of her head as she looked up at me. "Ok, but if she attacks me again, I will have to protect myself ok?"
"Ok, but only if she attacks you first."
I nodded as the carriage door was kicked off the carriage and a very angry Celestia stepped out. Nightmare as on my side and I pushed her behind me when Celestia raised her Helbert.
"DIE!"
"Sister stop!"
Luna and I both jumped at her, but all she did was swing the ax head at me. I covered my left arm in darkness to use it as a makeshift shield. She struck the ax blade down on my arm. My feet sunk into the ground but the edge didn't perse my darkness, but I could feel the force from the attack. If I hadn't used my darkness, she could have cut my arm clean off, but I didn't want to see if I could reattach any part or my body or the no death curse. I threw my arm up, and Celestia stumbled back a few feet. A few sparks flew the blade as it scratched over my arm as the edge moved over my arm. "Back off!" I straightened my fingers then my darkness formed a sword on my arm shocking Celestia and Luna both.
"Meliodas, sister stop!"
Luna got into the middle of us as Luna was about to attack again. A crowd had gathered, and a few didn't seem sure who was doing what right. On the one hand, I had a scared filly behind me who was shaking violently as buried her face into my back. Luna put her hands up, and Celestia seemed to back down as her adrenaline started to run out.
"Sir Meliodas, we were coming to ask you to come to the castle with us. Some of the nobles wish to know where you came from and why you seem to think your mares equal. You and we both know that why and who you are, but you have to understand they were raised to think like this. But, fighting like this will not help anything or anypony. If the two of you got into a no holds barred fight you could destroy the city. So, please just come with us and let's go and handle this like grown ponies."
I looked at her then looked at Celestia and the gathered crowd around us. I knew fighting like this would only make me look like the enemy, and that was something I didn't want. I let my darkness faded and stood all the way back up but still keep Nightmare behind me. As much as I hate the thought, I did in a way help give her life, so I am responsible for her safety in a way she is like my second child. Luna looked at me as I held Nightmare behind and I think she understood I was using my body as a shield if the way she was looking at me meant anything. "Luna, I will talk to you and the nobles, if I have to deal with this whores for another moment then I will punch her off this mountain and you and I both know I can do it too." Luna flinched at the anger in my voice and Celestia flinched a little, and the nobles seemed to noticed the finches as their body language became very nervous seeing their seemingly invincible leaders sacred for even a second.
"Ok, we can do that, a little time apart will do good for the both of you let your tempers cool down."
I nodded, and Celestia turned her back to me and opened her wings.
"I'll see you soon Luna, Nightmare, Demon."
I made one more comment before she could fly off. "A demon isn't the half of it Celestia." She huffed then flapped her wings a few times before taking off towards the castle. Nightmare moved from my back and grabbed my hand and started to pull me down the street.
"Come on, if we get back before three then we can just make tea time right mommy?"
Luna walked to the other side of Nightmare, and she grabbed her hand as we walked.
"Yes, we can Nightmare, as long as we get back before but we'll need to hurry."
I smiled as the two of them talk and I opened my book again then started to read again.
I smiled as the two of them talk, and I opened my book again then started to read again.
Basic attacks
Jab – The most basic punch in Muay Thai is the jab. The jab is often the first offensive weapon you will learn. The Jab can be used offensively, or it can be used defensively to stop an incoming opponent. A sharp jab should be a part of every fighters arsenal.
Cross – The cross is a weapon that is known as the power shot. This is a punch that will put fear into your opponent if you connect correctly. This is the lights out shot that will hurt if you land it. Setting up the cross if something that will take time, but it is something everyone needs to perfect.
Straight Right (or Left) – As stated above, similar to the Cross, but rather than a diagonal angle, the straight right does not veer diagonally but rather is a straight punch. Straight rights can be used as a rear ‘jab’ punch are very useful due to speed and accuracy. At the end of a combo, the straight power can be used as a knockout punch.
Hook – The hook is a technique that is extremely effective if you can connect on your opponent's chin. Also known as the knockout punch, a good hook is something that will strike fear into the heart of your opponents. The most common hook that is thrown is the left hook by orthodox fighters. Typically this is known as the knockout punch because it is something you often don’t see coming.
Straight Body Punch – The Straight Body Punch is a great technique that you throw using your dominant hand. When you throw the straight punch it is important that you don’t bend down too low or you could get caught with a knee to the face. This is a technique that should be setup otherwise you will leave yourself exposed to your opponent. A good straight body punch can drop your opponent for the count.
Hook to the Body – Another punching technique you can utilize are body hooks/uppercuts that are designed to damage your opponent over time. Body punches are useful for wearing down an opponent over time as they start to accumulate shots and damage throughout the round. However, if you land a left body hook to the liver, it can have a devastating effect and drop your opponent for the count.
Uppercut - The uppercut is a technique that is effective in close range or at a distance. A clean uppercut can easily render an opponent unconscious. The uppercut can either be used with the lead or the backhand, and the power is generated from the fighter’s core.
Overhand Punch – The overhand is a punching technique that is used with the fighters backhand. The momentum generated from the overhand punch makes this one of the most powerful punch techniques that a fighter can throw. In order to land an overhand punch, you will need to set it up effectively. Typically, the overhand punch is thrown from the power side. For an orthodox fighter, this would be ‘the overhand right.’
Basic Kicking techniques
Body Kick – The body kick is the most common kick in Muay Thai. This is the first technique that you will learn in Muay Thai because it is the most used technique in the sport. The body kick is the most powerful attack that can have a devastating effect on an opponent if it lands clean. Mastering the body kick will ensure that you become a complete fighter.
Low Kick – The Muay Thai low kick is a devastating weapon that can be used to inflict pain on an opponent. If the kicks are used correctly, they can drop someone with a couple good kicks to the leg. The low kick is a quick attack that is used at the end of many Muay Thai combinations that are used.
Head Kick – The head kick is a technique that can render an opponent unconscious if it lands. The difficulty of the head kick is that if an opponent sees it coming they can simply lean back and you will be out of position. Head kicks are one of the three significant kicks.
Advanced kicks
Straight Kick – The straight kick is a Muay Thai kick that uses the front lead leg to kick the face of an opponent. The target is the jaw of the opponent and if you land it can leave your opponent unconscious. The straight kick is effective because you kick between the opponent's guard.
Half-Shin, Half-Knee Kick – The half shin, half knee kick is a technique that is utilized when an opponent is coming into close range. This kick lands flush on the opponent with your leg and knee across his mid-section. It is a technique that can be utilized to stop an opponent who is coming forward. It is more of a defensive maneuver, but if you throw it with power, you can hurt your opponent with it.
Axe Kick – The axe kick is a technique that comes above the opponents head and then chops down like an axe chopping wood. In order to utilize this technique, the practitioner needs to be flexible enough to get their feet high in order to come down with it. This is a technically difficult kick to perform. The axe kick is a karate kick.
Knee strikes
'Kao Tone (Straight knee) is done by thrusting the knee straight upward.
Kao Dode (Jumping knee) is done when a boxer springs up, thrusting the knee towards the target. This is similar to the straight knee throw. The difference being did with this technique; the boxer jumps a little bit to add to the momentum of the thrust.
Kao Noi (Small knee) is used to counter when the opponent thrust a knee throw or is about to lift his leg for a knee or throw a kick.
Kao Kratai (Rabbit knee) is used When The boxers are clinching either in the corner or the middle of the ring so as to drain strength from the opponent’s legs.
Kao La (Farewell knee) is used right after the clinch. If you want to disengage yourself from the clinch, you just thrust a knee into keeping it parallel to the floor.
Kao Lod (Lower knee) is used when your straight knee thrust missed the target. Instead of spoiling your tempo altogether, your shoulders and lower the thrust to preempt the opponent from Countering. This is an excellent ploy to use to exhaust him.
Kao Loi (Flying knee) is a mighty knee thrust if the user does it correctly and well. The opponent can be finished off Quickly When Kao Loi hits the target.
Elbow strikes
Horizontal Elbow – The horizontal elbow is an elbow that is thrown horizontally at an opponent. The strike is usually aimed at the lower jaw or the chin of an elbow. If the elbow lands, it will usually have a devastating effect because of the momentum behind the elbow. Another target you can aim for is the side of your opponent’s head in the temple area.
Uppercut Elbow – The Uppercut elbow is an elbow technique that is used to penetrate the high guard of an opponent. Unlike the horizontal elbow which can easily be blocked by an opponent’s guard, the uppercut elbow is a technique that is designed to pierce right down the middle of a guard.
Forward Elbow Thrust – Like the Uppercut elbow, the forward thrust elbow is a technique that is designed to pierce through the guard of an opponent. The elbow is designed to be able to penetrate between a very tight Muay Thai guard and cut an opponent. This is one of the best elbows for cutting the forward of opponents because it is vicious in its execution of the elbow.
Slashing Elbow – The slashing elbow is another basic elbow that is extremely effective in Muay Thai. The slashing elbow is a technique that is designed to slash the guard of an opponent and cut above the eye. If it lands on any part of an opponent’s face it will cause damage. Generating your full momentum behind the elbow strike can cause a lot of damage to the opponent.
Advanced elbow strikes
Backward Elbow – The backwards elbow is an elbow strike that comes under an opponent and strikes upward aiming at the chin. This is a strike that can have a devastating effect if you are able to land it cleanly on the opponent.
The Downward Jumping Elbow – This technique is just like the forward thrust elbow, but it has a jumping motion with the elbow. This is a great elbow that you can use to close the distance from an opponent and land surprise strike against them.
Spinning Back Elbow – The back elbow is one of the more popular elbow techniques among westerners. The back elbow strike is an elbow that should be set up properly in order to land on an opponent. They are particularly effective if an opponent is coming forward and you throw the strike right away. If you telegraph the elbow and opponent can simply lean back to avoid.
Diagonal Elbow - The diagonal elbow is a tricky elbow that comes through in the clinch position. This is an elbow that you can throw when you are right up close to your opponent and aim for their chin. If you land this elbow on target, it will render them unconscious. The diagonal elbow is difficult to block because of the distance and position of the elbow.
Downward Elbow Chop - The downward elbow chop is a technique that is great for splitting the forehead of an opponent open during a fight. This elbow chop comes down in a chopping motion and is very useful if you can close the distance on the opponent. It can go above the opponent guard and land, or it can go through the middle of an opponent’s guard.
Reverse Horizontal Elbow - The reverse horizontal elbow is a technique that is utilized after you miss a forward elbow, you come back to the side and reverse the elbow. This is a technique that is difficult to pull off and is a very advanced technique that can be utilized in fights. Those are the skills used in the training of the Griffon Empire soldiers. If you can master this attacks, you will win any fight your in. Luna and Nightmare stopped, and I looked up from the now finished book.
"Welcome to canterlot castle Sir Meliodas."
I looked at the castle and, saw it was made entirely of marble with a gold dome on what must be Celestia's room as I saw her sitting on a balcony. I looked away from her as I made my darkness form on my chest. Then I shocked them both when I pushed the book into my body as a way of hiding the fact I didn't know much about hand to hand combat. When I pulled my hand out of my chest, Luna waved for the guards to open the gates and they opened the gates then bowed down to her as we walked through the gate. The mare on my side of the gat emoved her spear out to try and trip me, but I saw that coming, so I stepped on her spear shaft and snapped it at the bottom. She glared up down at me, but I clenched my fist and chakra covered my fist scaring the mare, and she backed off. I unclenched my fist, and the chakra stopped coming out of my fist. We walked into the castle, and I looked at the stained windows and banisters on walls. I stopped when I looked at one of the windows and saw the six mares I first meet blasting beams of lights at what must be Nightmare when she was still part of Luna.
"I don't like that one."
I looked down at Nightmare as she held my hand tighter. Luna let her hand go then pulled her into her side as the three of us looked at the window. "I can destroy it if you'd two like." Nightmare looked up at me, and Luna seemed to give it but nodded her head.
"No, if you go around destroying things then Celestia will try anything it has you collared and whipped."
I smirked as I looked at her and my darkness covered my left arm. "Let her try, and I'll put a collar on her." Luna looked around after she said that and then she grabbed Nightmare hand and grabbed my shirt in her magic.
"Come with me now."
She quickly moved down a hall to our right pulled the two of us down a darker hallway. She pushed a large set of wooden double doors and pulled us in. It seemed to be a library, and Luna looked around before letting go of Nightmare and grabbed me by the shirt collar.
"Get in here! Nightmare go find a book to read!"
She pulled me into an office, and I saw a bed in the back corner with a sink beside the bed. She slammed the door and slammed me against the wall. 'Deja vu are we doing this again?'
"Are you trying to get yourself killed!? You can't just say you're going to collar a Princess of Equestria! The guard and nobles would love to get after you after what happened before coming to the castle. Nightmare could get caught up into the middle of that fight."
I rolled my eyes and grabbed her arm she was holding me with. "Luna, I don't care much. I die, I don't die to me it doesn't matter much. But, if any of them touched Nightmare, I'd kill everyone last one of them." Luna seemed to notice my response and seemed to make her curious.
"That's a pretty strong response Sir Meliodas, why would you gave me such a strong response?"
I looked away from her, and she started to push me harder into the wall. I had had it with being against a wall, so I gripped her wrist then forced her hand off me. I then grabbed her throat and ran across the room then slammed her into the wall above the bed. "I've had it with you slamming me into wall Luna." I squeezed down on her throat when she grabbed my arm and tried to pull my hand off her throat. She let go and looked at me with fear in her eyes. "Let me tell you something, Luna." I pulled her forward and slammed her back into the wall again. "The life force that I used to kick start her body was my own. I gave you such a strong response is because I used my life force means she's like my flesh and blood. But, I couldn't tell her that and when she called me daddy. I..." I let Luna's throat go, and she rubbed it as I back up as my emotions starting to come to the surface. "I don't deserve to be called that again." Luna sat down on the bed, and she looked at me.
"What do you mean Sir Meliodas?"
I felt tears coming to my eyes images of my late wife and our daughter. "I... it was a long time ago let's just deal with the nobles.” I walked out of the office and saw Nightmare sitting at a table with a book on making baskets. I smiled, and Luna grabbed my shoulder from behind. I looked back at her, and she nodded her head to the side. I nodded, and we walked out quietly, and we walked down the hall.
“I will take you to the throne room the nobles, my sister and our nephew.”
I smiled as we walked and the throne room door came into view. The doors were open, and we walked in, and I saw a stallion in a white suit with a long blonde mane. He was a little taller than me standing in front of the throne. I walked down the middle raw, and the Noble mares of the city looked at me with disgust, but I ignored them as I walked up at him. I stomped my foot down when I was in front of him, and he turned to look at me. I pulled my right fist back and then swung my fist right at his jaw. I slammed my fist right into his jaw and I both saw and felt his face bone and jaw bone breaking. I swung my fist up and sent him flying through the air then he slammed into a wall, and he was embedded in the wall as the dust from his impact settled I could see his lower face was completely smashed.
“MELIODAS!”
I waved my hand in the air a few times then walked over to him grabbed him by the suit and pulled him from the wall. “He’s breathing, but one more punch like that would do him in anyone have a reason I shouldn't?” Luan ran over and grabbed my arm.
“Ok, you had your fun Meliodas, but you just assaulted a member of the royal family. We will deal with that later, for now, guards, please take the prince to hospital.”
Two mares grabbed him in their magic, and I let his suit go.
“Hang him!”
I looked at the nobles and saw many of them looked angry, a few even looked ready to charge me. “I hope one of you is stupid enough to charge me. I dare any of you to try me and then the hospital will get full quickly." As they're getting riled up I could see things see things were about to get violent.
“Enough!”
Luan yelled behind me and the nobles flinched as they looked at her. I huffed then turned my back on them. “I need to fix this too.” I weaved some hand signs then slapped my hands on the wall and roots filled in the hole. Then the wood started to change and harden as it turned white. A few seconds later the wall looked undamaged and I took a step back then looked at the wall. “This is fine.” I looked down that the ground and grabbed a fist-sized rock then threw it up into the air as I walked back to the steps. “Well? Whatever you want to say let's get it over with.”
“Get out of here slave!”
Once that was yelled out the room erupted into the chorus of yelling and death threats were thrown at me but all I did was stand there a smile on my face as I listened to them. Then after a solid ten minutes, all of them seemed to lost some so courage as they looked at me and the dust pile growing at my feet.
“Why is dust coming from his hand?”
I smiled wider as I opened my hand and dust along with a rock a tenth of the size it was when I picked it up fell to the floor. Some of them looked at my hand then to the pile while others took a few steps back. “Ok, now that it seems like a little of the anger and emotion has been let out anyone want to know why I punched him?”
“Y-yes?”
The mare answered and I nodded as I looked at her. She was a very well dress pony wearing a golden reckless and long blue dress on with gloves with a streak of white going down the center. She had a long red main with cream-colored fur. “I punched him because he had tried to enslave the griffiness named, Gilda.”
“As in Gilda the daughter of the griffin ambassador Gilda?!”
A mare from the back yelled and suddenly there was panic in the room. I started to get mad but I no longer had my ‘don't kill them rock’ in my hand. So, I put two fingers between my lips and let out the loudest whistle I could. The air from whistle messed up the manes of the mares and many covered their ears to block the sound. Once I finished they all looked at me and I sat on the air shocking them all. “Good, now listen to me please.” They all went silent and I floated higher as I straighten out my legs. “Anyone else want to start an eruption of little fillies or do we want to speak like adults?” They seemed to be annoyed but none of them spoke. I smiled and floated back down and landed beside Luna. “Who’s first?”
“What are you?”
A younger mare asked before anyone else could say anything. “Well, that a tight one. I’m not even sure what I am anymore. I was born human but was forced into becoming a demon like how Luna became Nightmare. But, I managed to suppress that side of me after a few centuries. So really its whatever you’d like to think miss.” Murmuring erupted in the room but I can't make out any of it very well because of all the murmuring.
“What kind of powers do you have and what is with your eyes?”
‘Ok, saw that one coming.’ I cleared my throat as I looked at Luna.
“What you and what my sister and I talked about is private. But, I will ask you to keep that between the three of us.”
‘At least she’s not going to tell them about my chakra.’ I looked at them and sighed. “I’ll start with my eyes. As you see I have to different eyes, In my right is what is known as the Sharingan. The Sharingan is one of the Three Great Eye Techniques. Used by members of the Uchiha clan, this Bloodline Limit allows users to instantly learn any nin, gen, and taijutsu seen through the activated Sharingan. It also makes me the deadest force on the battlefield.”
“How does that work?”
I looked at the back and saw the captain from the other day and I smiled as I looked at her. “The user is granted incredible clarity of perception, enabling them to read lips or mimic something like pencil movements. In combat, this allows them to see fast-moving objects and, once fully developed, offers some amount of predictive capabilities: they can anticipate an opponent's next move based on the slightest muscle tension in their body and act accordingly to dodge or intercept. Although a Sharingan user can see these things, they also need the physical ability to actually act on the visual information which I can do little miss priss.” Now everyone was quiet as they now knew a fight against me would be a losing fight no matter what they did.
“What does your other eye do?”
I smirked as now was my chance to royal fuck them all up. “The Rinnegan is reputed as the most exalted eyes amongst the Three Great Dōjutsu, the others being the Bakugan and the Sharingan. Rinnegan wielders are said to be sent down from the heavens to become either a ‘God of Creation’ who will calm the world's disorder or a ‘Destroyer’ who will reduce everything to nothingness. The rinnegan is characterized by light purple sclerae and irides with a ripple-pattern that spreads over the eyeball. Though I will say I am one of three to have this eye so I can’t say that I am all that.” Again silence filled the room and I could see Luna looking at me clearly shocked that the facts I have given them. I clapped my hands together and all of them jumped. “So, who wants to fight with me, call me a slave now or own a male slave?” The Mare all started to sweat as I looked down at them. ‘Of the fun when Celestia hears about this underlined threat.’
Chapter 7 'Violence warning'
Two days had gone by since I scared the noble population of canterlot. Many had started to dress and feed stallion better not wanting to chance my wrath. But, I had sent clones to spy on the seemingly more powerful close to the crown, and I wasn't when I learned of these nobles. Nine in total and five of them took my threat seriously, but four had started to treat the stallions worst beatings, whipping, burning not only on the stallions but colts as well. Now I stood on a roof in front of the first house on my list. The mare and her herd had twelve stallions, and three colts all chained in the basement and the last two days only feed then scraps of bread and dirty water. I clenched my right, and I felt Meliodas's mark appear on my face. “Time to start.” I threw the black flames at the mares standing guard outside the gates and before they knew what had happened my does were on them.
“Ah!”
One of the scream and I created another dark flame in my hand. I jumped down to the ground and charged the burning gate. I slammed my fist into the gate and sent the flaming gates into the estates front taking the whole front wall down. I jumped into and looked around quickly to see where everyone was. The mares and what must be a still stallion were at the top of the house, and I went for them first. I smashed through the walls and punched through into a large living area with three large bed in the room. There were three mares all naked one with a strap-on behind the stallion and the stallion was tied up with his flanks in the air. He was beaten severely, and I felt my rage coming over me again as the darkness spread over my body. But two scarfs formed this time. "You three are dead!" Large claws formed on my hands as I gunned for the mare behind the stallion. I pulled my hand back and swung the claws to the side taking her head off and sent her body out of the house through a wall. I used Tobi's ability to capture the other two.
"Fire!"
I heard the stallion yell, and I turned back to him then he got up quickly. "We have to get the others!"
"This way!"
He ran down a hallway, and the black flames started to engulf the house. He ran around a corner and stopped in front of a heavy metal door.
"The others are through here."
"Got it." I pulled my fist back and slammed my fist into the door and sent it flying into the wall across the room. All of them looked scared, and the larger stallions used themselves to protect the colts.
"Guys come on were free!"
The one I saved ran in and yelled as the house started to fall in on itself. I justed Tobi's power again and took all of us to the kamui dimension. This place was an innumerable amount of randomly arranged and differently sized rectangular prisms amongst a dark and seemingly endless void.
"Sir?"
I looked down at one of the colts who was standing beside the stallion I saved. I let my anger go then the darkness around my body faded, and I took a deep breath as I calmed down. I smiled as I looked down at him. "Yes?"
"Why did you free us?"
I smiled at him then frown when I heard screaming. I looked over to the right and saw the mares on a small rectangular prism. I pointed to them as I answered him. "They're why I saved you, my boy. I've saved you so you all can have your revenge." I used my wood style and grabbed the mares. I pulled them over and used my rinnegan to create weapons with my black metal ability. I made six hammers, four short swords, and seven knives. When the mares were close, I used the wood to spread their arms and legs and turned the wood to stone making sure they wouldn't get free. "They're all yours now my friends." They all looked at one another then the oldest of the group grabbed a hammer the rest all grabbed a weapon as they walked to the now scared mares as they tried to broke free.
"Stop we own you! You have to listen to us!"
The first stallion raised his hammer and swung the hammer hitting the yelling mare in the mouth. Four of her teeth were sent flying as I created a throne for me to sit in as I watched them.
I watched as one of the younger stallions grabbed the mare on the then grabbed her flanks.
"Let's see how you like getting you flank bucked."
"Hold on."
I raised a hand then the young stallion stopped as I saw his shaft come out of his sheath. "Are you telling me that they had rapped you?"
“All of us.”
A colt answer was he dragged on a knife over the other mares flank and cut over a mark on it. I looked back to the mares, and both had white coats with red and blue manes, and body build identical twins most likely. I stood up from my throne and walked over to the mares. The one who had her teeth knocked out and saw she was half out of it. I huffed then placed a hand on her stomach and shocked her, and she snapped out of it then screamed. Blood flew out of her mouth and onto my face. I grabbed her chin then made her look at me. "Is what he said true because what I saw meant at least one you were doing it as well?" She took in a breath then spit blood on my face. I crushed her jaw then let her go as she tried to scream, but blood and spirit just fell from her mouth. I cleaned the blood off my face with her mane then kneeled to the ground. "Sorry, but I can't condone rape even if they rapped you first you can kill them. Oh, stab then in the breast and force knives up into their anal cavities and vaginas as that will cause them great pain."
"What if we just rape them anyways?"
I looked at the stallion who said that and saw his coat was a light grey with a black mane. "I'll beat you half to death, but don't worry in the end I'll have you all have mare slaves before it's over with." They all looked at one another then nodded their heads before they started to kill the mares slowly. They started by using the hammer to break each finger and knees of the mares. The mares screamed as bones poking out of their hands and knees. Then The took the short swords and started to cut away at the broken knee joints and cut through their legs. I burned the wounds shut with my dark fire so they could live longer. They cut them across the body deep gashes going down their backs, chest and even cut off their breast. I smiled as I burned each wound shut and they screamed every time I did and each time the stallions stopped they beg for them to stop and for them to let them go. But, all those pleas fell on deaf ears as I stallions were about to finish them off and they started to skin them alive. Theirs screamed stopped as they full skinned their backs and moved to their fronts. Once they were skinned the smiled as they looked at the mutilated of the mares who tortured them for all these years. "I like the look of this."
I looked at silver coated stallion who had a long scar going down his back. He had long white hair and he seemed to have combat experience as his upper body muscles were more significant than the other fact was her held a blade like a soldier would. I walked over to him and patted his shoulder. He was just a little shorter, so we were face to face.
"What's up?"
I smiled as I pulled lostvayne from my darkness along with a cup. "How'd you like to help me fight for male freedom?" He smiled as he looked at me.
"Is that a real question?"
I smiled as I stomped on the ground and a rectangular prisms shot up from the ground. "Good, now this may seem strange, but if you drink my blood, then your power will grow at an extreme rate." He looked at me then looked at the other stallions started to stab and beat the dead mares. He looked at me again then looked at the cup.
"What would happen to me?"
I shrugged my shoulders at him. "Not too sure most keep their bodies they way they were, but some will change color, or small features will vary." He thought about it for a moment then nodded his head.
"Let's do this, my names Fire Forge."
"Nice to meet you, my name is Meliodas." I cut my arm, and black blood with a purple glow ran down my arm. After a few seconds, the cup was filled, and I activated my darkness and healed the wound. I picked the cup up then held it out to him. Fire Forge took the cup then quickly drank it as quick as he could. Once he finished the cup, he dropped the cup and grabbed his throat as darkness covered his body was completely covered in darkness. Black lighting cracked around him, and a blast of air slammed into all of us. The stallions and colts were sent flying and put my arm up to block if the force but even I was pushed back a little. ‘Damn that some power hr's giving off!’
“Forge!”
The darkness started to sink into his body then black and silver lighting shot out from his body. The darkness finish and a mark formed over his right eye. It was of the clawmarks, and he's frame changed a little, and he seemed to have grown about six inches, and his mark lower forearm was still black, and his lower have was covered entirely. I used my sharingan as I looked at him and saw had a massive amount of energy now. 'He's about as strong as Luna and Celestia now interesting.'
"This power... I can feel it coursing through my veins. Is this what you feel all the time?"
I laughed as I looked at him. "No, I have far more than you can use as of this moment. But, all that aside let move." I activated Tobi's sharingan, and we left the Kumi dimension.
We landed outside the city, and other stallions and the colts all fell to the ground, but the two of us landed on our feet and hoofs. "Head north a stallion resistance safe house is that way. My old house is up that way too as well. There is food there, and you should be safe for a day or two." The nodded but Fire Forge stayed by my side. I looked at him and smiled as I looked at him.
"What's next?"
I smiled and nodded my head back up to the city. "Next we wait for dawn to see what happens, but for now let me start your training right now with your new power. So, first thing first try to suppress your power. You can't go around like a ticking time bomb."
"Right Sir Meliodas."
He clenched his fist, and his fur and main started to flow in the air as his darkness formed. I frowned then walked up to him then slammed a fist into his stomach. He coughed as he dropped to the ground and the power that was rising stopped. He fell to his knees and looked up at me with some blood coming from his mouth.
"W-why?"
I narrowed my eyes as I looked down at him. "I said suppress not rise." He stood up then looked at me this time trying something else. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes when I saw his energy starting to shrink as he breathed out. His mark vanished as something else happened which shocked me. His body shrink back down to the size I first saw in. But, with his darkness gone her stood naked in front of me but I ignored it for the moment. "Much better, try to keep your power down." He opened his eyes, and he looked at his fist.
"I can still feel the power, just not as much."
"That good you can call upon that power whenever you need it but let me show you what you can do with this power." I jumped away and clenched my fist and entered my demon form. The moment I did that Forge jumped away from me and threw his fist up with sweat purring down his head and body.
"M-monster!"
I smiled as I looked at him then took a step towards him, and he took another step back. He raised his power again then he charged me. "Fool!" He swung his fist then I grabbed a stick off the ground as he swung his fist. "Full counter!" The force of his punch was sent right back at him as I swung the stick. Forge flew back, and his right arm was broken entirely with some bone piece poking out of his arm. He slammed back down to the earth then his arm fixed itself. He stood back up fear in his eyes.
"S-stop!"
I smiled as I swung my stick down and sliced a hill on my right down the middle.
A cloud of dust flew into the air from the force and Fire Forge started to shake violently. “Listen I’m not a bad guy Forge but I want to make a point. The power you now hold is more dangerous than Celestia’s and Luna’s. So, I’ll teach you then you can do whatever you want with it. But, you must respect that power or it will destroy you.” He looked at me then smiled as he looked at me.
“Fine, but I want to help on the next house you storm.”
I laughed the nodded my head. “Deal.”
Chapter 8 'Violence warning'
I walked down the street at midnight. Gilda had welcomed him into the house when I told him that I saved him from the mares and I had told her it was me the guards were looking for to charge with the crime of murder and the theft of the stallions. Gilda said to me that I was walking a fragile line as I could lose the griffin empires protect if I get caught. I told her that if I got caught, I'd destroy the force that found me and that while I was doing that She was to get as far as she could. She was hesitant at first but then agreed under the condition I flee to the griffin empire if I could. 'Hm, I guess she does have a good heart.'
"Boom!"
'Guess Forge just freed another group, guess I should get to work myself.' I jumped onto the side of the building, and I ran to the roof then jumped into the air, and floated into the air as I looked at my target. The third most powerful noble family the golden tree family. A mare and her five daughters with twenty stallions five former freedom fighters used for hard labor. Most for the mines, they own when more dangerous areas. I looked to the north of the city and saw the flame of revolution as a mansion burned to the ground. I smiled as I watched them for a moment then looked at my target again. 'Let's see if you can fight.' I was about to attack them but stopped when my eyes caught movement on the roof of the mansion. I watched as whoever grabbed the roof side then hang over the edge of the roof then opened a window on the side of the house. I could make out a pair of wings on their back as they entered the house. "This is strange." I flew over to the window and saw a stallion forcibly holding a rag over Golden Tree's nose and mouth as they rolled around on the ground. She was reaching for a long piece of wood, and I entered through the window and stomped down on her arm breaking it.
"Whoa!"
"AHAH!"
She blacked out from me breaking the arm or the rag on her face I didn't know which. The stallion let her go then looked up at me, and I saw two knives strapped to his thigh with a few bottles on his belt. From what I could see his fur was blue with a dark blue mane with light green eyes. "Ha, you had the pair to do something like this kid, what's your name?" He stood up and looked at me.
"Soarin, you?"
"Meliodas."
His eyes went wide as he looked at me.
"The one who shook the whole of Canterlot?!"
He whispered yelled as I leaned down then grabbed the mare as I was going to keep her for so experiments I want to try. I opened the Kumi dimension then she was sucked in. "Ya, how do you know my name?" He smiled as I looked at him.
"Are you kidding me? All stallions in Equestria know about you by now. Princess Luna changed a few laws to make it, so stallions now have most of the fundamental rights like mares in equestria. Princess Celestia tried to fight it, but the noble council overruled her three to two."
I was a little thrown off by what Luna had done, but I smiled as I thought of Luna. 'I guess I owe her a thank you and maybe a gift.' I nodded my head to the door as Soarin looked at me. "Let's move, and there are others to take care of."
"Yes, Sir."
Soarin quickly followed me out of the room then I stopped when I saw two stallion heads mounted on the wall. Soarin patted my shoulder when he walked past me.
"Mare do that to stallions who fight them at times."
I clenched my fist as we walked down the hall, but I looked around before going farther then I stopped. "None of the other's are here right now."
"How can you tell?"
I pointed to my eyes as I spoke. "My eyes can see the energy in a body, but I can see anymore around or under the house."
"What are we going to do then? Some of my friends were here, and I broke in here to save them."
I sighed as I patted his back. "They may have left taking them with them so nothing right now, but we can burn this house down!" I covered my right fist in dark fire and slammed my fist down into the floor. A stream of fire shot through the levels and broke through to the basement.
“Holy Tartarus!”
I grabbed Soarin then kicked a large hole in the wall. I jumped out and pulled Soarin as the flames started to spread around the house. “Meet me at the griffon Embassy before dawn!” I threw him into the air, and he opened his wings as I fell to the ground.
“Sure!”
I landed on a back street and started to run to the castle. Once I was close, I saw a group of guards standing outside the talking. I floated over then quietly so I could hear what they were saying.
“I can't believe stallions can walk around without a mare now!”
“And have the same rights as us mares, we mares made this country what it is not those slaves.”
I narrowed my eye then slammed down behind the two mares who were spreading this hate propaganda. The mares were caught off guard, and a few ran away leaving to others behind. “You all need to watch your mouths when you not behind closed doors.” The mare who was talking looked at me and I recognized them. “Of you two.” I spot with distaste in my voice as I looked at the two mares who was at my home the other day.
“Oh, Celestia help us.”
I smiled as I took a step towards them and the to three steps back. I laughed then turned my back to them. “Watch yourself before you meet someone who isn't as kind as me.” I jumped over the wall then walked up to the castle. ‘Now, where's Luna?’ I looked for her energy and found he on top of the highest tower right in front of the moon.
“Who are you, Sir?”
I turned my head and saw another mare. She was as tall a normal mare but had both wings an a horn. She had a pink coat of fur was wearing a pair of blue jeans with a light pink shirt. Her main was a mix of pink, yellow and purple hair. I turned all the way around and answered her. “My name is Meliodas former holy knight and sin of wrath.” This mare looked at for a moment then spoke. I looked at her for another moment then turn and started to walk to the tower Luna was on. Someone grabbed me by the chest and tried to throw me over then but I slammed my hands onto the ground then locked my legs around their neck then threw whoever this was over me and slammed them head first into the ground.
I jumped back and saw Gleaming out cold her head buried into the ground and the other mare had fainted. “Ah crap, I can’t leave them like this.” I pulled Gleaming from the ground then threw her over my shoulder. I walked over to another mare then picked her up and carried them into the castle. The other mares arms and legs dragged on the ground as I walked down the halls of the castle.
“Um, Sir Meliodas why are you carrying captain cleaning and Princess Cadence?”
I looked over to a side hall and saw Nightmare. I smiled as I looked at her then hefted the captain on my shoulder. “The captain here tried to attack me not the smartest idea you know?” Nightmare laughed into her hand then a thought occurred as I looked at her. “What are you doing up this late young lady?” Nightmare smiled as she looked at me.
“We’ll my mommy is the goddess of the night.”
I felt my eye twitch as looked at her. I sighed then nodded for her to lead the wave. “Find me a place to put these two then I have to talk with your mommy.” Nightmare smiled then she started to run down the hall laughing as she did so. I followed her as she ran then I noticed Luna’s energy had moved and was heading the same way we were. ‘Two birds one stone.’ Nightmare ran up to a large door and she opened the door. I walked in and saw a few photos on the walls of the mares. It looked like they were a couple from the pictures not to mention I could see a strap on sticking out from under the bed. ‘Ok, this is clearly something I don’t want to get in the middle of.’ I walked over to the bed then threw Gleaming on the bed then laid the second mare down gently as all she had done was ask my name.
“Sir Meliodas?
I looked at the door and saw Luna standing in the doorway. Luna was dress in a long dress which seemed more suited as less than formal nightwear. It seemed to be loss fitting with a long white scarf wrapped around her waist. On the tights were larger x stitches she had on a black necklace with a crescent moon in the center.
“You look lovely Luna.”
Luna blushed as she looked at me then shook it off as Nightmare and I walked out of the room. Nightmare waved at us as she ran off as Luna and I looked at one another. I rubbed back of my head as Luna moved her hoofs in a circle on the floor. “Nice night right?”
“Thank you, I work hard on it.”
Luna seemed too bright as she spoke and I smiled a little as I looked at her. “Look, I came to see you, Luna.” She looked at me and she grabbed my hand.
“Come with me then Sir Meliodas.”
She pulled me down the hall but this time she was running in a mad dash. We walked into a large mess hall of sorts, and Luna had me sit down, and she ran into the kitchen to see what was leftover.
Luna pov
I looked around the large kitchen for anything Sir Meliodas, and I could eat. I looked in the cabinets and refrigerator.
“Princess?”
I jumped as I turned and looked at the head cook, Sweet Cakes. A very skilled earth pony mare at making sweets. “Good, I have a guest, and I need some kind of snack, where is something I can take out for us?” Sweet looked at me for a moment then crossed her and put a hand on her chin.
“Do you know what this guess likes to eat?”
Stopped and thought about it and I didn't know what Sir Meliodas ate at all. I thought as I looked at her. “I don't know what Sir Meliodas eats. What would you recommend?” She thought for a moment then snapped her finger as she had an Idea.
“Ice cream would be good, everypony like that.”
I smiled as I opened the freezer then pulled out two cartons of mint Ice cream and a pair of spoons. “Thanks!” I rushed out of the kitchen and saw Meliodas sitting in a chair with a care in the world while in a staring contest with captain Gleaming Shield. A nasty bruise was on her head and she had a sword in hand. “What is going on?”
“I’m going to kill this freak.”
Meliodas smiled as he looked at her.
“You think you can then by all means please try I’m begging you too.”
Meliodas smiled as Gleam horn lite up. “ENOUGH!” Gleaming flinched but Meliodas seemed to get a little angry at this. ‘Does he just want to fight?’ I sat the ice cream down on the table then pointed to the door. “Leave captain before you become a private!” Gleaming shot me and Meliodas a glare then walked out of the room.
“You are no fun,”
I looked back at him and saw a frown on his face. I walked over to him and looked down at him with the ice cream in my magic. He ignored me for the most part but he looked me in the eye when I stood over him.
“You could have let us fight a little you know. But, I guess I’ll go find someone else to fight later or maybe I'll go get a drink.”
I sighed then sat down in a chair beside him then pulled the ice cream lead off then started to eat the ice cream. For some reason I was both angry and happy at the same time. I was angry at him for talking to a mare like that, but I was happy to be close to near i’m and I don’t understand why. I’ve been this close to other stallions before but it was different with Meliodas. With him I felt like I was talking with my sister or my old friend White Eclipse.
“First I'd like to say thank you for the law you had changed. But, I can promise if mare don't change there ways then I'll take action Luna.”
I looked at him from the corner of my eye and saw he was calm and there was no sign of deception on his face. ‘He's not bluffing, I have to keep a close eye on him.’
“So, as a thank you I'll hear you out about whoever you wanted to bring back to life. If the reasons good enough we'll head out whenever I have everything I’ll need and revive her.”
I dropped my spoon and looked at him as he opened his ice cream.
Meliodas pov
I opened the ice cream as I started to think of what I was going to need. ‘First things first I assume this pony have been dead for sometime so DNA will have to come from her grave which may be had. Next, I'll need a living sacrifice to reconstruct her body but with Luna there I can’t really use a pony.’ I took a bite of the mint ice cream then threw my back into the chair and fell back and rolled out of the chair as Luna tried to grab me. She hugged herself then looked at me.
“I was going to hug you, Sir Meliodas.”
I took another bite as I floated high onto the air. “Keep your hugs to yourself Luna. I'm not your friend or a family member.” Luna looked a little hurt by what I said but point was made. I didn’t was psychical contact of any kind.
“I see, but if that is the case why didn't you stop Nightmare from hugging you on he street? “
I looked down at for a moment then turned my back on her a I floated. “I've explained that once already Luna. Goddess this mare is annoying why can she be more like Gilda calm and cool.”
“Shut up you!”
I floated to the right as she threw her ice cream at me. “I'll be back tomorrow morning by seven be ready to go when I show up.” I threw the empty Ice cream container on the table with the spoon close behind. I floated up and through the roof as I heard Luna yell for me to wait. I ignored her then saw why she wanted me to stop. I entered a bedroom and was now floating over a sleeping Celestia. I saw a book in her hand and saw it was quiet out. It looked like one of those books you'd find in a hundred year old house all torn and with a few burn marks on it. ‘What do we have here?’ I grabbed the edge of the book then pulled it through her arms but when she no longer felt the book Celestia started to open her eye. I panicked then shot up and faszed through the roof. I waited with faded breath to see what would happen. I knew I could take her but If Forge knew I was fighting her he'd jump I'm then Luan would get involved and the guards. Sure I had my demon powers and full counter but I don't to show that hand just yet. I opened my Kumi dimension then entered. I saw the mare I trapped an hour ago she was awake now and I looked at her. She was an older mare but was still a pretty mare. Her body still looked young and her her fur was a dark rosely red. Her name was a white with silver highlights in the the middle. She had a nice figure and was only about eight inches taller than me. She was in a fine dress that pushed her breast out and her hips pressed into the dress nicely. She looked up at me as she held her arm. Her eyes were wide as she looked up at me.
“HEY, HELP!”
I looked down at her then activated my Sharingan again. I used Itachi’s version of Tsukuyomi which requires eye contact to be performed, trapping the mare within an illusion completely under my control. My prowess with the technique should allow me to alter the perception of time with ease within this genjutsu to make a few seconds seem like many days as a means to torture her. This results in any victim of the genjutsu suffering psychological trauma that incapacitates them for a considerable period of time. I watched as the mare as she was now strapped to a cross the sky above her was blood red and the mare’s fur turned black and her clothes turned white and black.
Third person view
“What is this!?”
Multiple copies of Meliodas formed around her all of then armed with a copy Lostvayne in hand. They walked closer to the mare and one of the copies stepped up to Golden Tree then stabbed the blade of Lostvayne and stabbed the mare in the stomach. White blood came from the wound and Golden Tree screamed before passing out again. Hours passed before Golden Tree had woken up when she did she felt the blade get pulled out of her stomach.
“AH!”
“One second down twenty-three hours, fifty-nine minutes and fifty nine seconds.”
“Only one second passed but I passed out?!”
The copies all spoke in unison. “I control this space and how fast the time moves as well.” Golden Tree looked at the horror in her eyes as all the copies moved on her a blade stapping into to her arms, legs and stomach.
Meliodas pov
I left the mare in the illusion as I looked back down at the book. I opened it to see when she had written in it. It seemed to be a spellbook of some kind but not anything I’d care about until I ran across a spell that stock out. It seemed to be a sexual dimorphism spell which would make the mares larger and stronger than the males. There was even illustrations of how mare and stallions used to be. The Stallions used to be three times stronger than the mares and were a foot taller. Then at the bottom of the page I found a note written in a different handwriting. It was messy most likely written quickly or angrily.
‘I’ll make all stallion pay for him leaving me!”
“Interesting very interesting.”
I returned to the Griffin embassy before dawn and meet up with Sorain, and Like forge gave him the choice of drinking my blood or going to the Griffin Empire. He chooses to drink my blood, and again he gain massive power. His wings grow out to what he called titan close and his mark former on his neck. It was of a feather with a blade at the end. Forge an also brought a stallion named Thunderlane. He was a large stallion with a magentaish gray coat and had a cyanish gray mohawk. He was dressed in nothing but a torn bed sheet, and he had a stab scar on his chest. I gave him the same offer Thunderlane the deal, and he took it. His mark was a thunderbolt on his chest, and his wings grew to titan class as well. Once we had the two of them set with their new wings and strength as we walked into the house. The stallions all had a room but for some reason, Gilda had forced me to room with her. I didn’t care much but her throwing stuff at me when I walk in is uncalled for.
“Hey, Meliodas, when do we launch an attack on the castle?”
I looked at Forge as Thunderlane and Soarin listened in. “As soon as I can get Luna on my side. I like her and Nightmare is like a daughter to me. I don’t want them getting in the middle of that fight. But, if you all want you can attack the last house tonight.” They smiled when they took Thunderlane to a room to get him dressed and feed. I nodded my head as I headed upstairs and walked into mine and Gilda’s room. Gilda was in the room in a towel wrapped around her.
“GET OUT!”
She threw a book with a lamp close behind. I moved my head to the side and ducked as she threw things at me. I grabbed Chastiefol from the corner as Gilda threw a nightstand at me actually scaring me when I ducked as quick as I could. When I stood back up the towel around her body fell and Gilda stood naked in front of me.
“AHAHAHA!!”
I ran out of the bedroom with a little shaken as I rested my back on the door and the image of her body was burned into my mind. A second later a sword was put through the door beside my head and I could hear her in the room.
“When is that idiot going to get the hint.”
I stopped thinking for a moment then looked at the door again. I took a deep breath then braced myself and stabbed Chastiefol into the floor then opened the door again. She had her towel back on and she had a blush two.
“Leave you…”
I closed the door as I walked in then walked up to her and grabbed her head and pulled her head down and kissed her on the peck which to my surprise the peck was as soft as a pair of lips. Gilda as caught off guard but then started to kiss me back once it set in. I broke the kiss a second later and Gilda looked at me when I did.
“Why?”
I smiled as I looked at her. “In truth, you and one other have caught my eye. But, I have to say I do like you a little more as we had something in common.”
“What?”
“I know what it feels like to lose the ones you love the most.” She looked at me for a moment then her eyes widened.
“I see, well I can promise I’m not going anywhere anytime soon.”
She hugged me and I hugged her before a knock came from the bedroom door. Gilda’s face turned red and she ran into the bathroom. I sighed slightly annoyed and opened the door and stopped the guard mare my clone caught stood in front of me.
“Sir Meliodas Princess Luna is outside waiting.”
“She’s early.”
“She is very eager to go.”
I nodded then grabbed Chastiefol as we walked out of the house. Then when I was outside I saw the stallion in the house were beating a group of mares who seemed to have tried to force their way in. About nine mares were on the ground out cold and Forge was choking a mare to death while Thunderlane and Soarin were stomping down on a mare who had a shield over her and another mare who had a broken arm. “Guy back off and go back inside!” The stopped and looked at me as I saw Luna at the gate.
“But they attacked us!”
I rubbed my eyes as I looked at Forge. “I get that forge but this can be seen and self-defense since you are on land protected by the Griffon Empire. Luna ran in and looked at the mare and then looked at the stallion a furious glare on her face.
“I’ll have you all castrated!”
I narrowed my eyes when she made eye contact with me. “If you do that then I’ll leave your friend dead.” Luna back down quickly which didn't go unnoticed by the few guards still standing. They all just let it be for the moment and started to move the mares.
“DIE!”
I mare jumped out from the top of the building with a knife in hand. I grabbed her throat when the knife just missed my head. I grabbed her throat and started to crush her throat. “Bad move but your a brave mare to bad it’s going to cost you your life.” She started to kick her legs as I lifted her over my head. I smiled as I looked up at her face as her face started to turn blue. “You know what, I’m hungry.” I squeezed her neck tighter and cheeks puffed out and a blue ball came out of her mouth. I threw the now dead body away and then a mare grabbed her and checked her over.
“What did you do to her!?”
I looked back at a red-coated mare with tears in her eyes as she held the now lifeless mare in her arms. I grabbed the soul as I answered her. “I took out her soul. I can eat normal food for a while but I have to eat at least one soul every month or so to stay healthy. If I don’t I’ll start to get sick quickly. She was just the unlucky one who had to lose her soul.” I opened my mouth then let the soul side in.
“PLEASE NO!”
I started to chew the soul and the mare broke down as I did so. I felt what must be magic in the soul. “Hm, there some magic in her soul that a nice plus.” I swallowed the soul and the mare holding the corpses looked up at me.
“MONSTER!”
I looked down at her and smiled. “You’ll make me blush miss, monster is so nice. I’m not an evil monster I’m just trying to stay alive and it’s like I like eating souls. I have to eat them to survive to live another month. Besides if I don’t I’d most likely go crazy and kill everything in the city.” That seemed at scare everyone and Luna looked at me same as she did before. ‘Hm, this is good I guess.’ I walked over to Luna and she looked down at me. I smiled as I started to use my darkness again. Four wings formed on my back but they weren’t the same as in the show or manga. All the feathers were black with red edges and I saw they were twice my arm length giving me a good seven-foot wingspan and I felt the longest feathers on the ground.
“You have wings!?”
Luna yelled as I flapped my wings a few time and floated in the air. “Come on Luna, I don’t have all day.”
“R-right!”
She opened her wings and flew ahead of me to lead the way. We flew high into the air and I flew up beside her. “I’ll have to dig up the grave so I can get DNA will that bother you?” She looked at me and frowned.
“Do you have to do that?”
“Ya, I have to have the DNA to bring someone back and you're not going to like this but I’m going to use a living sacrifice as a physical medium to hold her soul her before sparking her life force again.” Luna frowned but didn’t fight me as she banded to the right and started to head to the mountains. I followed her as she started to fly through the valley in between the mountains. We flew out of the mountains and were over the forest I called home not too long ago. We flew past the old castle and after an hour we landed in a clearing with a long abandoned and destroyed village near the edge of the forest. I looked around as Luna started to walk off to the hills nearby. I, on the other hand, walked over to what was left of the building and started to look them over and I found signs of battle in the ageless stones. Slash marks and burn marks riddled the stones and a deep crater was near the center of the town.
“Sir Meliodas, I believe I’ve found her grave.”
I looked back at Luna and looked back at the crater. “It faint but your sister's energy is all around this place Luna. I think she may have had something to do with this towns fall.”
“What!?”
I nodded as I looked around again. “There are burn marks littering this place. Her energy is everywhere around her. The energy two to have is unique so telling the difference isn’t hard at all. I think that friend of your maybe able to tell us more than I can tell from this place.”
“Right.”
I turned to face her and she started to walk again. We walked in silence as Luna lead me to a graveyard. I looked at what was at must have been a graveyard at one time. Old stone was all that was left and trees had long taken over the land again.
Luna walked through the trees and tombstones and A stone graves until I saw her stop in front of one near the far back. Flowers were on the top left side and the whole thing seemed to be made of blade marble.
The grave hadn’t seemed to wear down at all over the countless centuries it stood. I looked closely and saw the outline of a name. I walked closer asn ran a hand over the outline on the stone. “White Eclipse I think.”
“So this is her gave.”
I looked up at Luna as she looked down at the grave and I saw something. Something I hadn’t noticed before when I looked at her. Celestia's energy was inside her body. It seemed to be in every cell in her body. I thought back to the book as I looked down at the grave again.
“Is something wrong Sir Meliodas?”
“Maybe but I think I’m about to find out what’s going on. But, before I open this grave, I have a question, Luna.”
“What would that be?”
I stood up and used my darkness, and the book I took from Celestia came out of the darkness I had on my hand. “What is it you or Celestia planned and can you give me a reason not to kill you.” I looked at Luna and her eyes shrank as she looked at the book.
“H-how did you…”
I narrowed my eyes as I looked at her. Her body language became very nervous as I held the book in the air. “Listen to me Luna, you are going to tell me which one of you played goddess and destroyed your species evolutionary path right now.” Luan seemed to be panicking as she looked at me.
“Please you have to understand my sister had no choice, he was going to enslave all mare in equestria.”
“So, instead she made mares stronger and larger then stallion but instead of being better you became worse than them.” Luna nodded her head as she looked at me.
“No, mares have never been as brutal as the stallion of old!”
I stopped my foot on the ground and she flinched. “Both stallion and mares are guilty of this and I don't care which started it! Luna, I’ve been around for a long time and I know the flames of a revolution when I see them. When it comes I will help the stallions.”
“You can't!”
“And how do you plan to stop me? How do you plan to fight me if you try?” Luna looked at me a worried look in her eyes.
“What about Nightmare, what is a stallion…”
I grabbed Luna and slammed her against a tree. I picked her up by her dress and she grabbed my wrist. “I’ve said it once anyone hurts her I’ll kill them even if I’m to help enslave the mares.” I threw her down and walked back over to the grave. “Before all that I have to make good on our deal.” I grabbed the side of the and started to break the mabel than a blast of yellow energy exploded from the grave. The force of the energy slammed into me and I was sent fly and Luna was as well. I stopped myself and saw the whole graveyard as destroyed leaving a large in the ground. I looked around and found Luna near the edge of the crater. I flew down to her and landed beside her as she sat on her knee and looked at what was once a graveyard.
“That was my sister’s magic.”
I looked down at her and patted her shoulder. “Seems like she didn’t want something seen or found out.” Luna looked up at me then her eyes widened.
“I left Nightmare with her!”
My eyes widened then took off as fast as I could. I covered the distance that took an hour in ten minutes and saw the castle. I slammed down into the castle ground and looked around for Nightmares energy. I found them in the what I thing was a lower room in the castle. I ran up to a wall and slammed my fist through the wall saring the guards as I smashed through another wall. I ran through the hole in the wall and ran into a large room filled with guards armed to the teeth.
“Stop or die!”
I covered my body in darkness and Chastiefol floated in front of me. “Increase!” An army of small kunai-like spears are multiplied from Chastiefol. “DIE!” I threw my arm down and the blades shot at them stabbing and taking arms, legs and heads off. A few used their magic to disappear. Chastiefol reformed as I slammed my fist in to a door they were guarding. I fist made contact with a barrier of some kind. “RRRHHH!” I covered my fist in dark fire and slammed my fist into the barrier again and shattered it. I kicked the door in and sent it flying into the walls on the other side. I looked at the scene and my rage grew as I looked at her. Nightmare saw chained to a wall in a torn and burn dress. Blood was coming from my mouth and had burn marks all over her body. Celestia was standing beside her a sword in hand.
“How did you get in here!?”
I covered both hands in black flames and jumped at her. “Burn bitch!” Celestia dodged my first swung but I threw my leg up and kicked her in the face then threw her back into the wall. I was about to go after her then heard Nightmare coughing. I looked over at her and broke the chains and picked her up and saw one of her eyes was damaged badly. One of her arms was broken and my rage kept growing. I quickly made a shadow clone and grave him Nightmare.
“Boss.”
“Take her to Gilda and use medical ninjutsu to fix everything you can.”
He ran out and I looked back at Celestia as she pulled herself out of the wall with blood running down he face. I ran over and grabbed her by the throat and threw her out of the two holes I made on my way into the castle. I ran out into the garden and saw Celestia getting up as a group of guard was forming.” I started to run at Celestia and the guard ran to get in between us.
“Protect the Princess!”
A mare jumped on my back and grabbed her tail and slung her off and over the castle. After that I started the most brutal beating I’ve ever given. One mare tried to get me with a sword up I put my fist threw her gut as I used bumblebee at kill the mares flying above me. I took her sword and started to swung. One mare ran up and I swung my balde down and knocked the sword from her hand and I cut her throat open. I turned then kills a mare who tried to guard herself with her arms.I cut one mare down the chest then slashed another down the chest as she ran at me from the front. Once mare tried to cut me on my right and I turned quickly and cut her across her back and cut another mare over the back and cut a mare through the side.
“Buck!”
The other mares looked at the now dead mares. I smiled as I ran at the guards in front of Celestia. I threw my hands up and spun the sword and the air cut the mares as they were lifted into the air. I jumped through the dust and started to slash the mares as I moved. I cut my way through a group and got block by one mare and she swung at me and I jumped over then blade and cut her twice over the chest and stabbed her down to the ground. I saw mares with bows at at the ready and I piece her up. I justed her as a shield and blocked the arrows. I threw her aside as a large mare lifted a large sword over head. I used my sharingan and she froze as I spun and cut her up the chest as I grabbed another mare by the arm and threw her over my shoulder.
“STOP!”
Celestia had grabbed the large sword and I smiled as I was going to attack her. She swung the sword and I used my darkness and grabbed the sword. I crushed the sword in my hand and I destroyed the sword. I grabbed her throat and as I was about to stab her a bright light flashed to my right and I looked out of my right eye. Luna appeared with the first six mares I met in swamp.
“Sir Meliodas!”
Celestia grabbed my arm as she tried to talk. “Luna go to the griffin embassy, Nightmare is really hurt. I think she may have lost an eye and she has burns and a broken arm.” Luna looked at Celestia as a purple mare rushed me. “GET LOST!” I kicked the mare as hard as I could and sent her flying back into a wall. When I did my I felt my arm start to burn. I looked at Celestia again. Her mane started to burn as she looked at me. She pulled her right leg back and threw it at me and I grabbed her then she blasted me in the face with fire I let her go then rubbed my eyes. A fist connected with my jaw and I was sent flying and connected with something with something soft.
“Hang on!”
I heard Luna’s voice and I opened my right eye and saw Luna holding onto me. Her horn glowed as Celestia flew up towards us. A bright Light went off and then we hit the ground. I still felt Luna’s arms around me and I pushed off me as I used medical ninjutsu on my eyes. “I’m going to kill that bitch. I let one sun tyrant get away not again.”
“What about Nightmare!?”
I looked over at my voice as my eyes finished healing. “Safe with with one of my clones and the guys who I made as strong as you or that bitch.” My eyes healed and I opened my eyes as Luna ran into the house then was sent flying back out of the house.
“Pin her Forge!”
Forge and Thunderlane both jumped out and grabbed Luna.
“What did you two do to that filly!?”
I stood up and Forge saw me as Luna struggled with them.
“Meliodas!? You were inside with the filly how are you here!?”
Luna freed her right and slammed it into Forge’s face and sent him flying back. I got up waved my hands. “She’s all good let her but you guys get ready we have a fight on the way.” Forge got up and Thunderlane nodded as they ran in. I helped Luna up and we ran in and I saw Gilda pacing outside our room and I rushed in past her. Luna was close behind and threw Gilda into the wall when she stopped to tr and grab me.
“Hey!”
Luna and I ran up and my clone dispelled himself then I took over. My clone had healed the burns and the broken arm but her I was right her eye was damaged but something was in it. The damage wasn’t to much for me to heal but with whatever was in it was stopping me. “Shit, Gilda get in here!” She rushed inside and Luna seemed to be panicking. “LUNA!” She stopped panicking and looked at me. “I don’t like this but her eye has something stabbed in it. If I can remove it I can heal her eye you two have to hold her down incase she wakes up.”
“WHAT!?”
“You can be serious what did Celestia do to her!?”
“Look We’ll handle that later right now Nightmare is the top priority now hold her arms and legs!” They hesitated for a moment but did I said but Luna had tears streaming down her face as she held her. “She may wake up from the pain so hold tight.” They nodded and I opened Nightmare left eye and saw what looked like an arrow shaft in her eye. I took a deep breath then placed a hand on top of Nightmares forehead and held her still. “I’m sorry Sweetheart, this is really going to hurt.” I grabbed the shaft and started to pull on it. As the arrow started to move Nightmare’s other eye opened and she screamed and started to thrash. They held her down and I forced her head deeper into the pillow then pulled the arrow out and blood followed quickly as she blacked out again. I quickly started to use medical Ninjutsu and the blood flow stopped after a few seconds and Luna dropped to her knees and grabbed Nightmare’s hand.
“I’m so sorry Nightmare I should have took you with us.”
Gilda hugged me other arm as I worked on Nightmares eye.
“What happened out there?”
I looked at Gilda and answered. “Celestia.” Gilda frowned then rested her head down on my shoulder. I threw the arrow into the corner and stopped the Ninajusta then checked her eye. “I healed the damaged but we won’t know if she can see until she wakes up. Now, I’m going to go kill that sun whore.” I was calm on the outside but inside was was ready to kill everyone and everything around me. As I walked to the door Gilda wrapped her arms around me and wouldn’t let go.
“Your really going to kill her aren’t you?”
I didn’t answer and dug her talones in.
“Look, if it’s just the six of us we can get out of here. With you and the guys we have more than enough power to force our way out so let’s take that route for now.”
“Wait six?”
We looked back at Luna who was looking at us with tears in her eyes. I sighed and patted Gilda’s arms and she let me go. I looked Luna in the eye and spoke. “Your staying here and I’m taking Nightmare. I trusted that she’d be safe with you and the first chance our sister got she nearly killed her and may have blinded her in one eye. Look I won’t keep her from you Luna, you’ll be free to come and see her as much as you’d like, I just can’t trust Celestia around her.”
“But, she’s my filly!”
Luna pulled Nightmare closer to her and I narrowed my eyes as I looked at her. “And mine, I used my life force to spark hers. I made the body for and all you gave was a soul. She’s closer to my flesh and blood then you can claim Luna.”
“But…”
“No, Luna I don’t want to just take her but I will if I have too.” She looked up at me then down to Nightmare and then looked back up at me.
“What is I offer my rights and life to you. I’ll even wear a collar that shows you own me, please just don’t take her from me.”
I was caught off guard and Gilda took a sudden breath.
“Princess Luna think of what your say! There will be a political scandal if you seemed to have become a slave or a breeding mare!”
“I know that lady Gilda but I can’t let her go!”
I didn’t know what I was going to do as I looked at the two of them as they looked at me. I crossed my arms then sighed my nerves are still unsteady as I spoke. “L-luna, I don’t want your rights as a free mare. I don’t want to make you a slave or whatever a breeding mare is. I’d be happy to be a friend, But mares need to pay for what they’ve done and so do you. Your guilty for allowing it so no. Either you take my deal or I take her by force and you don’t get to see her at all.” Luna looked broken and I noticed a smile on Gilda’s face. Luan let her go and ran over and grabbed my shoulders and dropped to her knees and as face to face with me.
“Meliodas, please I’m begging!”
I was about to knock her out when Forge yelled.
"She's here!"
Forge had yelled that Celestia had come and I was ready. Chastiefol floated behind, and I had both blades in hand. "You two get her ready to go the best you can." I walked out of the room and down the hall and I threw Forge estarossa’s sword and Soarin and Thunderlane covered their fist and wings in darkness. We ran down the steps and looked out the windows beside the door. The guards stood just on the edge of the embassy’s property. “Kill as many guards as you’d like but Celestia is mine.”
“Deal!”
I smiled as I looked up at the top of the stairs and saw Gilda with Luna behind her Nightmare in her arms with a blue glow around her. “We’ll get you two an opening, Luna our talk is far from over as well.”
“As long as I’m with her I don’t care.”
I frown at her think she had even a little say in this. “We’ll see about that Luna.” I turned to the door and nodded as I threw the door open and started to wave hand signs. “Kill all the can!” I finished the signs as I yelled then blew out a large fireball out slamming into a wall of mare destroying their main line and most of the second line.
“Pick a spot and kill!”
The four of us jumped into the line and I saw Celestia near the back in a set of white armor with a metal sun in her waist. With golden trim but she had a shield and sword instead of her halbert.
I charged her killing ten arms as I ran up to her. She threw up her shield when I tried to cut her with her sword close behind. I covered my left leg in darkness and made an axe blade on the back of my leg. I kicked her sword up and I threw my leg down and sent her shield back then turned in the air. “See how you like a cheap shot!” I kicked her jaw and sent her flying through two houses.
“NOW!”
Gilda and Luna ran out of the house then jumped into the air and started to fly off. I created a clone to follow them and he shot off at them. Some guard who could fly or shot magic at them tried to get them but Forge kill the one who could shot magic and Soarin and Thunderlane took out the flying guards. I jumped through the holes in the houses as Celestia stood from the rubble. I pulled my right back as she looked at me. I connected with her nose and sent her flying again. She broke through the roof I jumped out then stopped in the air as she fell back down to the streets making a deep the trench.
“Meliodas!”
I looked down at the guys and saw they had killed half of the guards that survived my attack. But, there were more coming and many were carrying staffs and large shields. I looked back at Celestia as she started to pull herself from the trench. “Damn, if It was just me.” I turned to the guys as I made my wings form. “Move out!” Thunderlane and Sorain opened their wings and Forge used his darkness to make a set of wings. “Let’s go!” I took off the same way Luna and Gilda had taken off in, no guards followed us as we flew away. I huffed as I clenched my fist while we flew for the griffon empire.
“What now?”
I looked back to Forge and sighed as I looked at him. “Go to the griffon empire and bolster our numbers as much as we can.” They all nodded as we raced to the border.
Gilda pov
We flew as fast as we could to get away from the fighting started up. After a good thirty minutes, we landed between a two large hill that marked the two-hour mark to the border. I sighed as I sat down on the ground and so did Princess Luna as she cradled Nightmare was she used a spell to keep her asleep. I narrowed my eyes as I looked at her. “You really should let us take her, it’s clear who really cares about her safety.” She looked at anger written on her face.
“What makes you think you're going to take her from me?”
I crossed my arms as I looked at her. “I don’t have to take her my new partner is going to take her from you.” I smiled as the angry look on her face turned to shock as I looked at her.
“Y-you and Sir Meliodas!?”
I looked at her a smile plastered on her my beak. “That’s right and when we get to the empire than I’m going to do everything I can take be a good mother to that filly, to be a good mother and protect her from that whore sister of yours.”
“Why you little call Griffin!”
“What you call me!?”
I uncrossed my arms and was about to attack her then Meliodas slammed down in front of me and stood up. I smiled as I saw him standing there. I got up and ran over then ran over, and hugged him he hugged me back and I looked at the Princess who hugged the filly tightly.
“Well I’m happy to see you too but I’m just a clone the boss sent to protect you girls.”
I didn’t care much as I hugged the clone. “I don’t really care as you are still him.”
“I guess that’s true.”
He wrapped an arm around my waist and made some weird sighs with his free hand. Once he finished whatever it was a root shot up from tops of the hills and covered us with some coming down to make seats for all of use. Couch formed behind us and a large chair formed behind her. We all took a seat and Meliodas’s clone leaned back as I let her go and leaned into him. “Hey, can you do any trick?” The clone looked at me and then held his right hand out.
“I have an attack you might find cool.”
He made another hand sigh and another clone appeared. He started to grab the air around and over his hand. Air started to get drawn in and a ball started to form in his hand. A blue sphere formed in his hand and a bright ball formed in the center. He jumped up then ran at the hills side then slammed the ball into it. A blast wave of air hit me and sent me flying from the couch. I grabbed the side of the couch and looked at the hill. The hill as hollowed out all the way through.
“What was that!?”
The clone looked back at us as the second disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
“That is a class attack Justu called the Rasengan. There are three parts to this Justu, first is the rotation. First, you learn to spin chakra in multiple directions at once making the sphere shape as you gather the chakra. Second is power, I have to increase the volume and density of my chakra output. Doing this can make or shirk the Rasengan however much I want. Lastly and the most difficult is Containment. That this stage the Rasengan and explode and harm me as a result. I have to combine the first two steps into a contained sphere but to it isn’t easy and it blew up in my hands almost taking my arm off.”
I smiled as she walked back over to me and sat back down beside me. “Whoa, do you think you can teach me to do that?”
“We’ll the boss will receive the memories so if he wants to teach you then he will.”
I smiled as he wrapped an arm around my shoulder then smiled.
“I can, however, do this but be ready for a shock. The boss was going to do this anyways so I’m sure he won't since if hidden us and the only one who will find you is the boss. ”
He disappeared then some kind of blue energy wrapped around my chest and I tried getting it off as lines started to form on my whole body. They formed everywhere and I could see them through my clothes.
“Lady Gilda your shrinking!”
I looked at my body again and saw she was right. My whole body had shrunk to two-thirds of my full size. I would be closer to a teenaged mare size still larger than many males but I didn’t know if the strength I had would be the same. I looked down at my hands and saw my talents had changed. They seemed sharper and looked straighter more like knives, better for fighting or hunting. I stood up and grabbed my pants when they started to fall from my now three sizes small waist. I opened my wings and saw they had grown out by a foot, now they were more suited to fly with more speed and distance. ‘I guess now I can do more than glide now.’ I looked at the rest of my body and saw my muscles were more defined. I looked back at the clinched my right fist and punched the couch breaking the couches roots and sent it flying through the hole made by the clone. It broke through the trees and we heard it smash into something in the forest.
“What did you just do?”
I looked back over at Luna and saw the shock on her face. I smiled as I clenched my fist as I looked back out to the sky and saw four black lines race across the sky heading straight for us.
Meliodas pov
I saw a chakra body under a large overhang of roots and I flew down to it the guys following me down to the small hold up. I slammed down and the other landed behind us. I reserved the information from my clone and knew Gilda now had a chakra network over the magic one she had before.
“We’ll wait here Meliodas.”
I nodded then walked in through the large hole in the hill and saw Luna, Gilda, and Nightmare who was still asleep. I stomped a foot on the ground and Luna’s legs and arms were bound by roots. I walked over to her and took Nightmare from her arms.
“MELIODAS! GIVE HER BACK!”
I nodded as Luna was struggling to free herself from the roots. “I’m sorry Luna but I can’t trust you to keep her safe anymore. Once I’m sure she’s in a safe place I’ll come and get you to see her. Till then goodbye Luna.”
“Meliodas! Please don’t do this!”
I stopped for a moment and I looked back at her again. “I won’t lose another child, Luna.” She looked at me for a moment then she and Gilda seemed to finally get it.
“Meliodas…”
I turned and walked out Gilda close behind but… the look on Luna’s face. ‘This is going to way on her mind greatly.’ I removed my wings as Gilda grabbed my arm.
“Wait a minute!”
I looked at Gilda and saw she was barely taller than me by seven inches. I pulled my arm free and looked at her. “Nightmare is like my second daughter and if she blinded in that eye I will destroy Equestria.” I turned took to the air the guys followed a second later and Gilda shot past us screaming clearly not too sure how to use her new speed. I sent Chastiefol in pillow form and she crashed into it and she floated back down to me as we flew. “I don’t think you can fly until I help teach you to adjust to the new speed.” I laid Nightmare beside her and she grabbed hugged her into her chest. I looked forward again as I flew waiting for something or something to come after us. I opened a hole in my darkness and pulled the book back out then threw it over to Gilda. “Read the last page in that book.” She nodded then opened the book up as Nightmare started to move on her own. She curried up into Gilda’s side and I smiled. ‘My transformed clone should be talking with Celestia and the other by now.’ I smiled as I flew with the others.
Celestia pov
I sat in throne room my nose and jaw still throbbing from the attacks Meliodas hit me with. He’s no ordinary fighter that's for sure. ‘He has to have some kind of weakness, a chink in his armor something has to work against him.’
“Princess run!”
I looked to the throne room door as Twilight and her friends ran into the room. Another man walking in behind them. He looked like an older version of Meliodas but was more muscular with green eyes. He hand darkness above his shoulder with golden arms coming from them with symbols on them. He wore some sort of fabric on his chest with golden armor on his forearms and legs.
“I see, your the one who was foolish enough to pick a fight with my son, Meliodas.”
We all froze as we looked at the man. Guards in the room ready their weapons but he only smiled as he looked at us. He walked closer to me and laughed a little as I looked down at him. “M-meliodas is your son?”
“I’ve just come to give you a warning little slut who sitting on a stolen throne.”
“What would that be?” He smiled as he looked at me.
"A seven nation united army couldn’t hold him back when he was just playing around, what makes you think beat him if he gets serious? His strength is equal to that of the goddess sorry filth like you should be honored her he took the time to fight you instead of killing you in one go and I can promise he can.”
I looked at him my anger mixing with fear as he stood before me so calm as if I was lower than him.
“Hm?”
He turned his head to the roof and uncrossed his arms.
“Seems your sister is back.”
A blast of blue magic smashed through the roof and Luna slammed down into the ground with roots wrapped around her arms the curst spell book in hand. She looked at me venum in her glare.
“Sister!”
She slowly walk up to her grip on the book starting to bend it.
“Meliodas took her.”
She looked at me tears in her eyes.
“He took Nightmare because if you and this damn spell you put on us mare!”
She threw the book on the ground and dropped to her knees crying her eyes out. The man looked at her and something seemed to catch his attention. He reached over to her with a golden arm and touched her head and she looked up at him.
“My son may be a softy but he’ll be sure nothing happens to her.”
He pulled his arm back and turned and started to walk away.
“I know you can’t hurt him but if you attack the one’s he care for or kill them I’ll come back and make you my slave Celestia.”
His body covered in darkness and started faded as he walked away saying only three more words.
“You’ve been warned.”
In the forest
I landed in front of the mountains, and I was next to a dense forest. I had thought of a plan that would be a sure fire way to train myself and the first day was going to be the hardest. I walked through the forest until I came upon a large pond. It was such clear water for such a dense forest, but I didn't question it. I stopped and started to summon any energy I could, hoping this would work. I then used both of my hand's index fingers and middle fingers to form a cross. I continued to summon my energy and used it for my first try at a new technique, but I wasn’t sure if I could use chakra. I closed my eyes as I tried to focus my energy to try and use a jutsu. After a few seconds, I felt energy moving inside me, and I started to "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" With a burst of smoke around me, I saw ten shadow clones that looked exactly like me and seemed to have quite a bit of energy themselves. I was glad that just focusing my chakra I was able to summon the clones. I figured this would work because I had the sharingan, which runs on chakra. So I should be able to do all of the Jutsu's from Naruto as long as I know the hand signs or how they work. I still felt full of energy, so I decided to summon more shadow clones. I repeated the same process as before, but this time I now had 60 shadow clones. I wasn't aiming for that much, which tells me some of the training I need to do. I sighed as I looked around and thought about what training should be done first. "Alright, break into to teams of ten so that we can get as much out of training before we do anything else, doing this will allow me to understand the limits of this body so, men! get in your teams!"
"SIR!"
I then gave each group a letter. "Group A will be training our chakra control! Do so by climbing trees and once you feel comfortable with walking up trees move on to walking on water. This will help get us control over our chakra." I told them, and they all nodded and rushed off. I then looked to group B. "I want group B to work on any Justus that they might be able to do. Chakra control is low right now, but just try putting enough energy into it!" I told them, and they saluted me before they rushed off. "Group C!"
"Yes, Sir!"
They shouted and ran off in a different direction than the others. I looked towards group E. "Your group is going to be responsible for testing our many different powers. They can be whatever you want as long as they are different from what everyone else is doing. One of you will be preparing lunch and dinner. One of you is more than capable of that, but decided amongst yourselves who is going where and doing what." I believe we will be able to open the eight inner gates." I told them, and all of them became serious. "We all know how dangerous this is, but I believe it to be best to learn how to use both the eight inner gates and our demon forms."
"Sir!"
Two weeks past as I trained and use my clones to pulled a house beside the pond in the forest. Thanks to having my clones fight and train with each other every day help me learn what powers I had and skills. I could use Meliodas demon for along with his brothers. I could use two of the strengths of Rinnegan, the Deva Path this path grants control over retractive and repulsive forces and the Human Path which allows me to remove someone’s or somethings soul and read their mind, killing them in the process. I had also found I had most of the sharingan forms but Madara's eternal mangekyou sharingan. I learned I could also use the eight inner gates like I was hoping for. I had also made contact with a kind zebra named Zecora in the deeper part of the forest when a group of my clones and I were testing the weapons I had on me. She walked up on us when I was learning to use full counter within my option was the best power for me as being able to reflect both magic and physical strength was too much of an advantage.
"Sir, we have found ponies in the forest."
One of my clones appeared, and I looked at him. "What do they look like?"
"They appear three ponies in the forest, A group is watching over them in case something happened. All of them appear to be grown but were not sure but seem to be slightly younger than the ones you've met before. There is one earth pony, a unicorn pony, and a pegasus pony. The earth pony was dressed in overalls with a green shirt on under. The unicorn pony is wearing a dress, the last pony is the Pegasus but we've noticed her clothes are much older then the of two and she seems to be malnourished if the way some of her bones are showing."
I looked up at the sky and saw the sun was starting to set and the bigger monsters would be coming out soon. "Dispel yourself to deliver this message. All clones but one of A group then bring them here, and I will personally take them home in the morning when it's safer or if their closer to the town take them to the edge of the forest." He bowed then dispelled himself, I walked to my kitchen and started dinner guessing the children with be hungry when they arrive.
Meliodas clone pov
A clone form the defense group had dispelled himself, and a message was sent to us. We were to bring the girls to the bosses because it wasn't safe for them to stay in this forest at night. "Guys, dispel yourselves, and I'll take the girls again then bring them back to the master house." They nodded as they dispel themselves, I got the location from the last clone and started to move to the deeper part of the forest were the bigger monsters hang out.
"AH!"
I heard a scream, and I launched myself from the tree I was in as I did I saw a star bear standing in front of the girls. I activated Obito mangekyou sharingan as I landed between them and the beast. "You'll be instrumental to my animal path." I used the Sharingan's powers to sent the bear to my Kamui dimension. Once the bear was sealed in my Kamui dimension, I turned around and looked at the three who had started cowering as I look down at them. I smiled as I kneeled down and held a hand out to them. "Boss sent me to save you all now, come with me and let's get you all something to eat." They nodded as they stood up and followed me, and I could hear them talking behind me.
"Why isn't he wearing a collar like the rest of the stallions?"
Meliodas pov
I had made fried vegetables, and a vegan pizza then I made roasted manticore meat for myself with ground chilly peppers for so flavor to the meat. I had set the table and waited for my clone to bring the ponies. As I waited for them, I saw something out of my Rinnegan as I looked out of the open bay window. Two massive powers in some kind of carriage. But, they were moving through the body quickly. The two energies were inside one of the body, but they were too close together for me to tell which is the dominant power of the body. "I wonder why I haven't since these two before now." I watched as the energies moved over the forest, and I watched as it headed for a town clone team C found a week into their training. They had spotted both Twilight and Applejack on the edge of the town doing something with a group of ponies as they call themselves.
"Hey, boss!"
I snapped out of my thoughts as I looked over to the edge of the forest and saw my clone with the girls. "Ah, finally I thought that something had destroyed you or maybe you just decided to lead them back to the town." He nodded as he Dispeled himself scaring the girls behind him. I gained his memories and learned that males in this world wear collars for some reason. I walked over to the girls, and they backed up as I walked up to them. "Please come In I've made you all dinner and there a hot spring with a large fence to keep you say if you wish to bath, but I ask you eat first." I saw the white pony looking around as if something was missing. I walked up to her as she looked around. "What are you looking for." She looked into my eyes, as she frowned.
"Where are the mares who own you?"
I blinked as I looked at her, then I scratched my head as they watched me. "I'm not or will I ever be own by anyone." They looked at me, and the orange one crossed her arms.
"A male that talks back maybe we need to report you to the retraining center
I smiled as I looked at her. "If you want you can but, when they come, I'll just have to retrain them." They all flinched a little of my threat clearly not used to hearing one from a male if the way their talking meant the males were undoubtedly lower then the females. I sighed then placed my hands behind my back as I looked at them. "Look, my clone brought you here because this forest is a death trap at night. But, if you think you can sneak past the monsters then feel free to take your chances. Or you can stay here, and wait out the night and get a hot meal." The orange's ears pointed up at the mention of free food. They looked back to the forest then back at me. The yellow furred pony put up her fist as she tried to look intimidating.
"I-if you try anything then..."
I shot forward and stood before her a kunai at her throat. "I'm the sin of wrath child, do not think you can stand before me as an equal." She dropped to the ground caught off guard by my speed. I spun the kunai on my right index finger as I looked down at her, a smile on my face. "Get inside ladies and all this." I waved my hand between me the pony on the ground. "Didn't happen, and I will overlook the threat your friend made." She nodded her head as I threw the kunai into a tree behind me. When I walked up to my house, I could hear them talking, but I didn't care as to what the were talking about. I left my door open for them if they decide to do the smart thing and stay the night. I sat in the kitchen as I waited for them to make their choice. I expected them to come inside, I looked out the window and noticed something again. An energy source was from deep inside the forest, but something was off. Usually, energy followed smoothly inside a body, but this energy didn't seem to be the case. This energy appeared to be moving all by itself without a body to house it.
“What kind of food did you make?”
I looked back at the doorway and saw the group standing with somewhat worried looks on their faces. I nodded down to the table for them to see what I made for them. The orange one looked at the food, and I could tell by the way her eyes stared at the food she hadn't eaten a good meal in a long time. "Please sit I promise no harm will come to any of you, and I can also guarantee you a warm and safe place to sleep for the night." The slowly nodded but still stood in the doorway. I sighed then stood from the table and created a shadow clone shocking them. "I have to look into something, so my clone will stay here with you. If you need anything just ask him and he will happily provide you with help." I walked past them and pushed them into the dining room. "Now, you all go eat I'm going to check something out." They walked into the dining room, but the unicorn looked at me.
“Why are you doing this? We don’t know you, and you don’t know us.”
I pushed them in as I answered her. “I’m a former holy knight so just doing stuff like this is what I used to do day in and day out.”
“You were a knight!?”
I smiled as I I rubbed the side of my head. “Ya, before coming here I was known as meliodas the dragon sin of Wrath and captain of the seven deadly sins knight order.”
"Cool! Do you know how to wield a sword too!?"
I laughed then nodded my head. “Yes, and I can use magic as well.” I turned as she looked at me, and I summoned chastiefol to my side. I also grabbed Lostvayne and Estarossa’s sword. ‘I want to know who’s giving off that power. “I'll be back soon,” I spoke as I walked out of the house Chastiefol following ready to attack. When out I looked over to where I first saw the energy and saw of had faded all entirely away. ‘Interesting.’ I used king's power of flight to float up into the air to get a look around. I saw the energy was flowing out of the abandoned castle in the forest. ‘Who could be there, and why didn't my clones spot whoever it was in there.’ I started to fly to the castle to see was there and what they were up to.
Luna pov
"Sister, why are we going to ponyville over one male? Surely a guards mare can handle him in a few seconds." I looked at my sister as she looked out the window of the carriage. She seemed upset as she looked over the forest.
"No Luna, regular guards wouldn't be able to handle this male. Mares are five times stronger then stallions but over the last three hundred years males that are as strong as mares. It's very rare, only one out of a few hundred thousand are as strong as a mare. In all, I know of six in Equestria's history. Not only that but Twilight's latter said that he killed a hydra with two strikes, it takes fifty mares to kill a hydra, and he did it alone with two strikes. This male could be a threat if we don't hurry and use magic to lock his powers away."
"Sister, why did we even let mares own stallions we could always just locked them in the male brothel. You know may mares go to them even if their herd owns stallions." Celestia laughed as she looked out the window.
"True Luna, but you know as well as I that eight hundred years ago I was tricked into sighing the right to herd stock law. As long as that law is in effect, we can't touch stallions in a herd, so all stallions in brothels is not an option right now."
"Right, but what about the free ones you know the ones that law also protects. It's very rare but stallions who can defeat the herd mare of the herd that bought him we have to grant him freedom as we as any sons he has." Celestia huffed as she looked at me for the first time.
"I know I can't believe I signed that. At first, I thought the last noble stallion was kidding, but I was wrong. But, we made a deal that day that if he could win a fight like he proposed in law, I would sign it. Never did I think he won the match but I had given my word, so I had to sign it once he won. But, that is neither here nor there Luna. No stallion has managed to win a fight against a mare in eight years, so I'm not too worried about to happing again anytime soon."
I nodded as I crossed my legs then as I waited to land pain shot through my chest. I grabbed my chest as I fell to the carriage floor.
"Luna!"
Celestia dropped to my side as I heard her voice again. I looked down at my chest as the pain moved down my chest to my stomach then a ball of magic formed and shot out of my body. The ball shot out of my stomach, and the pain was gone as I blacked out.
Meliodas pov
I landed outside the castle then looked around to find where that energy was coming from. I saw the trail following from the far inside of the castle, and I narrowed my eyes when I saw what I could only describe as a pile of energy. "Strange." I walked through the castle looking around that the destroyed palace. The old stone was cracked and fallen in on itself, with old torn banners hanging on the walls. I saw the energy pile in front of me in what looked like a large room. I walked into what looked like a battle-torn throne room if the two large stone chairs at the back were thrones like I thought they were. In the middle of the room was a set of shattered armor. I walked over to it then the energy around it started to flow around me, and I saw the shadows in the room moving.
"Mommy is that you?"
I stopped as I looked over at the shadows as they formed a small body with white eyes looking at me with sadness. The child was about three an half feet tall and had a shadow horn, and I think wings on her back.
"You're not my mommy, I want my mommy back it's scary here."
From the voice, it sounded like a young girl who sounded scared. She had the basic body of a young child, but the hair and tail on the shadow flowed as if the wind was blowing around her. I smiled as I dropped to one knee and looked at me. "Sorry sweetheart, I don't know who your mommy I'm just can to see who was here when I saw energy in the air. I found you after that, but I have to ask why are you made of shadows sweetheart?" The girl looked down at the ground.
"I was taken from my mommy by six mares when they attacked me."
"Why did they do that?"
She girl walked a closer to me as we talked and she now stood in front of me her fear of me gone.
"I wanted all the ponies of Equestria to love my mommy's night as much as Celestia's day. When mommy was very sad, I thought if I made the night last forever then they would love it like they did the day. Then I got into a fight with Celestia, and she sent mommy and me to the moon for a thousand years then when we came back they stole mommy from me, and I lost my body when they did. I was left with only my magic and my shadow magic."
I felt my heart go out to the young girl then a thought crossed my mind. I turned and looked at the armor to see if there was any hair of blood on it anything that may have DNA. "Please be something here anything with DNA will do anything." I grabbed the helmet and smiled when I saw a few hairs inside it. 'Yes. this is half now I just need a living sacrifice.' I stood up and made a hand sign. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" A clone of me buffed into existence, and I gave him an order. "Go into the forest and catch on of those dogs that attacked us three days into our training."
"Sir!"
He ran out of the room leaving the girl and me alone. I sat down, and she looked at me her head leaned to the right side.
"What are you doing?"
I smiled as I waved her over. She walked over to me, and I started to explain. "I'm going to make you a body for you seeing as you don't have one. Once we have that done, you'll come home with me tonight then tomorrow well go into the town outside the forest to see if we can find your mommy."
"Really!"
The girl jumped up an down happily as I laughed. We waited a good hour until till my clone ran in the smallest of the three dogs. The dog was out cold, but I could see he was still breathing. I nodded then my clone vanished in a puff of smoke.
"What are you going to do with him?"
I looked back at the girl and smiled. "He's an evil person sweetheart, he attacked me and tried to make me a slave. But, now he's going to do something good by helping you get a new body."
"Ok, but will he be ok after that?"
"Yes." I lied and looked back at the dog. "Ok, let's do this." I clapped my hands then slammed my hands on the ground, and the hair in my hands moved into his body. Paper started to cover his body, and a pony body began to form. I saw no clothes were forming with the body, so I pulled my shirt I got from Zecora and threw the shirt over the body as it finished constructing itself. The body was of a very young girl, or I guess I should call her a filly is she's a young mare. Her body fur was black as a starless night with both wings and a horn which I hadn't seen on a pony yet. Her hair was a shade of dark blue, and her tail was a mix of black and blue making a beautiful tone of blue.
"That kind of looks like me but a lot smaller. But, how am I going to..."
Before she could say anything else a ball of energy shot through a broken window and headed right for the body on the ground. I grabbed the body then jumped away when the ball hit the ground where the body was.
"Give me that body you foolish stallion!"
A larger version of the filly in my arms appeared. The one was different from the filly. She was by far the largest mare I've seen in all areas, but she had a darkness in her cat-like eyes that told me she didn't need to get her hands on the filly body I was holding. I quickly looked around the room and saw the shadow filly form was gone from sight, but I could still see her energy. It was as far from this pony, no this soul if I had to guess. "This is going to a filly who needs it, and I can tell by your eyes your definitely not someone I want getting a new body." She clinched the hands she had, and they started to shine.
"I told you I...Want...that ...BODY!"
She lunged at me and tried to grab the body. I jumped from my place on the ground and moved chakra to my feet. I landed on the ceiling with the shadow filly's energy moved to stay behind me. 'I have to end this fast.' I jumped behind the soul and grabbed hold of her then used the human path on her, and she screamed as I forced her down to the ground and as she moved to the ground she turned back into a smaller ball. "Be gone." I crushed the ball and learned a few things as I absorbed the soul. She and the filly were the same individual, but each had two separate entities altogether. The filly Nightmare Moon is the entity of Princess Luna's fears and insecurities of both herself and of her seemingly fruitless efforts at making ponies love the night. The grown Nightmare Moon was her entity of angry, hatred and jealousy towards her sister for the ponies loving her day. Only playing in her day, plainly have fun in the daytime, for her entire life only seeing ponies happy under the sun. 'Whoa, this mare was and is still very lonely. I wonder if I can befriend her, so she's not as lonely.
"Sir?"
I turned and looked at the shadow filly. I smiled as I lowered the filly to the ground then put a hand on the shadow filly's head. "Ok, let's get you inside this body." I used the human path again and pulled a soul out of the shadow and placed it inside the filly. When I let her go the body shook, and energy started to flow around the body as I saw the eyes of the filly opened her eyes. Her eyes were a sky blue, and like the larger Nightmare Moon, she had blue cat eyes.
"I'm alive again."
She tried to sit up but fell back down. "Don't try to move too much for a little while Sweetheart. The new body will need a short amount of time to get used to the new soul inside it." She nodded then blushed as she saw my shirt was falling to one side.
"Can you help me put this shirt on?"
I was a little caught off guard then nodded. I closed my eyes as I grabbed her by her shoulders and leaned her up. "Put the shirt on my me and then hold your arms up."
"Ok, here you go mister."
She put the bottom of the shirt in my hand as I felt her mover her arms up above her head. I felt around in the air for a second then found her right forearm. 'Ok.' I lifted the shirt and pulled it down around her and all the way to the floor. I opened my eyes and looked down at her. She smiled back up at me, and I smiled then picked her up. "Let's get you back to my house and get some food in you, so you have the strength to hug your mommy to death tomorrow."
"Yay!"
I laughed as she cheered and kicked her legs as I started to walk us out but stopped when I looked at the throne room door. The lady of the Night stood in the doorway with a damascus long sword in her left hand and in her right was a short sword in the right. She was dressed in a long blue dress with a hole over where her womb would be. Her hair looked as if the night was attached to her head and tail.
"MOMMY!"
I saw her horn glowing and had an idea of what was coming. She sent a stream of magic at us, and I jumped at the side as she opened her wings and "Sweetheart I think she may not want to talk right now."
"How are you here and what did you do to me!?"
I keep one step away from her, and I was using my Sharingan to analyze her movements and waited for the right moment. After ten more strikes, I had her moves memorized. I jumped forward and grabbed her right hand then stomped the butt of the longsword, and the blade stabbed into the ground. I swung her arm around and slammed her into the ground. She dropped and short sword as she laid on her back.
"How did you!?"
I pinned her arms with my knees, and the filly in my arms unwrapped her arms from around my neck then looked at her. She started to struggle as I had her pinned. I quickly looked over her body, and I nodded that she had a double d cup chest size. 'She's about a size an half larger than most mares I or my clones have seen.'
"Mommy are you ok?"
Luna looked up at her and stopped she looked at her as she stood beside me.
"Why are you taking the form of a filly Nightmare!?"
She flinched and hid behind me which seemed to surprise her. "Miss, I used an ability of mine to absorb the evil side of Nightmare." She looked at me, and her horn started to glow again. I grabbed her horn then started to bend it to the side. The glow stopped, and she looked up at me. "Miss, please don't try that again I really don't want to break this if you decide to use magic again. Now, I'm going to move now please just have a calm conversation with This little sweetheart. But, if I see you about to hurt her, I'll send you flying through a wall." The filly grabbed the side of my pants, and I looked down at her.
"Please don't hurt my mommy anymore."
"Ok, I promise I won't."
I got off her arms so she could get up from her place on the ground. Luna jumped to her hoofs and looked at the two of us. She focused on the good Nightmare who was holding onto my pants leg as she looked at her.
"I don't understand, how are you even alive the elements destroyed you. So, how can you still be standing here?"
Nightmare filly let go of my pants before running over to Luna and jumped onto her. She wrapped her arms around her neck, and Luna's hand shot out to try and grab the short sword but stopped when she saw Nightmare was trying to hurt her.
"Mommy, I'm so happy to see you again."
Luna looked down at her as she struggled into Luna's body. Luna slowly wrapped an arm around her, but I could see it. She was very hesitant to even touch her. I smiled as I walked over and took the blade from the ground then stabbed it into the ground right beside her. She looked at me as I moved a few steps back and sat down on the ground.
“Who are you?”
“I’m Meliodas former holy knight and the captain of the order of the seven deadly sins my sin was of wrath the dragon sin.” They both looked at me shock on both their faces.
“A male knight!? How!?”
I stick my tongue out then heard the sound of what must be hooves running on stone. I jumped in front of the two ponies on the ground as a yellow of stream what must be magic destroyed the door and headed straight for me. I crossed my arms to take the attack rather than show anyone my full countermagic. The magic slammed into my arms, and I felt my arms burning.
"Mister Meliodas!"
I dropped to one knee keeping my act up as I smelled burnt flesh. "That burned a little." I turned my head and looked at the two behind me. "You two ok?"
"Y-yes, but your arms."
I smiled as I started to use my darkness. "What about them?" My darkness spread across my whole body both their eyes widened as I stopped my darkness and the burns were gone. I stood back up and cracked my body as I looked forward. The group I meet in two weeks ago stood in front of me with a new and large mare in the front. She was a little bigger than Luna everything about a size bigger. She had white fur with a mane I think it's called. It was made of four colors, and her tail was the same color scheme. It when from blue, green a very light blue ending with a shade of pink at the end. She was in a long white dress that showed her right leg all the way up to her though. She had a golden halberd in her hands, it had a large axe blade on the front then besides the main spear point were six points that looked like they were made to be used to slice someone if she missed with a stab.
"Luna are you ok?"
I moved to the side when I heard Luna stand up behind me. She walked past be Nightmare in her arms as she stood beside in front of the mare.
"Fine sister but 'He' is somepony we'll have to take with us."
"Ya, come with us Mister Meliodas! You made me a new body, and you can be my daddy."
'Nope!' I started to walk backward as I noticed the white starting to lift her halberd higher. "Sorry sweetheart but I'm not going anywhere with your mommy or the other one there. Now, with all you here I don't have to worry about the three my shadow clone found in the forest. There at my house near a large pond about a mile to the east. I left them with food, and safe with one of my clones to protect them." I turned before they could stop me and jumped through a hole in the roof shocking the two larger mares. 'Ok going deeper into the forest won't help this time. Maybe I should go to the mountains this time.'
