King of the Pirates

Set sail!

I sat with Zecora at a table sitting across from the six women I dealt with not a week ago. They had come to the island wanting to ask me for some help. They said a group of pirate ships was coming this way, and the marine vessels wouldn't get there in time. Twilight spoke up as she looked at the table.

“There aren’t many fighters on this Island and we need everyone who could fight to help protect the island. I know you don’t owe us anything but if you can...”

I held a hand up stopping her from begging for help. “I’ll help you fight under the conditions that people from your island to help build a real house on this Island for me and Zecora.” They readily agreed as it was the best bet they had at making through the attack. After we finished talking we left for the beach then we waited for something to happen, a bell sounded, and we jumped up, then rushed to the coast.

"What are fighting?!"

Twilight yelled up to an observation tower.

"Four galleons!"

I looked out of the horizon to try and see them. I saw four dots from far off ships then I looked at Twilight. "How many people can fit on a galleon?" She looked at me, then spoke.

"Between fifty to four hundred."

I smiled as I looked at the ships, then drew my swords. "Is that all I may get some practice in this fight." Applejack scoffed as she looked at me.

"What?"

"I don't care how strong you not even you can take them out alone."

I smiled as I looked at her. "What would you give me if I can destroy one of those ships in one shot?" She laughed then pulled at her top pulled it a little.

"I'll let you feel."

I laughed a little as I looked at her then looked out to the sea. After half an hour they were a few hundred meters away from us. "Hiken!" I turned my fist into flames and launched it as a column of fire at the two closes galleons. This attack is so incredibly powerful that it blew through both ships in one shot. Once they were a hundred yards away, I drew my swords then put the Wado in my mouth then ran as fast as I could then jumped using a burst of fire under my feet giving me a bust as I hopped over to one of the burning ships. I jumped out of the burning boat then landed on the deck, of the third ship in the middle of the crew. "108 caliber pound phoenix!" I attacked the ship cutting it in half making a column of water flew up as I jumped up into then cut the ship up another three times. The ship sunk with all hands aboard.

"Getaway!"

I heard someone yell from the other ship then I sheathed my swords before landing on the front of the boat looking down at the frozen crew. They all looked at me then I covered my hands in my fire as I looked at them all. I covered my other hand in flames as they both turned green. I created many small, glowing greenish-yellow fireballs that float around my enemies. It few seconds the whole ship was covered then I clenched my fist. "Firefly burst." The entire thing turned into a fireball as the crew dropped on the deck our fell overboard. With the battle over, I used the same trick of a fire burst as I jumped back to the beach. I landed behind the gathered crowd as they all looked at me, shocked at what they had seen. I walked beside Applejack a smiled on my face. "We didn't shake hands so I won't hold you to it." I started to walk hands again in pockets as I walked back to town to find Zecora. But I noticed as I walked everyone who was going to fight was following me like zombies.

"That was so cool!"

I heard a little boy yell from my right then something grabbed onto my leg. I looked down and saw a boy with brown hair with a thin build. I lifted my leg, and the little guy was holing one for dear life as he looked at me.

"Can you teach me how to do that?!"

He yelled a smile on his face, and I couldn't help but smile back. "Maybe when you're a little old, what's your name?"

"Pipsqueak!"

I laughed as I grabbed the back of his shirt then pulled him off my leg. "Ok, Pipsqueak if you want to learn to use flying sword attacks then you have to have a strong body and a strong mind."

"How do you use your mind to sent flying attacks?"

I smiled as I looked at him, then set him back down on the ground. I kneeled to his level then started to explain it as best I could. "Think of it like this, and you can have all the strength in the world but without the mind to use it. You may as well be trying to cut a piece of paper with nothing." He looked at me then nodded his head.

"I get it!"

He smiled then I looked at him a smirk on my face as I grabbed a stick off the ground. "Watch this, in the hands of a true swordsman anything is a blade." I walked up to a tree than in a quick motion I made three cuts. A second later the tree fell to the side. I looked back at him is mouth on the ground as I held out the stick to him. "Cut everything and nothing Pipsqueak that is the secret to all swordsmanship." He took the stick from my hand then I ran away, leaving them with that as I spotted Zecora walking. I walked up behind her a smile on my face as I grabbed her side. She jumped then turned as if she was about to hit me but stopped when she saw it was me. She huffed then waved my hands off, and I laughed with a smirk on my face.

"My you are brave, but it may lead to your grave."

I backed off knowing now if she was talking like that I was in trouble. She spoke normally more often, but when she rhymed, I knew she was mad. I quickly walked down the street to our little sailboat then waited. Soon enough, she came up two bags in hand.

"Ok, we're good now so do not frown."

I nodded as I pushed us off then hopped onto the small deck. While we sailed three more large ships with two winged and horned horse of the sail and flag. I stood up and was about to attack when Zrcora grabbed my arms.

"Stop it's the princess marines!"

I stopped as I looked at the ships again as the sailed passed us. I saw some of them looked at us as they passed us and I saw a few who may even give me a fight. I glared at them then smiled as I looked up at them. They docked on the shore when we were about to dock on the small dock I made on the island. When we landed, I tied a rope to the pier as Zecora waited for me on the dock. We walked down the path I cut into the forest the monsters had learned to stay on the far side of the island of in the day time. We walked up to her hut, and I opened the door for her then followed her in. I sat down on the chair we had made out of the stuff from around the forest.

"Say, would you go get something for me?"

I looked at her as she started to cook dinner. "Sure, what do you need?"

"Some of the fruits from the east of the coastline there are wild plum and peach trees."

I nodded then walked out of the hut then started to walk east. A good twenty minutes later, I found a large group of plum and peach trees. As I gathered the fruit, I heard footsteps coming from behind me. I stood up then turned my head and saw a massive group of marines with the girls out front. I set the fruit down then looked at them all.

"Donovan Arethy, you must come with us to the Capital island of Canterlot."

I nodded my head as I reached for my swords and the girls after seeing what I could do they backed away, scared of what I could do. "I don't want trouble but, no I'm not going anywhere Zecora is waiting for me." The marines stupidly charged me swords drawn ready to kill. I drew my swords and started to cut them down as they attacked me. A few even started to fly around, but I cut them down with my flying sword attack. A few tried to attack me with strange energy attacks, but I let then go through my body. I knew what I was doing and what I had done in the earlier hours of the day. As the twenty marines fell, it became clear to them the small force they had wasn't enough to take me on or capture me. I knew it didn't make sense as I killed the men. I didn't understand why I felt nothing as I killed them all; I didn't know how I killed all the pirates without feeling anything.

"Donovan!"

I turned my head slightly to see who yelled my name. It wasn't Zecora's voice; it was the little boy as he looked ar me. I let a sword got through my arm then I kicked the hell out of the man and sent him flying. "Kid you need to leave you don't need to see bloodshed." He looked at me then down at the bodies at my feet. I looked over to the girls then pointed my sword at Fluttershy, making her flinch. "Fluttershy take him and leave seeing this will do enough damage." She quickly ran over and picked him up before running for a ship. I looked at the ten remaining marines as the girls were around trying to save those they could.

"HEY!"

I looked over to the sea and saw another one of the ships coming this way. One of the men I cut down who could still move pulled out a flare gun. I was about to stop him but he fired a canister of smile kind with black smoke floating high into the air. A second I looked at the ship again and it was turning. I saw cannon ports started to open up and I knew what was coming. I put Wado in my mouth then readied my strongest attack that I’ve gotten a good grip on. “!08 caliber Phoenix!” I sent the attack then destroyed the ship by cutting it clean in the middle, and I sent another attack their way and sunk the ship. I sheathed my swords and yelled at the marines that were still standing. “The hell is wrong with you!? You’d all have died if they fired on this shore!” He dropped down as he looked up at me.

“I know, but we were ordered to capture or kill you, Sir.”

I grabbed his collar, making him jump. “Why!?”

“You're a threat to ponyville island; they’re worried that you could turn on the Island if they did something to anger you.”

“So, you attack me trying to keep me from getting angry or attacking back?”

He was quiet as he looked at me then I threw him down on the ground. “I see, I help, and I get attack well fine. If you want me to be an enemy, then I’ll be the enemy.” I walked away, going to the hut, but a few of them tried to stop me. I turned and drew my swords, cutting them all as they ran at me. I looked over at the five girls, and they dropped to the ground or backed up, scared of me. I pointed down the coast as they looked at me. “Go down this coast get on that ship than leave. The fallout from this will be bad, and I don’t want you to get drawn into this.”

T-thanks.” They ran off as I walked into the forest heading for Zecora’s hut. I got the hut and found marines holding Zecora down and were trying to cuff her as she fought with her. I drew my sword then started to run at them So of them drew swords and started to charge me. I set my swords on fire as I charged the now scared guards. “Yaki Oni Giri!” I slashed all of them, blowing them away with burning wounds. The remaining marines looked at as I charged them a demon on the hunt. They turned then started to run away scared as they looked at me. I was huffing as I looked at them then turned and cut the cuffs off her hands.

“Donovan!”

She jumped up and hugged me as she started to cry. I half hugged her. She calmed down after half an hour. Zecora stood beside me on her ship as we looked back at the Island. “You sure about this? I could keep fighting them off; it wouldn’t be that hard.” I looked down at her and she as she sighed then nodded as she looked at me,

“No, I wouldn’t ask you to have to fight like that every time they come back.”

I looked down at her and sighed as I activate the wind gem. The ship started to move, and I pushed Zecora to the living area. I sat down on the deck, watching the sea waiting for something to attack. “Where do you want to go?”

“To my homeland?”

I looked back and saw Zecora looked at me. “Ya, I guess I get to meet your family.”