War of the Dragon Gods!!

"So let me get this straight, Draco, out of nowhere, just came and attacked you? For no reason at all?" Twilight asked her friend as she bandaged her neck. Rainbow Dash nodded her head. She wasn't in the hospital because Twilight had seen her holding her neck and offered to give her some medical aid, which Rainbow Dash accepted. After a few scans with her magic, Twilight had deduced that none of Rainbow Dash's insides or bones were damaged.

"Yeah! I'm telling you, he's just as crazy as that other dragon!" Rainbow Dash said as she winced a little.

"Rainbow, I have a hard time believing that Draco attacked you out of nowhere, you sure it wasn't some other Charizard?" Twilight asked her, having a bit of knowledge of Pokemon thanks to a few members of the Knights research division, they were nice enough to tell her everything they knew about the species. This also led to her asking if Rainbow Dash was attacked by Draco and not another Charizard who wanted to pick a fight.

"Twilight, I know it was him! He had that weird watch thing on his wrist and everything!" Rainbow Dash said angrily, this made Twilight raise an eyebrow at this. "Oh come on Twilight! I'm telling you the truth!"

"But Rainbow, Draco would never attack someone without a good reason. You must have been imagining that this Charizard had a Poketrix when it attacked you." Twilight said, finishing bandaging her friend's neck.

"Twilight I was not imagining it! I saw that thing on his wrist just before he attacked me!" Rainbow Dash said, even more angrily as Twilight won't believe her little lie. "Come on Twilight! That thing is a monster! We should just banish it to Tartarus or something before it hurts somepony else!"

"Rainbow Dash, do you know how crazy you're sounding right now?" Twilight asked her friend, not believing what Rainbow Dash is saying. "He's the Dragon God of Justice! He doesn't go around attacking innocents for no reason!"

"Twilight he attacked me! And you're defending it?! Choosing that thing over your friend?!" Rainbow Dash shouted before she angrily stomped towards the front door. "Guess I know where your loyalties lie." she then opened the door and began to walk out.

"Rainbow Dash, wait-" but Rainbow Dash had slammed the door shut behind, cutting off Twilight mid-sentence. Twilight stared at the door, a saddened look on her face before sighing sadly and looking down. "Guess you were right, something is wrong with her."

"I know." Cinder said as she stepped out from behind the doorway of the kitchen, arms crossed and a hard look on her face. "Got any ideas why she's acting like that?" Cinder asked Twilight who shook her head no.

"No, this is new to me. I thought it was her being protective of us at first, but then seeing her act like this, like Draco is a monster when he isn't....it worries me." Twilight said, still looking down at the floor. "Maybe I should speak with the others about this, maybe they might know something."

"Then you better get to them before she does and convince them that Draco attacked her." Cinder said before walking towards the door and opening it before leaving. Leaving Twilight alone in the library with only her thoughts as her company.

"Oh Rainbow Dash, what's going on with you?" Twilight asked no one before she prepared to leave as well. "Spike, I'm going out, take care of things while I'm gone!"

"Okay, Twilight!" Spike called back, who was laying in his bed while reading a comic book. Twilight nods her head before leaving the library to talk with her friends about Rainbow Dash's current behavior. Not noticing she was being watched from the shadows of an alley. Two figures grinned as they watched the Bearer of Magic leave her home.

"The Bearer of Loyalty is starting to show signs." one of the figures said,

"Indeed, we should inform Reshiram at once." another said but the first figure shook their head.

"No, it's too early to tell, for all we know, she might go to the False God's side after a while. No, we wait and watch and if she continues to show signs, then we'll bring her to our True God!" the first figure said,

"But our numbers have dwindled since the False God and his wretched Knights returned. We need all the help we can get!" the second figure said impatiently, making the first chuckle.

"And this is why the Elder has assigned me to go with you, you're too rash and if you do take action, you'll alert the Knights and False God of our presence in this town. Then we'll lose another foothold and source of information on their plans." the first said before leaving turning in one direction and walking away making the second figure chase after them with a sour look on their face.

"Fine, but only because I want to be one step ahead of those fools." the second figure said.

"So do I my friend. So do I."

Lucy watched as her Followers continued to craft various weapons and armor, but there was one problem. They were all useless! The armor would be too fragile and break whenever her Followers even move! And the weapons were even worse! They were crudely forged and just like the armor, would break without doing any real damage! ’Insolent whelps! They dare call themselves Followers of Death when they are so stupid?! They bring shame to the title!’[/] Lucy thought angrily as she glared at her Followers.

She growls as she watched another weapon one of her Followers made break in half the moment it was used. “You insufferable miserable excuses for Followers! You know nothing of how to forge a blade or armor! And you call yourselves my Followers?!” Lucy roared angrily, causing her Followers to cringe in fear. Before she could continue shouting at them, something fell on her head before falling to the floor. “Now my lair is falling apart?! This is-” she paused when she looked at what fell on her head, it was a helmet of sorts, one side was completely black while the other side was orange. “What’s this?” she then picked it up in her claws before hearing a voice in her head.

"I am simply a mercenary for hire, if you require my skills, then simply state your price and reasoning for summoning me, and I will be there." An older masculine voice said in her head.

“What in the name of Arceus?” Lucy asked in confusion as she looked around for the voice. ’Where did that voice come from?! I just appeared the moment..I..’ she looked back at the helmet, then replayed the message in her head. ’A mercenary eh? Could be useful.’ she thought to herself as she gained a smirk on her face. “Come mercenary, I require your skills.”

There was a loud boom as a portal opened and a human wearing black and orange military gear walked through the port. “Who called for a mercenary?” He asked, looking around.

Lucy went wide-eyed in shock, she hadn’t seen another human for thousands of years! She quickly snapped out of her shocked state before speaking. “I did, human,” she said, making the human look at her and jump back in shock a bit.

“Whoa, this is the first time I have seen a real pokemon.” He said before clearing his throat. “If you summoned me then I assume you have a job for me? Or am I your first Displaced?”

Lucy raised an eyebrow at that word. “What the hell is a Displaced?” she asked,

He crosses his arms before looking around at the followers watching them. “I believe that it is a discussion that you do not want anyone but you to hear.” He said to her.

She frowns at him, wondering why only she needs to hear what a Displaced is but nods her head. “Very well, come, I know an area that is off-limits to anyone but me,” she said as she motioned with her wing for him to follow her.

He nods and follows her, being stopped a moment by one of the followers only to get knocked out in a single punch. “I don't like to be kept waiting.” He then continued to follow Lucy.

She merely rolls her eyes at her Followers actions before she continued to lead the human through her lair till they came to a dark room, there was multiple wooden dummies of Draco, or what’s left of them anyway, each one of them was either burnt or torn apart. “No one would dare enter my quarters.” she said as she then looked at the human, “Now, explain what a Displaced is now.”

“Fair enough, a Displaced is someone who is taken from their homeworld, given powers, abilities, technology, or in your case, a whole new body, and dropped into a new world. Displaced can make items called tokens to summon and be summoned by other Displaced.” He said.

“Bullshit. There is no way it can be that simple to call others.” Lucy said angrily, not believing that the entire time she’s been trapped in a cursed pony-infested world, she could have met others and kept her sanity thousands of years ago. “If these items go to these other Displaced, then I would have been seeing these objects before!” she shouted as she brought her face close to the human, growling and glaring at him angrily.

He stands there without moving an inch. “I don’t know all the details but perhaps it's because you haven’t made a token yet or perhaps there is a second Displaced on this world, and all the tokens are pulled to them.” He said calmly.

The mention of Draco made me growl even louder. ’Once again Draco, you’ve created another reason for me to make you suffer!’ Lucy thought angrily, “Fine. How do I make one of these ‘Tokens’?” Lucy asked him,

“It is really simple, you take something that represents you or your character, speak a message while channeling some energy into it and toss it into the air, a portal will open up taking it and spreading it to other displaced.” He said then smirked under his mask. “Judging by that look on your face earlier, I suspect that there is a second Displaced on this world. Would you like me to deal with them?”

“No, the honor of killing him is mine alone,” Lucy said, small wisps of flame escaping her mouth at the thought of killing Draco and how much joy it would bring her. “I refuse to let a mercenary or anyone else have that honor.”

The man shrugs. “Fair enough, but that still brings up a problem. You summoned me, so you need to give me a job and payment.”

“Yes, but I believe you have yet to tell me your name. I do not do business with others if I do not know their name.” Lucy said.

“My original name is lost, but I go by Slade or Deathstroke.” He told her.

Lucy nodded her head, “Good, now Slade, as you have figured out, there is a second DIsplaced here, one that I wish to kill. But he has an army called the Knights of Justice, they have given me trouble in the past due to their numbers and skills, which led me to amass my own army called the Followers of Death. But that was thousands of years ago.” Lucy said as she grimaced a bit. “Today it would appear my Followers have been…fuck sugarcoating it, they are pathetic and know nothing of combat or anything related. I need you to teach them how to fight and how to properly craft a weapon.”

Slade rubs his chin and hums in thought. “That is a big request, teaching them how to forge and use weapons will be easy, but teaching them how to fight will take a while.” He starts to walk back and forth thinking, and after a few minutes, he said. “Would it be acceptable if I taught a handful of your top soldiers and then they can teach everyone else? That would save a lot of time.”

Lucy nodded her head. “It is acceptable.”

Slade takes off his helmet showing his gray hair and aged face. “Good, now about my payment, what do you have to offer?”

Lucy thought about what she could give Slade as payment, she didn’t have that much since her Followers were stupid enough to not prepare her lair for her return. She then had an idea. “How does having a Pokemon of your own sound?” she asked him.

“Hmmm, I could use some help, but how do I know they will listen to me?” He asked.

“You can either get it during its early stages or when it’s an egg, that way they’ll listen to you.” Lucy said, “That is my offer for a reward, do you accept?”

“Hmmm alright, we have a deal. If you can get the egg of that water frog starter one, that will work as payment.” Slade said before he put his helmet on. “Let's get to work, first I’ll teach them how to make weapons.” He turns to leave but stops and looks back over his shoulder. “Quick question, do you want swords, spears, and those kinds of weapons, or would you like guns?”

“All of them, the Knights have weapons capable of handling very strong Pokemon, I think having guns would be a fair advantage to me and my Followers.” Lucy said, a dark grin on her face as she pictured Draco’s Knights falling easily to the power of a gun.

“Alright but be warned I can't promise you military-grade weapons, at the most, I can give you a starting point, something better than a flintlock. But with time your people should be able to improve them.” Slade said before he started walking back the way they came.

“That is fine, even something as a flintlock can be useful and improved as you said,” Lucy said before she followed Slade. The two soon returned to the room they were at before, the Followers still making terrible weapons and armor. “Followers! Hear me! I have brought someone to aid you in crafting proper weapons and armor.” Lucy called, emphasizing on proper and making her Followers cringe. “And how to be capable fighters, which you all have failed to be.”

“B-but great one! W-we do not need aid f-from that-” the Follower didn’t get to finish as Lucy roared angrily before turning the Follower to ash, making their friends look at the pile of ash fearfully before looking at her.

“Anyone else dare question me?” she asked, small noticeable wisps of flames escaping her mouth as if waiting for another Follower to speak up and voice their disagreement. No one spoke up. “Good.”

“Let’s get to work, I hate wasting time. Who of you makes the armor and weapons?” Slade said after activating a speaker in his helmet so it sounds like he is yelling.

“W-we do.” a minotaur and griffon said as they walked in front of the crowd, still afraid of upsetting their God.

Slade jumps down to where they are. He deactivated his helmet’s speaker. “Good, take me to your forge, I am going to show you how to make real weapons, not these pieces of scrap metal.”

The two nervously nodded while Lucy, after knowing that Slade had it all handled, went off to retrieve his reward. Not that anyone noticed. “W-what's first?” the minotaur asked Slade.

Slade looked over their workstation and shook his head in disappointment. “This is a mess, first you need to organize and keep this place clean otherwise you're going to contaminate your weapons with impurities.”

He then starts to draw a blueprint of a sword and listing instructions on how to forge it. “Get to work cleaning this place first, and get someone to get any other supplies on this list that you do not already have.”

The two nodded before they began to clean up their workstation as well as ordering one of the Followers to get most of the items on Slade’s list. This took about two hours but the workstation was cleaned and they had the necessary items. “D-done.” the griffon said, who was covered in dirt and grime as well as a few cuts.

Slade took his helmet off and frowned. “Now, clean yourselves up, then I will show you how to properly forge a sword as well as pieces of a much better weapon.” He said and removed part of his armor, setting it down.

They did just that by using a nearby washcloth to clean off the dirt and stuff. “Okay now what is this better weapon you are talking about?” the minotaur asked Slade.

“Proper forging techniques first, now watch and learn,” Slade said before he takes the time to show them how to forge a pepper sword. By the time he was finished hours had passed and the sword looked magnificent. “Test it yourself.” He hands the sword to the minotaur.

The minotaur swung the blade a few times, surprised to see that it didn’t break when he did before using it to cut a wooden dummy’s head off. “T-this is far better than anything we could ever do! How do you know how to craft a blade like this?” the minotaur asked Slade in surprise.

Slade frowned and crossed his arms. “Were you not paying attention as I was showing you?!”

The minotaur became fearful, “I-I was! I swear!” he said quickly.

“Then you should know the steps to forge a blade like that!” Slade yelled.

“Y-yes sir,” he said,

Slade points to the forge. “Then show me! Or so help me I’ll gut you and teach your replacement.”

The minotaur nodded his head before forging another sword, using what Slade had taught him to make the blade, it took at least half an hour before the minotaur was done, the sword looking like the one Slade had made and just as durable too. “Done!” the minotaur exclaimed.

Slade nods his head then draws out more blueprints. “Now, this will take some work.” Over the next few hours, he works with both of the smiths to forge pieces of metal that seem to go together. By the time they were done both the minotaur and griffin were ready to pass out. Slade put the pieces together into a simple gun. “Yes this should work, now all you need is bullets or a magic equivalent.”

“So this is a ‘gun’?” the griffon asked as he looked over the weapon.

Slade nods and sets the one he just made down, then he pulls out one of his own and aims at the dummy in the forge. “Yes, and with enough work and improvements you'll be able to do this.” He fired his gun, putting a hole through the dummy’s armor, the dummy, and the stone wall behind it.

Both the minotaur and griffon, as well as every Follower who heard the bag, went wide-eyed in shock before grinning, “By Reshiram, with a weapon like that, the Knights and the false God will fall!” the griffon said.

“Keep in mind, the gun I made for you is a simple version and can’t do that much damage but it is still powerful. If you want to impress your ‘God' then work on improving the design. If you have any unicorns, try implementing some magic into the design.” Slade says and walks over to his armor and starts to put it back on. “You know how to forge correctly now so you should be able to forge armor easier and much better.”

“Thank you for teaching us, now our God will be that much closer to killing the False One.” the minotaur said.

Slade puts his helmet on. “Good for you, but I am just doing my job. Now next up is food then I start training your leaders.” He turns to leave.

“We can show you the mess hall if you wish.” the griffon said,

“Sure, I could use a good meal,” Slade said before he put away all his equipment.

“Then follow me.” the griffon said and the two walked throughout Lucy’s lair until they arrived in a large hall, Slade can see a few creatures sitting at the tables eating various foods.

Slade smirks and says. “Good thing my food and bed are covered in my services.” He walks through a line picking out whatever he wants.

One of the Followers sees how much Slade is taking and grabs his arm. “Hey we are rationing our food supply so we can ensure-” Was all he said before a schlikt sound could be heard, Slade swiped his other arm down and walked away from the Follower, who now had one less arm.

“AAAAAAAH!” the Follower screamed in pain as he clutched his severed arm,

“Really? We are trying to win a war, and we can’t do that if you keep hurting our own.” the griffon said in annoyance.

“He shouldn’t have stopped me, and besides you can use magic to reattach if you're fast enough,” Slade said before pulling the arm off his own, then hands it to the griffon. Slade then goes to one of the empty tables and starts to eat.

The griffon rolls his eyes as he hands the severed arm to the Follower, who was being carried to the infirmary by other Followers. “But he was right, you can’t just take a lot of food, we’re having enough trouble getting food without you making it worse.”

“Then make your own,” Slade said between bites. “Just because you are a small army doesn’t mean your families can’t do other jobs like farming.”

“Tch, we can’t, for one, a lot of us don’t have families, two, we can’t because we’re underground to avoid the Knights and the False One.” the griffon said, “Even if we did start making our own food, we also have meat-eaters here as well, that’ll mean we’ll have to hunt and if there’s suddenly hunting parties in the nearby forests, it’ll definitely draw suspicion.”

Slade rubs his chin before smirking. “Then set up groups to start your own towns across the world, they will act like they like or worship this ‘False One’ but in reality, they're still loyal to the cause and will be making food for the army shipping it here through some sort of magic portal. I am assuming that you have some unicorns on your side. They should be able to make a portal of some kind, or perhaps use a pokemon that knows how to teleport.” He then goes back to eating.

The griffon was wide-eyed in shock at the idea. “That…is a grand idea! With these towns, our armies will definitely gain the advantage over the False One and his Knights!”

“Just make sure that you don't spread yourself too thin, otherwise when it comes time to fight there will be more of you in these fake towns than there are in the actual army.” Slade warns.

“Understood.” the griffon said,

Slade finished eating and cleaned his mouth. “One last piece of advice before I go train some fighters, make sure the ones that set up the towns know how to act. If they get upset the moment they see your enemy then they could blow their cover and expose your whole operation.”

“We know how to be discreet.” the griffon said,

“Good, well good luck.” Slade said before leaving the mess hall looking for the training area. He searched for a good ten minutes before he found it, and there he can see five creatures of different races.

“About time he got here.” a Changeling said with their front hooves crossed.

“So he’s gonna train us? He doesn’t look that tough.” an Abyssinian said,

Slade doesn't say much as he used his heel to dig a circle in the sand. “Alright, clearly you all think your hot shit, so here's what's going to happen, any of you that don't think I should train you, which is questioning your God but I won't tell her, are free to challenge me and if any of you beat me in a fight by knocking me out of the circle or pinning me for ten seconds I will say that you are trained enough.” He said while standing in the circle with his arms crossed. “Oh and this is hand-to-hand combat, so only your natural abilities, no weapons.”

The first one to attack was the Abyssinian as she ran at Slade with her claws out and when she got to him she swiped at him. Slade easily moves side to side dodging each of her slashes before a single palm thrust hits her in the chest knocking her out of the circle. “You focus too much on offense and not enough on defense. I easily knocked you off your feet.”

The next one to try and fight Slade was a griffon, who flew into the air and dive-bombed Slade, he rolled forward and tried to kick the griffon out of the ring, but the griffon managed to move out of the way of the kick. Slade however didn't lose his balance but instead pivoted on one of his hands to regain his footing. “At least you are somewhat better.”

“That’s because I am better!” the griffon said before divebombing Slade again and swiping at him with his claws making Slade dodge a few swipes before punching him in the face, “Gah! My beak!”

Slade then grabbed the griffon’s arm and threw him over his shoulder out of the circle. “But you are predictable.” Slade shakes his head. “You can't attack someone with the same move over and over and expect it to work every time.”

Slade then dodges the third Follower, who was a dragon, when he tries to bite him. The dragon kept trying to either claw or bite Slade, just barely grazing his armor each time Slade tried to dodge.

“You are no better than a wild animal, attacking relentlessly with no pattern at all. On one hand that is a good strategy, however-” Slade suddenly thrust his hand forward hitting the dragon's chest knocking him off balance long enough for him to quickly do several more jobs in specific locations across his body and then stood up straight as the dragon fell to the ground, limp. “-You leave yourself wide open for counter-attacks against a skilled opponent.”

Slade can hear the dragon growl as it tried to move as he foamed at the mouth. “Congrats, Saber is the most savage fighter we have, yet you easily took him down.” the Changeling said as he and the last Follower, a Minotaur, walked over to Slade.

“Of course I took him down. He may be savage but that only works on unskilled opponents.” Slade said then he looked down at the changeling. “So are you done testing me or are you next?”

“We’re done. Even I can see that fighting you would be pointless, you’re much more skilled than we are. I blame our lack of training for that.” the Changeling said and the Minotaur nodded his head.

“Well, you're in luck, because that is exactly the reason why I'm here. Your ‘God’ hired me to train each of you so you can in turn train your underlings. I don't have the time to train the whole army myself you understand.” Slade said before he checked his pouches.

The Changeling nodded his head, “Good, Reshiram knows we need it, ever since she’s woken up, it’s been a living Tartarus here because of our poor performance when it comes to fighting. We’ve also lost some Followers because of her rage as well.” the Changeling said as he shuddered at the memories of Lucy’s rage and how she killed many Followers who she deemed unworthy to fight by her side.

“Tell me about your enemy.” Slade said as he pulled out a pencil and small notepad.

“Which one? The False One or his Knights?” the Changeling asked,

“All of them.” Slade said simply.

“Well, the False One is a Pokemon called a Charizard, and he is very strong, capable of going head to head with our god and manage to send her running, he’s only gotten stronger since he’s gotten a device that lets him transform, not like Changelings though, something else.” the Changeling said as he recalls Draco’s Poketrix, “I believe I heard him call it a Poketrick or something like that.”

“Hmmm if that device is something similar to what I think it is, you are in trouble.” Slade said then wrote down some notes.

“And we weren’t already?” the Changeling asked sarcastically. “Anyway, his Knights are even worse, mostly because they have the numbers advantage and they have been training and passing down their knowledge to their descendants over the years. Unlike us. They also have special gear that can put them on equal footing with Reshiram, at least for a short time anyway.”

“Hmm, alright I think I understand your situation.” Slade said, then he put his notepad away. “First thing is first, you need to work as a unit, not as individuals. Next, I need to train you on fighting from the ground up.” He sighs. “This is gonna be a long few days.”

“We know how to fight!” the griffon said in annoyance, making the Changeling sigh.

“Yep, a long few days.” the Changeling said,

Over the next week, Slade made them live together and fight together in their training. It took a while of practice fighting, but eventually, he got each of them to take on different styles of fighting that worked with their personalities but also worked in effective combat. He would punish them as a group and teach them how to fight an opponent that could change their form and abilities almost at will, eventually through hard work and a lot of bruises they manage to hit Slade one time in their training.

Slade looks at the claw mark in his chest armor. “Not quite a killing blow but impressive that you were able to hit me at all. I announce that your training is complete, however, remember what I've taught you, train every day and treat every fight like a life or death situation.”

The group nodded their heads, “Trust us, with this war, our lives are always on the line. But we’ll gladly die for our true god.” the Abyssinian, whose name was Shyama, said,

Slade chuckles. “That may be but don’t just throw your life away, if you could still be useful later, then retreat and get stronger.” Slade takes his chest off. “I will have to get this replaced, but if you survive and train better fighters then it was worth it.”

“We’ll be sure your teachings were not wasted.” the Changeling, or better known as Sting, said, then looked at the dragon. “Can’t say much about Saber, might still fight like a savage that he is.” this earned a growl from said dragon.

“Maybe but I am sure I taught Saber enough to not get himself killed.” Slade said, then turned his back to them. “I think it's time to get my payment or see if she has another job for me.”

Then he heard a roar followed by a shout. “Saber no!” Then Slade felt a pair of claws stabbing into his back before bursting out from his chest, he turned his head to see Saber with a snarl on his face as he glared at Slade.

Slade frowns and slams the back of his head into Saber’s muzzle and Saber’s claws are pulled out. Much to everyone’s shock the holes in Slade’s back heal and close not leaving so much as a scar. “Big mistake Saber.” Slade spins around and punches him hard enough to knock out the dragon and dislocated jaw.

The rest of the group just stared in shock at what they saw. “What.” Sting began.

“The.” Shyama said next.

“Fuck?!” all of them, minus Saber, said at once.

Slade dusts his hands off. “That is why I am the teacher. Someone should probably take him to a doctor.”

“Better yet, put him back in his cage.” a voice said that made the Followers tense up while Slade looked behind him to see Lucy, who was glaring at the unconscious form of Saber.

“R-Reshiram!” Sting said in shock before he and the other Followers bowed.

“Did you not hear me? I said bring that [i[beast back to its cage, not bow!” Lucy said sternly and angrily,

“Y-yes great one.” Sting said before he and the others began to drag Saber away.

“I would also recommend having a doctor look him over. I did dislocate his jaw after all and as wild as his fighting style is, he is a capable fighter when put up against someone who isn't trained to fight such foes.” Slade suggests.

“That is why I have not put him out of his misery yet, His savagery is useful to me.” Lucy said, “Now then, you have trained my elite fighters and have taught my blacksmiths how to make actual weapons and armor. I believe you have fulfilled your end of the deal.”

“I have, and I still have time. If you need someone or something taken, I could acquire them for you. If not I will take my payment and go.” Slade said calmly and held onto his chest armor.

LCuy had a thoughtful look on her face before grinning a bit. “There is one more thing that your skills can get done easily.”

Slade looked up at her. “And what is that?”

“There is a certain creature that has gained my interest, I would like you to bring them to me. But I must warn you, they will be a bit, feisty when you meet them, so make sure that you don’t gain the Knights or Draco’s attention when you get them.” Lucy said.

Slade chuckles darkly. “I am very skilled in getting many jobs done, fetching someone will be simple.”

Draco’s POV

I sighed as me and Cinder flew over Ponyville, my eyes looking for anything suspicious or related to Lucy’s Followers but found nothing. “Dammit, nothing, I should be happy that none of the Followers are here but I’m also worried, other than that strange attack on a nest of Greninjas a week ago, she hasn’t been doing anything, and that worries me that she might be planning something.” I said before letting out a yawn.

“My lord, you should go get some rest, you’ve been patrolling nonstop for a week without sleep.” Cinder said next to me, making me nod my head in agreement. I didn’t argue with her cause I nearly fell out of the air a few times.

“You’re right, Cinder. I need to sleep before I end up making a crater in Ponyville cause I fell asleep while flying.” I said before flying in the direction of the camp, which had a few more tents meaning that more Knights have shown up. Once there I landed in front of my tent and groggily walked inside, my tail and wings dragging across the ground behind me before I flopped down onto my bed. “I just hope Lucy doesn’t do something while I’m asleep, that would be disastrous.” I let out another yawn before falling asleep.

I opened my eyes to find myself in a black void, “Hello?” I called out as I looked around, the only answer I received was my own voice echoing back to me. “Okay, this is weird, just where the hell am I?” I asked no one before taking a step forward, only to jump back in surprise when the spot I stepped on suddenly glowed before a flock of birds flew off the ground, making the glow brighter and making me cover my eyes from the glow.

When my eyes got used to the light, I looked back at the ground, and let out a small gasp when I saw the floor was replaced with a stained glass image of Lucy! But instead of the hateful expression that was always on her face, it was replaced by a kind smile. “What the hell?! Just what is going on?!” I shouted in surprise.

”So much to do, so little time... Take your time. Don't be afraid. The door is still shut.” A voice from the void said.

”Power sleeps within you...If you give it form...It will give you strength. Choose well.”

A sword on a pedestal rises out of the floor before the voice speaks again. “The power of the warrior. Invincible courage. A sword of terrible destruction.”

A shield on a pedestal rises out of the floor next. “The power of the guardian. Kindness to aid friends. A shield to repel all.”

A magic staff on a pedestal rises out of the floor last. “The power of the mystic. Inner strength. A staff of wonder and ruin. Choose one to hold and one to sacrifice.”

I looked at all three of the items, wondering what was going on. “Ok, so the voice wants me to choose an item and sacrifice the other?” I said to myself before sighing and walking over to the sword and grabbing it and looking it over. The blade was a light grey while the guard was yellow and the handle blue. I also see a symbol on the guard, looking closely at it, I see that it was a red circle with three black circles in it. “Weird, I feel like I’ve seen that somewhere.”

“Is this the power you seek?” The voice asked.

I nodded my head. “Yes.” I said to the voice.

“Your path is set. Now, what will you give up in exchange?” The voice asked.

I looked abc at the two last items, wondering which one I should give up, the shield or the staff. I soon made up my mind and walked over to the shield and grabbed it. “I’ll sacrifice this.” I said to the voice.

You give up this power?

“Yes, I’ll give up the sheild.” I said to the voice, this caused the shield to disappear in a small flash of light.

“You've chosen the power of the sword. You've given up the power of the shield. Is this the form you choose?”

“It is.” I answered, though wondered what it meant by form.

“Your path is set.” The voice said as a pathway of more stained glass appears leading somewhere off into the darkness.

I just stood there, looking at the stained glass stairway. “Ok, so I ether go off into the void to who knows where, or stay here.” I said to myself not wanting to end up in a trap but knew I had to follow the path. “Dammit, I can’t believe I’m doing this.” I said before I used my wings to glide a bit across the ground as I followed the stained glass pathway.

Soon I make it to another round floor, this one having an image of Cinder. She looked to be relaxing against the curve of the circle. But I didn't have much time to look at the stained glass as shadowy creatures start to appear around me first as shadows but then they become three dimensional. They are dark bipedal creatures with yellow eyes and small antennae.

“Fucking knew it was a trap.” I said as I growled before I used the sword to attack one of the creatures, a bit surprised that it only took a few hits to defeat it.

“Use this power to protect yourself and others. There will be times you have to fight. Keep your light burning strong.” The voice said.

“Tell me something I don’t know.” I mumbled to myself as I remembered all the times I had to fight before I looked at the other two creatures then ran at them and swung my sound at them, defeating them in a matter of seconds though they did surprise when when they went flat against the ground, becoming two-dimensional.

The shadow kept getting larger and larger till it covered the whole floor and I started to sink down into the darkness.

“The hell?!” I shouted in surprised as I tried to escape the darkness. “Like hell this is the way I’m going out!” I shouted as I used my wings to try and fly out but was frightened when that didn’t work. I reached a claw out, hoping someone would come and get me out before I fully sink into the darkness.

Soon I felt the solidness of a floor on my back, when I opened my eyes I found I was on a new platform. I look around not seeing any of those creatures, but I do see a transparent door, wooden crate, a barrel, and a treasure chest.

“Ok, now what?” I asked as I looked around before walking towards the chest. “Hope this doesn’t have a fucking trap or monster in it.” I try to open the chest but no matter what I do it won’t open, till I accidentally tap it twice with my sword, then it just pops open. It was empty. My eye twitched at that before I took a few deep breaths. “One more bullshit thing, and I’m out.” I said as I looked at the barrel and crate then at the door when it shined a bit and became less transparent. “Huh, guess these things are the locks or something for that door.”

I walked over to the crate before tapping it a few times to make sure it didn't explode or something. When I see it is safe I use the sword to break it open, however like the chest in the crate is empty but when it's opened it also disappears into the light I look over at the door and see it becomes a bit more solid. “OK I think I get what's going on.”

I then walk over to the barrel and tried to use my sword on it, but nothing happened, making me raise an eyebrow at that. “Ok, maybe I don’t get what’s going on.” I said before I tried to break the barrel again but nothing happened. Growling as my patience had run out, I grabbed the barrel in one claw, causing it to disappear in a flash of light and the door was fully solid. “Oh for fucks sake.” I said as I walked over to the door and opened it.

I am blinded by light and when I can see again I see I am in Ponyville but it is abandoned. I don't see or hear anyone in town. I look around and explore a bit before I see movement and follow it. I ended up in front of Twilight’s library, and saw one of those shadow things go through the door.

’Oh no you don’t’ I thought to myself as I quickly chased after the shadow thing and entered the library, only to look around in confusion when I ended up on a different platform, this one having Celestia’s image.

“Behind you!” The voice said, I looked behind me and saw my shadow grow longer till it got to the other side of the platform and started to come out of the ground as a massive shadow creature with curly hair covering its face and a large heart shaped hole in its chest.

I stared wide-eyed at the creature, it was much larger than me, at least three times my size, I would be afraid if I didn’t face death every day of my life. “Alright, so you’re big. Big deal, I’ve stared death in the face multiple times.” I said as I prepared to use Flamethrower on it but all that came out was a wheeze and a small puff of smoke. “Dafuq?”

The large creature lifted his fist into the air before trying to hit me, but I got out of the way, making it punch the ground. A shadowy portal grows around its fist as more of the little shadows come out of the portal.

I growl in annoyance at this, “Alright, so no powers, that’s fine, I still got a sword!” I said before charging at the massive shadow creature, ignoring the little ones, before I started slashing at its fist that was still in the ground.

Each hit my sword seemed to just pass through the darkness until my sword glowed brighter and transformed. The sword was replaced by, another sword? The guard of the sword was two draconic wings with a Pokeball in the middle while the top of the blade was the head of a Charizard, “What the? What kind of sword is this?” I asked no one before my attention was brought back to the shadow thing. “Right, fight first, ask questions later.

The large shadow lifts both its hands up and makes a large ball of black and purple energy. The little shadows rush me. I glanced at the little ones before I spun around, slashing at them with the sword as I did and making them disappear before stopping and looking at the large shadow, “This ends now!” I shouted before I used my wings to fly at the shadow, my sword glowing a bit as I roared.

The large shadow tries to slam the energy ball down onto me but I block it with the glowing sword. I struggle a bit before I slash the energy ball and shadow beast in half. “Take that mister spooky!” I blink at what I said before groaning a bit, “Holy shit, I needed more sleep than I thought, I sounded like Pinkie for a second.” I said before looking at the sword. “For some reason, I feel like I should know you from somewhere, but where?”

The large shadow beast falls to the ground making a horrible sound as the whole platform starts to shake and topple over. I try to fly away but more of the little one grabs hold of me and I am pulled into the darkness. I gasp as I shoot up in bed panting.

I then held my head as the memories of that…I don’t even know what to call it, dream? was still fresh in my mind. The shadow creatures, the strange stained glass floors, the sword. “J-just what was that?” I asked no one as I got out of bed. I then looked at my claws, wondering if all that was really just a dream. Before I could think about it, a bright flash appeared and the sword appeared in my claws! “By Arceus, it wasn’t a dream!” I said as I looked at the blade. Blade….I know this is familiar but I’m having a hard time remembering.

“Blade….blade….” I said quietly before a memory flashed before my eyes, “Keyblade! This thing is a Keyblade!” Just then something hard hit the tip of my head. I grab my head and look down, seeing some kind of orb with a note attached with a rubber band. I pick it up and read the note grumbling to myself as I rub my head.

Dear Draco,

Hey, this note is from Deltorix, I am on a road trip of sorts and got some training from a keyblade master. I knew you would awaken your keyblade sooner or later, so rather than bringing you along, I copied my memory of the training into this orb. Simply place it to your forehead and you'll experience the memories within the span of a few seconds up to a minute at most.

I hope this helps when you get your keyblade and as soon as you can find the keyhole to your world, I suggest asking the Legendary's. Locking the heart of your world will keep it safe from heartless.

“Hmm, thanks for the aid Del.” I said before placing the orb against my forehead, then memories of Del’s Keyblade training appeared in my mind. I lived through a week of training with a blue haired human woman, but I couldn't control anything. It was like one of those 4-D rides, I also noticed I wasn’t in Del’s body but someone shorter and yellow. After the week of training was over I knew the Keyblade lets me cast magic, can be used to unlock or lock anything, and it can transform it to a glider if my wings ever get tired or injured. “Huh, well that was incredibly helpful if a bit weird.” I said before I unsummoned my Keyblade.

I noticed that I was also well rested, which means I can go back out on patrol, but this time, I had another item in my arsenal to help protect the world from Lucy’s wrath but just before I could walk out of my tent, both Midas and Cinder burst in, panicked looks on their faces. “Cinder, Midas? What the fuck is going on?” I aksed them.

“Draco! We have a big problem!” Midas said, and I knew I wasn’t gonna like what they were gonna say.

Lucy watched her Followers, who have been training since she had sent Slade out on that mission hours ago, practice what they were taught, making her smirk as she saw the much better weapons and armor the blacksmiths were making, including the flintlocks, while her elite warriors, minus Saber as he was still in his cage, teach the rest of her Followers what Slade taught them.

Lucy heard the sound of snoring, softly at first but it was getting closer. Soon Slade walked in with a blue pegasus over his shoulder. “Target captured, she was hesitant to come but I persuaded her.” He said before chuckling a bit.

Lucy grinned as she looked at the pegasus. “Good work Slade, I had expected you to be stopped by the Knights or Draco, but it would seem I was wrong to expect them to protect someone as important as her.” Lucy said.

“There were a few of them watching over her but it was a simple task to knock them out and get to her. Where do you want her? Or do you want me to wake her?” Slade asked as he set the pony on the ground.

“Just set her down, for now, I’ll wake her after we have concluded our business.” Lucy said as she held a small egg in her claw.

Slade took hold of the egg and looked it over. “I have only limited knowledge on Pokémon. Is there anything special I need to do to make sure that the egg hatches in the Pokémon is healthy?”

Lucy handed him a book titled, ‘Raising Pokemon For Dummies’. “That should help. Now, I believe that concludes our business?” Lucy asked.

Slade nods his head and tosses her a smelling salt tablet. “Alright, to send a Displaced home, say ‘our contract is complete’ and they will go home.”

“Our contract is complete, Slade.” Lucy said, “Hope to do business with you again sometime in the future.”

Slade nods as a boom tube opens behind him. “Just remember I don't work for free and I am a mercenary. My loyalty is to whoever pays me.” He said before he takes the book and egg through the portal.

The portal closes behind. “I will remember Slade. You can count on it.” she said before looking at the pegasus, smirking as she did. “Wake her up.” she ordered one of her Followers after handing them the smelling salt. The Follower nodded before using the salt on the pegasus, who woke immediately after smelling it.

“H-huh?! What!? Where am I?!” the pegasus shouted quickly as she looked around.

“Hello, Element of Loyalty.” Lucy said, making Rainbow Dash look at her in fear while Lucy leaned in close to her, “We have much to talk about.