Chapters Celestia looked upon another fleet of troops ready to go to Las Pegasus to fend off another Changeling invasion. She looked at them with a sorrowful expression, she knew they were well trained for situations of castle and town deference, but they never prepared for all out war. Every day she looked upon the numbers, to many of her good soldiers have died on the battle field with a few of Chrysalis soldiers even being touched. "Tia, are you alright?" Luna asked from the doorway of Celestia's room.
Celestia simply shoke her head "No, you know how it feels to be sending all those soldiers to die out there. It's not the best feeling."
"Don't worry Celestia, as you always say, Harmony always wins." Luna said trying to cheer up Celestia.
Celestia only turned back to look out the balcony "I know, but this time, I can't believe that statement could cheer me up in the slightest at the moment. Look at them, most of our soldiers are either going to die or be mentally scarred from what they see. Guard!" Celestia called to the closest guard. "Bring me Shining Armour." The guard instantly complied and left the room.
"Why call in Shining Armour, he is busy with preparing for another invasion toward Manehatten." Luna said with a curious expression.
"I need to get a damage report, to see if we can still salvage anything from the latest invasion in Fillysburg." Celestia said as she lowered her head.
Luna looked at her sister, Celestia was on the verge of tears from the look of it, she could not help but feel empty at it all. Luna walked up to her sister and placed a hoof on her shoulder "Don't worry Tia, we should focus on other matters, you need to go to Las Pegasus to give a speech and bring up moral."
Celestia looked up to her sister "Even I don't feel the slightest bit of moral at the moment, how could I bring up the spirits of our soldiers." Celestia said with a groan.
Luna knew it was nearly impossible to cheer her sister up in situations like this, so she just sat there, running her hoof through Celestia's mane. "You wanted to see me Princess Celestia?"
Celestia turned to see Shining Armour standing in her doorway with a stone expression on his face "Yes, do you have the report for the latest invasion yet?" Celestia said as she rubbed her face.
"Not yet, most of the soldiers that came back from that... newly pronounced hell hole... didn't have sufficient statistics to bring, and we can't send a research team because the changelings have started a small fort there, it would be... in lighter words... suicide." Shining Armour said with a sigh.
Celestia looked on the verge of tears once more, ready to bawl onto her sisters chest. Celestia was hopping they would get a lucky break or some sort of miracle to happen, but it never came, with every passing day, she seemed ready to break one of the rules of her land, to bring another from another place to help in there war, and with mention of the fort at Fillysburg, she had enough.
"That is a shame." Celestia lowered her head once more "Shining Armour, how would you feel if you got a co-commander?" Celestia asked as she raised her head.
"What! Where in Equestria would you find someone as qualified as I." Shining Armour said with a hoof to his chest.
"Not in Equestria, but from another land."
"From where? The griffons would never help us, and there is no known civilization in the Bad Lands, so from where could you find another commander for me?" Shining Armour said as he rubbed his temple in thought.
"I have made a risky decision, I have chosen to summon another from another world to help us." Celestia said, still contemplating her thoughts of who this warrior might be.
"What! That is the most dangerous thing anypony could do! Remember the last time someone tried that, a whole city was nearly leveled!" Shining Armour said with worry.
"We have no other choice, if we don't do this, we would have to start to draft civilians to this war! And that is the last thing I want to do, so make preparations for a guest, we need to do this as fast as possible." Celestia said as she walked out of her room.
"Princess Celestia, this is to risky, what if we have another enemy come from... where ever you plan to pull a warrior from, what if he is just as bad as Chrysalis?!" Shining Armour called from Celestia's room.
"We have no other choice Shining! Of all the people to question my decision, I would never expect you to do such a thing." Celestia said as she entered the throne room. Shining Armour looked at her for a moment, questioning her decision. What sort of implications would this bring? He had no other time to think, he ran off around the castle, telling everyone to prepare for the worst.
Luna followed her sister to the throne room in hopes to change her mind, she knew how bad something like this could get if done incorrectly, and only one had ever attempted to do so, nearly leveled an entire city that was nearly destroyed in the process of trying to send... whatever the pony summoned back to where it came from, it was now illegal to bring other beings into Equestria after the incident.
"Tia, are you sure about this, I mean , we could always just... well no, that wouldn't work... what about-"
"Enough, I have made my decision and I am not going to change my mind at this point, I have already gained enough magic to summon anypony I want from anywhere, and I will most defiantly use it, I do not want to suffer another magic overload... now stand back." Celestia said as she made a portal appear in the throne room.
Luna flinched, it always took a massive amount of magic to bring another being from another into theirs, so the amount of magic Celestia was using would drain her for quite a while after the portal was opened.
"Celestia, are you sure about this!?" Shining Armour called from the entrance of the throne room.
"Very, now stand back, I have no idea what might come out of this portal and the last thing I need is a dead commander." Celestia said as she gritted her teeth. Shining Armour went to the entrance of the portal to wait for whatever might come out with an annoyed look.
...
Eddie Riggs was driving Deuce around the land of Heavy Metal, looking for something to keep him occupied. Would he race some other punk who claimed to have a faster car (Yeah right), or would he have another run in with some random enemy, or would he just relax his muscles with a nice cold beer back at Bladehenge. He would sit next to Ophelia and enjoy the sights and sounds of a small metal concert occupied only by his soldiers, he knew he never got any recognition for the war that they had won four months ago, Doviculus's head still adorned the small ornament on the hood of his car, and every time he would look at it, he could not help but think 'I helped an army do that shit. '. Eddie, as a roadie would never take credit for helping with anything, even at the party they had after they defeated Doviculus, he still let his dead partner Lars and his sister Lita take all the credit for what were his actions. 'All in a days work ' Eddie thought as he speed down the small jungle where he found the metal beasts.
Eddie drove up over a small hill to find a small fleet of grave diggers marching pointlessly around. most likely looking for revenge. Eddie got a malicious grin on his face as he cranked up Love Dump by Static-x
All the grave diggers looked to see the large chrome car blasting away heavy metal music, they thought it was to upbeat, so they decided to destroy Eddies car to stop the foul noise. They all charged at the car in unison.
"Time to rock their worlds!" Eddie yelled as he hit the nitro and ran over several of the grave diggers and decapitating a couple of them as he swung his axe out the car door. As soon as Eddie turned to meet the group of grave diggers again, he jumped out of Deuce and ran into the group of diggers as he got ready to play his signature face melter.
The grave diggers all blocked their ears as Eddie pulled out Clementine and began to play the necessary notes to melt the very faces from these "Zombie Emo Bastards". As the final not was hit, all of the grave diggers grabbed their faces as they began to melt violently. Eddie did not cringe at the sight like he used to, now he was used to decapitations, melted faces, and even disembowelment.
As the group of grave diggers died horribly, he looked upon another sight that worried him, running in from all the commotion was a random jungle cat that began to shoot lasers out of its eyes. Eddie looked at it as a challenge, he ran and hopped back into Deuce as he prepared his lighting launcher. The jungle cat looked into right Eddies eyes as it began to charge at the vehicle, Eddie hit the nitro and charged at twice the speed the jungle cat was even attempting to run. "My grill will be your grave!" Eddie yelled as he shot lighting at the jungle cat. The jungle cat froze in shock as the lighting, giving Eddie ample time to run it over. As Deuce made contact with the skull of the jungle cat, Eddie suddenly found himself in... the color blue?
"Where the hell am I?!" Eddie yelled as he drove down the vortex. Eddie suddenly got a look of determination as he started to drive even faster that before "Alright Deuce, I don't know what the hell this thing is or where it's taking us, but you better make it count, got it?" Eddie said as he hit the nitro "LETS ROCK!"
...
"What is taking this thing so long? It should have made it by now!" Celestia said impatiently.
"Maybe it is better if whatever wouldn't come through-" Luna said before she was interrupted by Celestia's grunt from staining her magic.
"Princess Celestia, please don't strain yourself, the last thing we need is for you to tire yourself before you have to raise the sun." Shining Armour said in a caring voice.
"I know what I do Shining Armour, now leave me *grunt* be!" Celestia yelled as she felt a presence in the vortex "Shining Armour, move now before you get hit with whatever is coming through!"
"Wait, what did you say?!" Shining Armour called from the noise that was now present from the vortex.
"MOVE! "
"WhaAAAAAAAAAA " Shining Armour yelled as he felt a small amount of fire singe his tail as a very tricked out carriage flew above him and into the throne room and flew out the decorated window, shattering it.
"What in Equestria was that?!" Luna yelled as she looked upon a speeding carriage that completely destroyed the flower garden that adorned the front of the castle.
"It's heading right for the city!" Shining Armour yelled as he ran out of the throne room.
"Come sister, we must stop this monster!" Luna yelled as she turned to see her tired and worn out sister laying on the floor panting from exerting to much magic "Of all the thing that could happen today, why this?" Luna said as she flew out the window toward the carriage.
Meanwhile, in the eyes of our favorite roadie...
"What the hell was that?" Eddie said as he cleaned the colorful glass of him. He turned to look at whatever he might have hit, he looked at the overwhelmingly tall castle that he speed away from "Okay, really, where the hell am I?" Eddie said as he felt Deuce hit something else, he had destroyed a small gate that lead from the castle toward the city "Maybe I could get some answers over there." Eddie said as he placed his attention to the city before him.
"STOP FOUL BEAST! " Is all Eddie heard as he speed down the road toward the city, he looked back to see a... horse with wings and... a fucking horn?
"Foul beast my ass, have you seen yourself!" Eddie taunted as he flipped her the finger. He returned his attention to the road ahead, only to see he was about to run down another one of the horse things, he quickly turned fast enough to avoid the poor animal, only to crash through a building, totaling his best ride "Aww man, of all the times this could happen, why now?" Eddie asked in a disgruntled tone. He hopped out of the now destroyed Deuce and looked at the quivering family that sat around a table, they looked at Eddie like he was some sort of monster "Uh, hey there horsey people." Eddie said in a confused fashion as he waved at them. One pony fainted, and the other grabbed the smaller one and ran upstairs.
Eddie turned to leave the building, only to meet eyes with the horse he saw chasing him yelling at his car "HOW DARE YOU COME TO OUR KINGDOM AND ATTACK US! " Luna yelled as she bucked the car several times.
Eddie was on the verge of laughter as he saw his car being attacked and yelled at, it was really a funny sight in his mind, the car was still playing another random song by Ozzy Osbourne "Your looking at the wrong monster horse thing." Eddie said as he pointed at himself "I was the one who was driving Deuce, and she's a beauty, not a monster."
Luna turned to look at Eddie, what was this thing, and was it driving this... thing. She did not give it a second thought. she grabbed Eddie in her magic and started to hold him down. "YOU WERE THE ONE WHO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THESE POOR PONIES HOME! "
"Hold it, hold it, hold it, ponies, really?" Eddie said as he felt himself being pinned to the ground "And how the hell did I get here anyway?" Eddie said as he tried to break free from Luna's magical hold, but to no avail.
Luna took a second, she was about to yell at Eddie once more, before she realized he must just be confused and scared "Luna, let *cough* it go." Celestia said as she weakly landed next to her sister.
"Yeah, it would be nice to get back on my feet, maybe an explanation too?" Eddie said as he slowly raised his hand while still in Luna's magical hold.
"Right, sorry sister." Luna said as she dispelled her magic from around Eddie. Eddie shot up and pulled his axe from his back, prepared to defend himself.
"Now, which on of you is gonna get here and come get some?" Eddie said as he motioned them to attack.
Luna was about to launch herself at Eddie in a rage, before Celestia blocked her with her hoof "Please sister, give him a chance." Celestia then turned to Eddie "Sorry for my sisters behavior, she did not anticipate for our warrior to come here in such a... what is the thing you came in?" Celestia said weakly.
"Oh, you mean Deuce? Yeah, shes a speeding beauty, that's for sure." Eddie shoke his head for a moment "Wait, wait, wait, what the hell are you talking about "our warrior"?" Eddie asked with a confused tone.
"I have *cough* summoned you her to help my people with a *cough* war, we had to summon the best war commander in the universe, and you happen to be the one we were looking for." Celestia said as she forced a smile.
Eddie rubbed his chin for a moment 'The best war commander in the universe huh, nice. ' Eddie thought as he looked at Celestia.
Eddie put his axe away and put his hand out to shake her... hoof? Celestia complied, and placed her hoof in his hand. Luna looked at him in disgust, he looked unwashed and scared beyond repair. "Might I ask for your name mister?"
Eddie pointed at himself and grinned "The names Riggs, Eddie Riggs."
"Well mister "Riggs", it's a pleasure to meet you." Celestia said as she gave a weak smile.
"So you need me for a war huh, i'm not sure I could even begin to help you without my road crew with me." Eddie said as he crossed his arms.
"Your "road crew'? What does that mean?" Luna asked as she glared at Eddie.
"Well, I guess you can call them my soldiers, but I can't do much without them ya know?" Eddie said as he sighed "So sorry, you think you can send me back now?"
Celestia looked at him with teary eyes "Please mister Riggs, I only ask you for your help, my species is at risk of mass extinction." Celestia said as she lowered her head.
Eddie looked at her with surprise "Damn, that blows, but I still can't do much without my road crew, so unless you can bring them to me, I can't do much. And even then, what the hell are we fighting and why?"
"We can brief you back at the castle, we can head there now." Celestia said as she started to flap her wings, before she fell to the ground.
"Sister, are you okay?" Luna asked as she approached her sister and nugged her in the neck with her muzzle.
"She doesn't look so hot, how about I help." Eddie said in a reassuring tone.
"How could you help, did you not crash your "Deuce" into that building?"
Eddie pulled out Clementine and prepared to summon another Deuce. "Watch this, it's gonna blow your damn mind." Eddie started to shred his guitar in the necessary fashion. Out of nowhere, another copy of Deuce popped from the thin air as the other one exploded away.
"What in the name of Equestria was that!" Luna yelled as Deuce appeared in front of her and her sister.
"I just dropped a Deuce." Eddie said with a chuckle "He he, that never gets old, now hop in." Eddie said as he walked toward Celestia.
"What? You expect me to go with you after you destroy town property!" Luna yelled at Eddie.
"Hey, it was an accident okay. And she sounded like she wanted my help." Eddie said as he pointed at the passed out Celestia..
"What are you doing?" Luna said as Eddie picked up Celestia.
"I'm gonna put her in Deuce and drive her up to the castle, is that okay?" Eddie said as he placed Celestia in the passenger seat.
Luna looked at him with a quizzical expression "Oh, go ahead then." Luna said as she flew next to the moving Deuce "Wait, why are you so quick to help us?"
"I know what it feels like to be the ass end of a war, and i'm willing to help." Eddie said as he remembered when he first made it to the land of heavy metal.
"I see, care to explain." Luna asked in a curious tone.
"Maybe later, right now we need to help your sister here." Eddie said as he speed past the destroyed castle gate. "Also, I want to say sorry for destroying alot in only five minutes of being here." Eddie said as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Tis okay, you were not aware of where you where." Luna said with a shy smile.
"Is this the place where I could park?" Eddie said as he hopped out of Deuce. Luna only gave him an unsure nod. Eddie then went to pick up Celestia in his arms and walked into the castle. "Were should we put her, you got a hospital or something?"
"Oh no, she only needs to regain her magic is all." Luna said as she lead Eddie through the castle.
Eddie whistled "Wow, nice place you... uh, does this happen often?" Eddie said in a worried tone as several guards pointed their spears at Eddie.
"Let her go, you horrid beast." Came a demanding voice from the group.
"Shining Armour, please behave yourself, he is the one Celestia summoned and he is willing to help!" Luna called from above.
"This is the thing Celestia summoned?" Shining Armour asked with a confused tone.
"Yeah, that's me, what of it?" Eddie said in an minorly annoyed tone "Why else would I be carrying her to... where are we taking her?" Eddie said as he kicked the ground.
"We shall take her to her room, and Shining Armour, tell your men to stand down." Shining Armour reluctantly complied and raised his hoof, calling off the attack.
"Thanks man, now if you excuse me." Eddie said as he passed around a couple guards.
"Oh, and Shining Armour, prepare the guest room for Eddie here, he shall stay in the castle for the night." Luna said with a smile.
"Sweet, never slept in a castle before, hell, I have been sleeping in Deuce for the passed nine months. Shes a good car, but a crappy bed." Eddie said as he started to ascend up the stairs in Luna's lead.
"Wait, you intend to give this thing the guest room!" Shining Armour said with worry.
"Yes, of course, he was invited her by Princess Celestia herself, and she would be very upset if she found out you were mistreating one of her guests." Luna said in a matter of fact manor. Shining Armour only grumbled as he walked off to inform the servants and other castle workers of the new guest they now have to cater to that wasn't a pony.
"So tell me pony thing, one minute you were going to stab me with that horn of yours... and now you're suddenly okay with me?" Eddie asked still unsure of the Princess's motives.
Luna only gave an unsure look "Tis not that I trust you, but my sister seems to be fine with your presence." Luna said as she looked toward her sister cradled in Eddies arms "And you seem nice, considering you chose to carry my sister all the way to her room without an introduction... Oh my, where are my manors. I am Princess Luna, and my sister is Princess Celestia, and we are the protectors of Equestria, we are the raisers of the sun and the moon." Luna said in a confident tone.
Eddies eyes went wide "Wait, you raise the..." Eddie took a second to look over Luna to know which one she raised "Moon, right... and she raises the sun? Why the hell do you need my help, she can lift the sun for fucks sake!"
"Well, us ponies are not a war like species, so with our current war with the changelings, we are losing our war." Luna said as she lowered her head "We cannot continue to use our current strategy, but so far no one can come up with a better strategy, so right now, the only thing we can do is defend our cities."
"Well, I can see your problem, but without my road crew, I really can't help." Eddie said as he moved Celestia to one arm as he rubbed the back of his head.
"I do think that could be a problem, for Celestia's magic would take a massive toll if she were to bring an entire army to our land-" Luna was interrupted by Eddie raising his hand.
"All it is, is a large ass tour bus, all of my soldiers can come through at once without a problem, and our other play things can be built here in... "Equestria" right?" Eddie said as he lowered his hand.
"Yes that is our lands name, and what is a 'large ass tour bus'?" Luna asked with a hoof on her chin.
Eddie couldn't help but chuckle at her saying 'large ass tour bus' he did not take her for one to use profanity. "It's what is used to take my road crew out and about around the land of heavy metal."
"The land of heavy metal?" Luna asked with a curious expression.
"It's the place I 'came from'." Eddie said as he formed quotations with his fingers.
"i see, I hope you don't mind my saying, but why do you call it that?" Luna said as she removed her hoof from her chin.
"Because there" Eddie said as he pulled Clementine from his back "All you need for some magic is a little rock." Eddie said as he placed Clementine back on his back.
'You have magic in your land as well?"
"Yeah, but only those who know the ways of heavy metal can use magic." Eddie said as he puffed his chest.
Luna was curious "Use music for magic, how odd."
"Hey, at least I don't have weird horn sticking out of my head!" Eddie snapped back. Luna looked at him with an annoyed look.
Luna gave only a small sigh "Yes... well... here is Celestia's room, if you would please place her on her bed, in the morning she will awaken with her powers completely regenerated." Luna said in a reassured tone. Eddie then proceeded to lightly toss her onto her bed and placed her blankets over her. "Let us allow her to rest, she still has to debrief you and teach you about Equestrian facts." Luna said from the doorway. Eddie was already exiting Celestia's room, before another question plagued her "Eddie, I can't help but notice how calm you are about traveling from your world to ours."
Eddie only grinned "It's not the first time, and after you've seen some of the stuff I have, almost nothing is weird anymore." Eddie said as he brushed some lose hairs from Celestia of his clothing.
"Wait, you have traveled from a different world before?" Luna asked in shock. She had never heard of someone traveling from several worlds more than once.
"Yeah, did I forget to mention that?" Eddie said as he ran a hand through his hair.
"No, how about you explain yourself better than you have already Mister Riggs." Luna said in a stern voice.
Eddie only yawned "How about tomorrow, I'm beat, and if I could know where that guest room is, I would really appreciate it." Eddie said as he looked around.
"Down the hall to the left, the door at the end of the smaller hallway should be it." Luna said as she started to walk away.
"Wait, what if I got to take a shit?" Eddie asked with a half-serious expression.
Luna looked at him with confusion "I beg your pardon?"
"You know, the bathroom?" Eddie asked as his legs buckled.
Luna faced hoofed "There should be one in the room."
"Thanks!" Is all Eddie yelled before he burst into his room for the night. He slowly stopped in the middle of the room to look for the door that lead into the bathroom, as he spotted his target, he ran full force into the room and looked for a toilet, but to no avail, he only spotted some sort of small hole on the ground with a drawer and sink next to it and a shower to the other side of it. Eddie looked at the hole and started to think how this would work "This is going to be a long night." Eddie said as he sighed.
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End Chapter
"So tell me Edward, do you realize what exactly is happening in the land of heavy metal while you slumber in this unknown planet? You have lost all that you love because of this one single mistake, you think removing yourself from the land of heavy metal will save you from me? How untrue, you just need to grow a pair." A familiar gruff and malicious voice called from the darkness.
Eddie was in a dark void, shrouded in darkness and only the screams of Ophelia, LIta, and Lars filled the dark area. Eddie ran aimlessly in all directions trying to find his friends and save them from whatever horrible fate had meet them, but to no avail. Out of no where, several of his own soldiers came from the shadows and tried to pin him down, but Eddie was to quick, he quickly rolled out to the side and ran, he had no idea why his soldiers were attacking him, but he had no time to think of it now.
"You were always useless, just like your father, never any ambition to control what was yours, you just allow things to form around you and you could care less for the outcome, am I correct Edward?" The same gruff voice called from the shadows. " Even when you helped out their pointless cause, they did not bother to even spit in your direction, they only worshiped that bastard Lars and his whore of a sister. They don't care about you at all, and why do you care about them? All they want from you is a puppet that can bark orders, they used you, and now you will suffer for it."
Suddenly, Eddie felt a sharp pain shoot through his ribs, he screamed in agony as he looked to see several chains and hooks embedded into the gaps between his ribs, he tried helplessly to pull them out, only causing even more pain to shoot through him. "You are now in my grasp, you may have the blood of a demon, but you're still just as laughable as any other human. Face the fact that you could never truly save your precious land, it was a dream held only by some of the more ignorant of humans. The Tainted Coil were always superior in every way, and now you will see why."
Doviculus emerged from the shadows, welding his double staff in his hands, with Ophelia's head hastily and crudely smashed onto one end. "Look at this, you failed horribly if you could not even save this pitiful bitch, and how does it make you feel?" Eddie looked at the head of Ophelia and filled with rage and sorrow, he could only try and pull himself from the grasp of the hooks, wave after wave of pain kept running through his body he tried to reach Doviculus's neck to strangle the very life out of him for a second time.
"How funny, you still try to kill me even when you know you can't, why don't you join her, I bet she's waiting for you, wherever she is." Doviculus said as he rammed the other end of the double staff through Eddies chest, laughing the entire time. Eddie looked at the severed head of his lover, and filled with even more rage than he felt before, even with the staff jutting in his chest, he still flailed his arms in an attempt to choke the enemy before him, and weakly so.
"Now you will burn like I did when you thought you ended my life you pitiful bastard." Doviculus said as he pulled the Hydra from his open chest, his heart oddly was still missing from his anatomy at the moment. He started to play a random solo, it sounded hasty and horrible, the very core of the solo made Eddies ears bleed from the very screechy and horrible tuned notes that penetrated his ear drums. "Now its your turn, to burn in Hell." Doviculus said as a flame flew from the Hydra, striking Eddie in the chest, his clothing and even his very skin seemed to roast under the burning flames that engulfed the writhing roadie.
"Good luck trying to fix what you have broken." Is all Doviculus uttered as he fell back into the shadows. Eddie just hung there, looking at the severed head of Ophelia as he burned alive.
...
Eddie awoke with a gasp, he was sweating profusely from the fear that his recurring nightmare had plagued him with since he found himself in the Sea of Black Tears, he knew it was just a dream, but he would always have to reassure himself by looking at the severed head of Doviculus that adorned the hood of his car, but this time he did not find himself sleeping in his baby Deuce. Eddie shot out of the bed he slumbered in night before, ready to find a location to summon Deuce to reassure himself that what he dreamed was just that, only a dream. He burst through the rooms door and he started to sprint down the large hallway.
"Good morning Mister Riggs, how did you-GAH! " Is all Luna could say before she felt two beefy hands shove her to the side, her flank nearly smashing into the wall. Luna was now worried, she started to chase Eddie down the hall to see exactly what he was going to do, she still did not know much of him, which worried her more. Eddie started his hasty sprint down the stairs of the castles, with Luna right above him. "Mister Riggs, do you mind informing me of what you are doing?" Luna asked worriedly.
"Gotta go see if my severed head is still on my car!"
"Your WHAT!"
"The severed head of my enemy, I need to see if its still there!" Eddie then jumped over the last step of the staircase and started to sprint into the throne room. He looked around for the hole he had slammed into the castle glass art the night before, it had been covered up with several boards of wood. "Well fuck that!" Is all Eddie yelled as he pulled Clementine from his back, a burst of flame came from Clementine and struck the wood with force.
"Edward! What is the meaning of this!"
"The meaning of seeing my damn severed head!" Is all Eddie yelled as he hopped from the hole he had created, a small amount of ash lightly flew into the air as his legs launched from the cobblestone floor. Eddie immediately started to play the familiar tune to summon Deuce mid-hop. His car Deuce suddenly appeared under him, playing Back to the funny farm by Motorhead , Eddie landed on his ass with a slightly painful plop "Shit! I thought leather was supposed to be at least somewhat softer." Eddie grunted as he launched himself from Deuce and started to walk over to the hood of his car.
Eddie eyed the severed head of Doviculus that adorned the small ornament on the hood of his car, with a little force, Eddie pulled the head off the ornament and looked at it with a sigh of relief. Luna looked at Eddie with her jaw nearly slapping the dirt ground. Luna tried to muster a question, any question, but she found herself still shocked with disbelief, she had never seen a pony who could place a severed head of their enemy on their carriage.
Eddie looked at the head for a few more seconds with his brow raised "You know, I have had this guys head on my car for something like four months, and I never took this guys mask off to see his face. Lets see here." Eddie then gripped the bottom of Doviculus's mask with two fingers and slowly started to remove the mask, ready to see what Doviculus's face really looked like.
"HOLY SHIT! " Eddie yelled as he quickly put the mask back on the rotting and horrifying face of the Tainted Coil lord. "Son of a bitch, I don't blame the titans for putting all that leather on these ugly fucks." Eddie then forcefully put the head back on the hood ornament with a hard smack. "So Luna what is it you, uh... are you okay?"
Luna was heavily coughing and heaving at the sight that she was just cursed with, she had to force a large amount of vomit from spilling from her throat. The nasty and painful gurgles could be heard by the guards and maids that watched from the small pile of ash that lightly danced in the air around them from the broken window, some of the ponies that looked on at the scene were also heaving and about to vomit, the rest looked at Eddie with a confused and disgusted look. All Eddie could do is shrug and say "What? It's his butt ugly face" Eddie then raised his arms in a forfeiting style "Not mine."
The random gurgles and coughing only lasted for a few more minutes, Luna stood there, still trying to block off her vomit, and Eddie just sat in Deuce, laughing at the sight of a pained Luna, now that he thought of it, it was hilarious to see a royal family member trying not to puke.
When the noises ceased, Luna cleared her throat as best she could and looked at the laughing Eddie, she cleared the tears from her eyes and started to think of ways she could comprehend what she just witnessed 'Maybe it is a custom of sorts where he comes from. But then why did he have such haste to see it this morning? A ritual I suppose? I should really ask him about it at breakfast. ' Luna suddenly remembered why she was on her way to see Eddie in the first place that morning.
"Mister Riggs *cough* would you like to join me and my sister to breakfast?"
Eddie thought for a moment, he had eaten nothing but the random meat that he finds on his car's bumper for the entire time he stayed in the land of heavy metal, a change of pace would be nice. "Yeah, why not, what do ponies eat anyway?" Eddie asked with his hand rubbing his chin.
"Mostly fruit, hay, and cake." Eddie's eyes darted to Luna's face as she uttered that last word.
"Did you say cake?!" Luna only gave an unsure nod. Eddie suddenly darted toward the front door of the castle in preparation of the meal he was about to destroy with his mouth. Eddie ran at full speed in any random direction before realizing he was utterly lost.
Eddie turned back to see two frightened maids and one minorly sick Luna, Eddie looked at her with a curious expression. "Down the hall over there, my sister is eager to meet you." Luna then looked up to see Eddie had already sprinting toward where she had pointed, she gave an annoyed sigh as she started to fly after Eddie, this time not curious of his intentions but worried he would eat all the food before she got any. She then remembered the sight of Doviculus's face 'Maybe it would be better if he did eat my food, just this once. ' Luna thought as she lightly heaved once more.
Eddie quickly rounded the corner with anticipation for an old favorite treat of his to come back to him with full force. As he rounded the corner, a sweet aroma filled his nostrils as he flared them, he had his tongue flailing from the side of his mouth as he panted happily at the very aroma of the dish that he would soon devour.
Celestia sat there, awaiting for her honored guest to come from the doorway, her magic was still strained from the night before, so she had to pull of the nearly impossible feat of holding a tea cup with her hoof, the cup shook in her hoof as droplets of tea fell flew from the cup at random moments. At the moment another droplet hit the table with a faint splash, she heard the stomping of what sounded like rubber thundering at her from the hallway that lead to the dining hall. 'Our warrior must be starving, I wonder what he eats in his planet? '
Eddie suddenly appeared from the hollow doorway with a goofy expression on his face. Celestia lightly giggled at the sight, her expression was soon replaced with worry at how quick he ate his piece of cake. "Excuse me... Mister Riggs, was it, are you alright? You seem to be starved?" Celestia asked with a warm tone.
Eddie looked up from the piece of cake he was violently ravaging, he tried to speak, but only a few mumbled words and some bits of cake fell from his mouth. With a hard swallow and a clearing of his throat, he tried to think of what to say, but all he could muster were some pleasure filled mumbles.
Celestia giggled once more as her sister nervously walked in from the hallway, Celestia looked at her sister with a returning worry "Sister, is something wrong?" Luna only shook her head, while her face said otherwise, she motioned her head in Eddies direction as he scarfed down the last amount of cake that used to sit on his plate. Celestia looked quizzically at the now satisfied Eddie as he rubbed his belly. "So, Mister Riggs, do you mind telling us something about yourself?"
Eddie glanced at Celestia with his eyes half closed from the joy he felt in his mouth, he had not had a piece of cake in the time he had spent in the land of heavy metal. Eddie swallowed hard "Like what?"
"I was wondering, what sort of place is this..." Luna then looked at Celestia intently with a telepathic message being sent, Celestia nodded and returned her gaze at Eddie who was sucking his frosting covered fingers "Land of heavy metal is?"
Eddie thought of it for a moment "Well, think of it as a large amount of bad ass with some violent situations thrown in."
"I see, what sort of art or entertainment do you have?"
"Well, we usually have some concerts for my road crew every once in a while, or we have a party down at the beach, but those always end with me drunk as fuck and headbanging in my sleep."
"I see, what sort of music do you and your "Road Crew" like to listen to? Opera, symphony, or the newest genre, 'Dubstep' I think it was called."
Eddie chuckled at the genres that she listed "Nope, My road crew and I only listen to music worthy of the gods 'Heavy Metal'." Eddie said as he puffed his chest and pointed at himself.
"Heavy metal? I'm afraid I have never heard of such music, can you give us and example?"
Eddie studied the room for a moment, thinking if this could work "Can I move the table for a sec?" Celestia only nodded unsure of his intent. Eddie then began to lift the table in his arms without any hesitation or even a grunt, he lifted it like it was nothing.
Celestia and Luna looked at Eddie in awe, they had never seen anypony lift the long and heavy table all by themselves, it would always take several guards to even try and lift it. Eddie only walked a short distance before he placed the table to slant on the nearby wall. Eddie then pulled out Clementine and began to play the tune to summon Deuce. Celestia was confused as to what he was doing, but Luna already remembered the tune, so she ducked out of the way leaving her sister to sit there, still confused.
Suddenly, a loud thunder rang in the room startling Celestia. They both looked away from the blinding light, the light was followed by a loud noise that sounded like a voice screeching, then followed by an intense guitar and drum session. Celestia finally turned to see what had made such noise, Luna was already aware of what was happening.
"This is heavy metal." Eddie said as he stood atop the hood of his car, his foot placed on the top of Doviculus's head "What do you think?".
Celestia looked upon the large car that now sat in her dining room, some of the close-by guards and maids came to see what all the commotion was about. Loud music and explosions never happen in Castle Canterlot, so to the workers of the castle, this is the closest thing they will get to entertainment for a while.
"That's not music!? What is it!?" Celestia said with surprise still lingering in her words.
Eddie gave a hefty chuckle "No, this is my baby Deuce, the music playing is" Eddie pounded his chest "Heavy metal." Celestia listened for a few moments, the amount of energy from the sudden event seemed to be amplified by the fast paced and intense soundtrack, it made her just want to fly as fast as she could for as long as the song played.
Eddie gave her a satisfied grin, her facial expression said it all, he could tell that energy coursed through her like a million Fire Barons burning their way through a massive amount of glam hogs. "So, what do you think?".
Celestia looked at him for a minute, feeling the energy coursing in her veins, she relished the great feeling that filled her body, her coat hairs standing up on edge and her eyes widening. Celestia then shook her head, she had to pay attention to her original plan.
"Mister Riggs, would you mind please turning your music off, it is lovely, but I think its time we discus a more important topic." Celestia said as she flew up and poked Eddies shoulder.
Eddie looked at her while he turned off the radio "Alright then, whats on your mind?" Eddie then sat down inside Deuce.
"Do you remember why we summoned you here, we needed your help with our war."
"Right your war..." Eddie thought for a moment, he remembered the nightmare he had the night before and suddenly had second thoughts about it, he knew Doviculus was dead, but what about any other things that can come up at anytime. "I'm not to sure about it." Eddie said with an innocent grin, awaiting Celestia's response.
Celestia looked worried "What could be preventing you from helping us?"
"Well, I still have some problems to solve back home you know?"
"Like what?"
Eddie thought for a moment "We may have killed that asshole Doviculus, but his guys are still running around the land of metal, so with them running around, we can't just leave like that."
Celestia got a saddened look "I see, I am not going to force you to do anything, we just hoped we could gain an ally such as yourself."
Eddie looked at the saddened Celestia, she looked... god damn cute and depressing for the most part, the first time he had seen anything cute in a while, this had filled him with what he had not felt in a while: A mix of pity and DAWW. "Well" Eddie tried to think of a way this could work. Suddenly, a light bulb went of in his head "Maybe this could work out if done right, and I can think of a few ways." Celestia raised her head as quick as she heared those words "And I will need your help."
Celestia nodded "What is it you require?"
"Do you think you could send me back to my world, just to tell my road crew about it."
"Yes, but I couldn't in at the moment, the amount of magic it took to bring you already drained me, it would take at least another two days to recover, in the mean time, I think we should inform you about what we are up against."
"Yeah, that would be cool, what are we fighting anyway?"
Celestia looked around looking for what to say, she knew what a changeling was, but what if this warrior has never seen something like it, she worried that it would discourage Eddie from helping them. "Well, they are a species of bug like creature that can change their form to resemble any pony they choose, they are very deadly and cunning, and they don't fear killing when needed." Celestia then waited hesitantly for his response.
"That's cool, what can they do?" Eddie said with a bored expression.
Celestia was minorly baffled "You mean you don't care that they are nothing but murderous?"
"No, everything were I come from tries to kill you at some point, so no big deal."
Celestia was now shocked, she would have to ask other questions about the land of heavy metal later "Well, that's unfortunate, your land does not sound so harmonious ."
"Yeah, I guess you could say that, but it does make things interesting."
Celestia looked shocked, she had never heared of such a horrible land where everything tried to kill you, she decided to leave the questions for later. " I see, well that makes you more qualified for the job." Celestia said as she tried to comprehend what sort of world he came from.
"Let us go into the guard quarters, that is were Shining Armour shall give you a modicum more information that I could.'
"Alright then, lead the way."
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End chapter
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Authors note
Due to my first year in high school (Yes, i'm a fishy) the chapters will come alot less frequently, but due to my writing class, the writings will be longer and higher quality, so I guess that's a bonus for the wait. Sorry for the inconvenience.
I thought you spelled it M.A.I.N?
The darkness that shrouded the small throne room was blinding in this horrid and decrepit palace of old broken dreams and newly found hope. Chrysalis sat on her throne, enjoying the steady flow of love that her soldiers took from some new pony slaves they would take from random cities. She remembered the first moment of the now steady stream of love, she enjoyed every minute of it. Her thoughts always revolved around the dream that she could pull love straight from the three princesses that resided in the castle she invaded only a few years ago. She relished this thought, the love they would have from looking on as her subjects were made into nothing more than containers of food would have the sweet ting of sadness that made the love taste just a bit sweeter.
"My queen" A random changeling called from the hall that lead to the throne room. Chrysalis snapped from her trance with a gruff sigh.
"What is it my loyal subject." The changeling that entered the throne room kept the guise of one of the royal guard. Chrysalis stared daggers at him "How dare you enter my throne room in such a horrid guise, reveal your true self you pitiful worm!"
The changeling quickly complied, a green flame surrounding him, revealing his hard and black exterior shell "My queen, I come baring warning. Celestia has summoned some sort of creature to assist her in the war we have been fighting."
Chrysalis simply gave a hollow chuckle "It does not phase me in any sort of way, why it actually could make things minorly interesting if I do say so myself." Chrysalis said as she placed a hoof on her chest.
"No my queen, this could mean lose of war if we do not prepare accordingly!"
"How so? You have yet to inform me of the creatures origin or species. How am I supposed to make an assumption of danger from the lack of evidence you have shown me?"
"Well my queen, from what we have gathered, he seems to be of a mythological origin."
Chrysalis raised an eyebrow "Do tell? By what do you mean mythological origin?"
"Well my queen, have you ever read a story based on a 'human'?"
Chrysalis sat there, confused by what she just heard for a matter of moments "Did you say 'human'. I dare say, if this is some sort of trick, I will have you executed on the spot." Several soldiers that sat in the same room suddenly approached the now shaking changeling.
"No my queen. I assure you that there is no trickery involved in this bit of information, I saw the creature with my own eyes."
Chrysalis looked at the changeling coldly. Suddenly, a flash of green energy surged from her horn, leaving the changeling to cower in fear of her might. As the flash withered away into the darkness, Chrysalis suddenly got a look of shock as her pupils increased in size.
"He knows what he speaks of, he does not fret." Chrysalis said without emotion "Quickly! Have all the men at the castle gain more information on this 'Riggs' that resides in Canterlot Castle. Quickly! We have no time to spare."
The changeling that had entered the throne room only moments ago quickly ran out to warn the others of any impending danger that could suddenly fall upon them. Several of her men suddenly stood at attention, awaiting any orders that their queen could issue them at any moment. "What are our orders my queen?"
"I want you and your men to find me as much information on humans in general. Any weakness, strength, and or otherwise is to be reported to me." All the soldiers nodded in agreement. "And, send some more men to Canterlot Castle, we cannot risk any information of our new threat to fall from our grasp." The group nodded again "Now then, you are all dismissed." The soldiers dispersed at a quick, flying and galloping to their respective positions.
The only one that stayed in the room was Chrysalis. She sat there, no longer able to enjoy the flow of love that she gorged herself in only moments ago. She could not help but think of what sort of threat this human could posses for her cause. She sat there, shrouded in thoughts of her sudden demise. She quickly shook her head, she knew that sudden defeat was not assured, and her worries would only slow her down.
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"That makes no sense! Why would we just send all of our men to The Hive at the very beginning?" Shining Armor said as he faced hoofed.
"Easy, my guys could completely destroy this Hive place while your guys kill off the... whatever the hell their called." Eddie said with a shrug.
Shining Armor and Eddie had been at it for nearly an hour now, Shining Armor tried to give Eddie the most skillfully planned strategies that he could think of, while Eddie only though of just going up to and destroying the main base of the changelings as soon as possible. Shining had though that Eddie would be able to comprehend the strategies being the best commander in the universe, but Eddie was more confused than a Justin Bieber fan in a Black Sabbath concert. Eddie had never come up with some significant plans during his time as a commander of war, he would only go by the instinct of the roadie.
"I can't risk my soldiers lives like that! These people have families you know!" Shining yelled at Eddie.
"If you trained them well enough, then this wouldn't be a problem." Eddie then gave Shining a challenging look.
Shining raised his lips to bare his teeth, he had heard enough "I will have you know that my men are the best in Equestria..."
"That's why the Hive is outside Equestria. Sorry Shining, but your men still need to work better at what their good at."
Shining slammed his hoofs on the table that separated them, he left a small smug on the south end of the map that sat on the table "I'm sure if I could take you in a duel that my men could defeat your men in an instant."
Eddie suddenly got a wild smile "Is that a challenge I hear Shiny?"
Shining then grabbed his sword from the corner of the room "You can say that."
Eddie then pulled his axe from his back "Good, this place is too peaceful, no fun at all."
Suddenly their metal clashed over the table top. Both looked at each other with malice, the entire time they discussed the plans for war, they would always disagree on every strategy and bicker on what sort of soldier would be sent. In short, they suddenly grew hatred for each other, slowly but surely the tension in the room was building with each lash at each other for the hour that they resided in that room.
Luckily, Celestia sat close to the doorway, to overlook the polar opposites argue and watch as they were near a situation like this. As soon as their blades made contact, she knew she had to intervene. "Enough!" Celestia called from the doorway.
Both men looked at Celestia, they both now pointed at each other as they said "He started it!" in unison.
Celestia face hoofed, she did not know Eddie all that well, so his behavior was still a mystery to her, but to see the captain of the royal guard acting like a small colt was embarrassing for her and the soldiers that sat nearby. "Would the two of you stop bickering like school foals and actually come up with a sort of plan."
"I already have a plan, but Shiny over here won't agree with anything."
"Yeah, but your plan will cause more casualties than necessary."
"You haven't even tried my type of plan yet, how could you be sure?"
"I am very sure, I just know it okay!"
"Enough! Would both of you just try to come to some sort of compromise already? I have some guests coming over to meet you Eddie. They will be going with you on your trip to your homeland."
Both the expressions of Eddie and Shining went from the same to completely differing. Eddie was confused while Shining already knew who would be coming. "Wait, wait, wait, what do you mean that they will be coming with me?"
"The few that will come will be a sort of magical bridge to your world, to make your trip here less straining on my magic. And my student Twilight Sparkle would like to take notes of your world, she really likes to visit new places."
Eddie thought it over for a few seconds "Sure, why not. But i'm not responsible for any trauma that they experience."
"What sort of thing would Twily see that would cause trauma?" Shining asked in surprise.
"Well, besides the endless gory war... nothing really." Eddie said with a shrug.
"That's terrible! Why would you put my sister through that!"
"It's not like I want too."
"Then why do it?!"
"It just sort of happens when we get attacked alright."
"Both of you please, enough bickering." Celestia said, now doubting it would work between the two "The last thing we need is for both of my top ranking soldiers to keep arguing like this."
Shining looked at Celestia with an enraged expression "How could he rise in the ranks so easily?"
"I summoned him personally, so that makes him just as capable as you Shining Armor." Shining Armor looked at Eddie, who now smiled at him with a face that screamed 'Ha, jokes on you, I already win.'.
"Fine then, only if you promise to protect her, understood." Shining said to Eddie.
"Wait, you said few right? How many exactly."
"Six, only my student and her friends."
"Alright, is their some sort of stuff I should pack for them?"
"No, they will bring their own supplies for the trip so you are not to worry."
"Right, now what are we going to do about our strategic differences." Shining said with a hoof on his chin.
Suddenly, a light bulb went off in Eddies head "Wait! Why don't you just take care of your guys and I will take care of mine."
"What are you getting at?"
"I tell my guys what to do, and we stay out of each others way. That sound alright?"
Shining Armor thought it over for a minute "I guess that could work, but what if we are in the same battlefield?"
"Easy, you take care of any strategic junk, and I will do what I do best" Eddie puffed his chest and slammed his fist onto it "Rock.".
"Alright, good for both for you. Now why don't you two come with me to the dining room, it looks like you two need a nice spot of tea." Celestia said with a smile.
"Wait, do you have any beer?" Eddie asked as the three walked down the hall toward the dining room.
Little did they know that one very suspicious guard came from the barracks, holding the map with every strategy that Shining Armor had thought of that day in his mouth. Every other guard seemed to ignore him, as if he was truly one of them.
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"What sort of food does he eat? How tall will he be? What sort of life does he live where he comes from?"
"Will he want to party?!" Pinkie interrupted Twilight's random stream of questions.
They had been on the carriage to Canterlot Castle for an hour now, blissfully unaware about the bickering that happened between the two people that they could not wait to meet. " Pinkie please, let me list some questions for him. I know that it sounds like I might break him with too many questions, but I need to know these key things at best!"
"Like what material his bed is made from?" Rainbow Dash said sarcastically with a chuckle.
"Or the animals that live on his planet, oh how I can't wait to meet some now fuzzy friends."
"Or what sort of fashion they wear."
"Or... what sort of question should ah ask him?" Applejack asked with a hoof on her chin.
"You can look at my list if you want. I got a total of two hundred questions that you can ask him." Twilight said as she presented the list to Applejack.
"Two hundred? Twi, don't you think that this here alien could get mad with all these random questions like 'What sort of government does your world have?'. I can't even think of a reason to ask that." Applejack said with an eyebrow raised.
"Of course it's necessary. If we are to visit his planet, then we need to know how his planet works."
"Come on Twilight, cut the guy some slack. We don't even know him and you expect him to answer all your questions." Rainbow said as she took the list from Applejack.
"I don't expect him too, but I don't think he would be so inconsiderate as to not answer any of them."
"We don't even know this thing yet Twi! Why do you keep making assumptions about it!" Applejack said loudly, trying to knock some sense into the over exited mare.
"I'm just really exited about it you know. I have never meet a human before."
"Neither have we, but you don't see us making all sorts of lists and junk." Rainbow said with her hoofs in the air.
"Are you really surprised that she would do that Rainbow?" Applejack said as all of them except Twilight burst out laughing.
"Ha ha, very funny. But who will be laughing when you all don't get the information you desire." Twilight snapped at all her friends.
"Come on Twi, were just poking fun at you." Applejack said in an attempt to stifle her laughter.
"Yeah Twilight, don't take it too seriously dear. The last thing we need is for you to be all grumpy when we meet this creature." Rarity said in a reassuring tone.
"Yes Twilight, we're sorry." Fluttershy said as she looked away from Twilight.
"Oh you girls, I couldn't stay mad at you all." Twilight said with a new smile. They all pulled into their usual group hug,, dissipating any harsh feelings in the air.
"Excuse me, but we have arrived to our location." One of the pegasi called from the front of the carriage. All the mares that sat in the carriage all stood at attention, waiting for the usual feeling of sudden gravity to hit the bottom of the carriage. Already, they could hear a distant music playing from the inner working of the castle.
"What could be going on?" Twilight asked as she walked out of the carriage.
"Not sure, but that song sounds awesome!" Rainbow then started to bob her head while she listened to the music.
Suddenly, a loud thundering sound rang from the castle, startling the six. They looked down the entrance hall, wondering what could gave made such a noise, but the other thing they could not comprehend is, why did the guards seem to not care. They had no time to consider what sort of thing could be going on, they only knew to follow the source of the energizing music.
"What is that noise, it sounds horribly dreadful." Rarity scoffed as they passed the throne room.
"What are you taking about? This sounds awesome!" Rainbow said as she started to fly even faster.
"There is no time for that! We need to see what is happening in the castle!" Twilight yelled over the now deafening music as they turned the corner.
"What is that?!" The six yelled at the scene before them. All they saw was Shining Armor and Celestia slowly bobbing their heads to the music, and close by was a large metal machine with a very tall bipedal creature standing at the top of it also bobbing his head while he held an axe in the air.
Celestia slowly turned to see the source of the yell to see her protegee and her friends, Eddie saw that Celestia had turned and turned himself, only to see what he could describe as a 'fuck ton of colors'.
Eddie went to turn off the music "Are these the guests we we're waiting for?" Celestia slowly nodded. Eddie then jumped off Deuce and landed right next to the group "Hey, i'm Eddie".
The six looked at him with surprise they did not expect this creature to be like this. And who knows why this happened, but little did Eddie know that a ponies jaw is very powerful.
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The least violent introduction to The Land of Heavy Metal pt1
AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
APPLEJACK!!!!!!!
The two screams rang out at the same time, reverberating around for a long moment before they died in infancy. Applejack hung there, violently attached to Eddies scrotum. Eddie had landed right next to her, scaring her to the moon. In the sudden rush of adrenalin, she had reverted to instinct and thought to attack Eddie, since he was to close for a buck, she resorted to a hard chomp to the closest thing that she could latch her jaw on. The five, Shining, and Celestia looked on as Eddie tried desperately to pull the mare of his manhood, screaming the whole time. Applejack, still on an adrenalin rush did not let go for reasons of survival that her brain still tried to process.
"Applejack! Let go of him, he is the one Celestia summoned!" Twilight yelled as she tried to pull Applejack off of Eddie with magic.
Fluttershy hid behind her mane, trying to separate herself from the situation as much as possible. The only thing Rarity could contemplate was the shades of black Eddie was wearing and why he would embarrass himself like that. Rainbow could not help but howl with laughter at the sight of the insane situation. And Pinkie Pie, for the usual reason of none whatsoever started yelling in unison with the metal head that stood next to her.
"WHY THE FUCK IS SHE LATCHED TO MY BALLS!!" Eddie yelled as he clasped his fists together, thinking of just bashing Applejack's skull in to finally end the pain.
"WAIT! She's only scared! Please don't hurt her!" Fluttershy yelled at Eddie, trying to save her friend anymore unnecessary pain.
Applejack then opened her eyes, finally realizing where she was and what just happened. It was not till now that she felt all the force trying desperately to pull her from whatever she had bit down on. She then heard some of her friends yelling at her to 'let go' of whatever she had chomped on.
"What am I biting anyway?" Applejack asked, her words were stifled by the thing in her mouth.
Eddies eyes felt like they would pop from his head from the weird combination of pleasure and agonizing pain that he suddenly felt combine. "WHY THE FUCK IS SHE TALKING INTO MY BALLS!!"
Applejack looked up to see the pained look the biped creature that she was latched too. She finally let go, making Eddie sigh in relief as he fell on his ass, still holding his balls in pain "What was that for?!" Eddie yelled at Applejack in anger.
"You dun scared the apple sauce out of me! I'm sorry if I hurt you, but a simple walk toward us would have been better than to pounce out of nowhere like that!" Applejack retorted, trying not to sound angry but to no avail.
"Alright, so you get scared easy, no need to fucking bite me!"
"Well... fine! I'm sorry I bit yall, now can you stop whining?"
"My legs feel fucking numb, it might be awhile before I could do that." Eddie said as he got up "Well... never mind."
Applejack looked at him, her cheeks now red from worry "What did I bit anyway?".
Eddie looked at her, trying to not wince anymore than he already had "My man-hood."
Applejack looked at him in confusion "Your what?"
Eddie looked at her with a face that said 'is she serious' while Celestia tried to translate it from their terminology to Eddies. Celestia's face suddenly contorted to a look of unease as she started to approach Applejack. Applejack looked at her princess with even more worry as she came to her slowly with her head lowered and blushed cheeks. Celestia slowly craned her head towards Applejack's ear, slowly whispering 'He meant his stallion-hood Applejack'.
Celestia nearly giggled as Applejack's face contorted to a look of regret and disgust, not only did she only know this creature for less that a minute, she had already hurt him in the worst way possible for a stallion... well, a man in this case.
"Now hopefully this is settled, welcome back my little ponies." Celestia said, trying to forget the event that just transpired,
All the mares in the group then all gave bows to Celestia, as they bowed, they could not help but notice the creature that stood next to Celestia. He stood there idly without a care for what was going on, he only smiled at the six, waiting for some sort of introduction.
First impressions were to say the least, very unusual. "Well, now that this shit is out of the way. The names Eddie, Eddie Riggs."
All six looked on at Eddie, he was a tall, long haired man that wore a large amount of denim and black fabric that was adorned with the occasional nickle stud or spike. He seemed to be unusually happy, even for the very depressing attire that he wore. Eddie held out his hand in an attempt to get a better response, but after a brief moment of self-scolding for remembering that they had hoofs and not hands, he quickly closed his palm and balled it into a fist, his hairy knuckles had the faint smell of blood that lingered around them.
Pinkie for some reason quickly wrapped herself around Eddies extended arm, her tail wagging as she asked several incoherent questions that seemed to just make the metal head want to scratch her behind the ear, which Eddie promptly did. Pinkie's tongue started to bob out of her mouth in joy. Eddie got a slight smile at the sight of the over joyed mare.
The rest looked on with a worried yet relived expressions, how he acted with Pinkie reassured the rest that he at least would not start to randomly get mad at even the most random of antics. Rainbow Dash was quick to return the bro-fist-hoof combo. She felt his beefy yet somehow muscular fingers lightly vibrate from Pinkies random shakes.
"Hello mister Riggs, my name is Twilight Sparkle." Twilight said as she also placed her hoof on Eddies knuckles "This is Applejack."
"Howdy." Applejack said as she tipped her hat.
"This here is Rarity."
"Charmed." Rarity said as she raised her head.
"This is Rainbow Dash."
"Hey, fastest flyer in Equestria here." Rainbow said as she placed a hoof on her chest.
"The one on your arm is Pinkie Pie." Twilight said as she chuckled as Pinkie jumped from his arm and placed her hoof on his knuckles.
"And finally, the one behind Rainbow Dash is Fluttershy." Twilight said as she walked over to the two mares "Come on Fluttershy, he won't bite." Twilight said trying to coax Fluttershy to come from behind Rainbow. She only gave a hollow shaking of her head. She looked up at the biped, shaking in her hoofs. Twilight slowly pushed Fluttershy by her back toward Eddie, who still held out his fist in an attempt to greet them to his best of abilities.
She slowly looked up at him in a near violent vibration that followed meeting his eyes, she could not help but run all the violent scenarios in her head, just like whenever she was meet with a new type of creature that wasn't small and fluffy. As fast as lightning, she placed her hoof on Eddies knuckles and brought it back down as to not invoke a response from Eddie.
To Fluttershy's surprise, the only thing Eddie did was scratch his forehead in confusion "What the hell touched my fist?".
Fluttershy squeaked and ran back behind Rainbow in a moments notice. Eddie looked on in confusion, he had never meet anything that would shy away so quickly 'That explains the name I guess. ' Eddie thought with a shrug.
"Don't mind her, she well warm up to yall eventually." Applejack said as she turned to Eddie.
"Yeah, shes really shy around new ponies... or whatever you are." Rainbow said as she flew up, revealing the trembling Fluttershy, her face buried in her hoofs.
Eddie looked at her for a second, and thought to himself 'If this place gets me diabetes, Ophelia will kill me. ' Eddie then gave a heavy sigh and walked over to the trembling mess. He slowly crouched next to her and stared to run his hand through her mane, careful not to startle her.
Fluttershy's eyes shot open, the sudden contact for some reason comforted her, the warm soft skin slowly caressing her. But what happened next made her reconsider the violent thoughts she had on Eddie. Both of Eddies hands shot out at Fluttershy, tickling her happily as she willingly giggled away at the sudden sensation.
The rest looked on with relieved confusion, not only was Fluttershy seeming to enjoy herself, they did not think Eddie would do that. Eddie turned to the rest and looked at there grinning yet confused faces, he got up from the giggling mare "What? This always makes Ophs feel better after some crazy shit. I just thought it was like that for all women."
"What sort of name is Ophs?" Rainbow asked with a hoof on her forehead.
"Its a nick name for my girlfriend Ophelia." Eddie said with a grin.
"Oh, a mare friend?" Rarity said now curious 'How could he have gotten a mare friend wearing that ?' is all she could think for the next few seconds.
"Well now my little ponies, now that you have all gotten acquainted, lets get down to business." Celestia said as she motioned the group to sit at the table.
"Shining! How good it is to see you." Twilight said as she ran up to Shining and gave him a hug.
"Hey Twiliy, good to see you, how have you been." Shining said as he returned the hug.
Celestia looked at the touching scene with a smile, but knew she had to break it up for more serious business "Now then, let us get to work. I hope you all have meet Eddie with a warm regard." Celestia said as she turned to Eddie who was idly sipping away at his beer "He will be our chief commander for our war with the changelings. And, you all will have the privilege of visiting his home worlds as he prepares his army."
"Yeah, any questions before we go, I don't want any fainting or dying on me." Eddie said as he threw the empty beer bottle over his shoulder.
"I have some questions Mister Riggs." Twilight said as she pulled out a large scroll from her mane.
Eddie looked at the paper, a sudden feeling of dread at the size of it. He could admit that his patience was short, and for a list that size, he knew that he was in for a ride.
Twilight asked each question, feeling Eddies waning patience get more and more angered as time went on, she started to feel hesitant as to most of the questions. Most of the responses consisted of 'I tried not to get my head cut off' or 'You will find out when we get there' and the one she dreaded the most 'And then he exploded in a bloody fire pile'. The rest stared on at the questions Twilight asked, most of them were completely trivial, but the ones that worried them the most were the questions revolving around war. Twilight had expected them to be violent, but never this bad.
"So there I was, driving Deuce around in circles, trying to rip its tongues as it tried to eat me. The breath smelled like what I think was a horrible combination of shit and that crap that sticks to the sides of Deuce when I drive through the swamp. Anyway, so I ran over this things tongues, it just sort of gave up. So then I went over to Ophelia back at the gate, and right fucking there, I was about to get lucky. But the fucking thing had to come back and ruin it for me, so to get back at it by dropping the gate on its neck, nearly decapitating the thing. But somehow the fucker was still going for me, so I slashed it a couple times with my axe until it sort of died." Eddie then took in a breath after the long explanation to a question he could not even remember "So does that answer your question, whatever it was?".
Twilight looked at Eddie, her jaw nearly slapping the table "What does that have to do with what sort of government you have?!"
Eddie shrugged "We have none, next."
Twilight looked back at her scroll, looking to were she had left off "I don't have any more questions, how long have we been here?"
"Four hours to be exact, those were some interesting responses you gave Mister Riggs." Celestia said as she gave a worried smile with her brow raised.
"I try, now that I answered everything on her list, why don't you all tell me about yourselves." Eddie said as he thought up some of his own questions.
"What would you like to know?" Rarity asked, trying not to sound disgusted by the last four hours of unnecessary information.
Eddie tried to think of some sort of question on the spot, but could not think of much "Well... what do you think your time in the Land of Heavy Metal will be like."
All six of the mares thought for a second, before coming up with their responses.
"AWESOME!"
"Dreadful"
*eep*
"Alright I guess."
"Super duper Fun!"
"Hopefully very informative."
Eddie looked at them, they all looked hesitant to the thought of going 'Was it something I said? '.
"Well, I guess that we could wrap this up now, I will have some guards show you to your respective rooms for the night. And I hope you all have brought some of your belongings with you, you will remain with Mister Riggs for three days and nights and we can't any under prepared ponies going with him."
All six mares then gave a bow as they said "Right!" in unison as they left the room.
Now only Shining, Celestia, and Eddie remained "Do you think that they will survive your land Edward?"
"Yeah, from what you told me, I can think that they could kick some ass when they need to." Eddie said in a reassuring tone.
"You better hope that Twiliy doesn't get hurt, or you will be sorry." Shining said with worry for his sister.
"No problem, my road crew and I know how to take care of things like this. No big deal." Eddie said, followed by a yawn. "Well, I guess we could call it a night, I got to sleep sometime."
"Right then, we could all use some rest after today's events." Celestia said with a yawn of her own "Luna should be raising the moon soon either way, so it would be best if we retired to our rooms." Celestia said as she rose from the small chair that she sat on.
"Yeah, i'm gonna go talk to Twilight about something before I go to bed. See you two in the morning." Shining replied as he got up from his chair.
The room suddenly went silent as the three departed to their rooms for the night. And to their unruly ignorance, the only soul that stayed in the room was the one thing that they dreaded be in the castle. The disguised changeling quickly flew up and out through the closest window to tell his queen of the most recent news revolving around the royal affairs of the castle. Little did he know that this piece of information would cause the worst turn of events for Equestria.
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Never mind the last chapter name pt2
It had been two days since the meeting between Eddie and six, and so far it had been an enjoyable experience for... some of them.
The loud music played as it could be heard over the horizon. The music was followed by the roaring of Deuces engine and Twilight's screaming. Rainbow followed directly above the roaring car. Both speeds matched at the moment, and both were frustrated to see who could win this battle of speed.
"SLOW DOWN EDDIE! YOU'RE GOING TO HIT SOMETHING!" Twilight yelled over the reeving engine.
"HELL NO! RAINBOW NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT THE SPEED OF METAL LOOKS LIKE!" Eddie yelled as his car flew into the air for the third time in a row.
"YEAH TWILIGHT! LET'S HAVE A LITTLE FUN FOR ONCE!" Rainbow yelled as she flew close to the car.
"TREE!" Twilight yelled as she pointed forward. Eddie could care less, he just slammed into it like the last ten trees and quickly brought it down with force.
"FUCK YEAH! LETS SEE YOU DO THAT RAINBOW!" Eddie yelled as he waved his axe in the air.
"NO! BUT CAN YOU FLY?!"
"NO! BUT CAN YOU DO THIS?!" Eddie said as he launched lighting at the nearby tree, exploding it into several pieces in a beautiful blue flash.
"HOW DOES THAT WORK?!" Twilight yelled in awe of what just happened.
"HECK YEAH I CAN!" Rainbow yelled as she kicked a nearby cloud, launching her own lightning, but not hitting anything.
"YOUR AIM SUCKS SHIT!"
"OH YEAH! I CAN STILL FLY!" Rainbow snapped back as she started to get ahead of Deuce.
"OH FUCK NO!" Eddie then flipped a small plastic cover that covered a large red button. Suddenly, with a lurch forward, Eddie and Twilight stuck to their seats as a trail of fire followed them stride for stride.
They easily surpassed Rainbow, she could not help but look in awe as the flames of Eddies tires illuminated the already bright day. Eddie wove his arm in the air as he head banged to the increasing speed and music volume. Rainbow began to slow as she could not help but feel defeated by the near ear shattering speed Eddie was going at. To her dismay, Celestia had told her to resist from using her signature sonic rainboom, so all hope was lost.
"FUCK YEAH! I WIN AGAIN MOTHER FUCKERS!" Eddie yelled as he stood atop Deuce.
Twilight could not help but rub her temples, how anypony could handle such loud noises was beyond her "You don't have to scream anymore Eddie. The car and music are already off."
"Oh right, sorry about that."
Rainbow closed in on the pair slowly with a look of defeat on her face "You're lucky I can't use the sonic rainboom, I would have beat you easy."
"Yeah, yeah, complaining at its finest. Hey, at least you tried Rainbow, don't be so down." Eddie said loudly as he placed an arm around Rainbow in an attempt to comfort her.
"Yeah Rainbow, cheer up, don't feel so down about it." Twilight said as she also placed her arm around Rainbow.
"Alright, alright, don't get all mushy on me you two." Rainbow said as she tried to wiggle away from both their grasps.
"Yeah, this is getting weird." Eddie said as he removed his arm from her back. Twilight also removed her arm as she saw the moment being ruined.
"Yeah *Yawn* I could really go for a nap right now." Rainbow said as she stretched her wings.
"I don't think that is an option Rainbow. Remember when Celestia said she wanted to see us all in the throne room at around this time, so I think that it would be best if we get going." Twilight said as she motioned for the two to follow.
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot that. What does she want anyway?" Rainbow asked with her brow raised.
"I think it has to do with our little trip to Eddies world." Twilight said as she started for the castle gate.
"Do we finally get to go?!" Rainbow said with joy in her voice. Rainbow had waited long for a moment where she could completely doing whatever she wanted. She knew that Eddies planet had absolutely no laws, so she could do everything that her little heart desires.
"Don't think that just because we go to Eddies world means that you could do whatever you want. We need to listen to Eddie at all times when we go." Twilight said as she gave Rainbow a stern look.
Rainbow then gave Eddie a convincing puppy dog face in an attempt to convince him to her way of thinking. Eddie then gave a slight chuckle "Not even Fluttershy could do that to me Rainbow, and she almost gave me diabetes." Eddie then gave Rainbow a soft punch to her shoulder "But that doesn't mean I will be some sort of controlling dick." Rainbow then popped up with glee as she repeated 'oh my gosh' several times as they walked down the large hallway to Celestia's throne room.
As they approached the room, they could already hear several familiar voices chattering away in the very large room. Celestia sat in her usual graceful position with Luna at her side. The other four sat in front of the sisters with suitcases in their mouths, awaiting the arrival of the man of the hour. They had grown a steady relationship with Eddie over those two days. Not only did he challenge Rainbow to several races, he also talked with Fluttershy about the animals that lived on his planet, with Rarity about their fashion, with Applejack about their farming (which they had none), and with Pinkie about their awesome metal bashes (or in Pinkie speak 'a party').
But the one he had grown on the most was Twilight. Eddie never knew what it was like being the center of attention being a roadie and all, but Twilight would constantly bombard him with questions about his world, spending most of her time either writing down his words or copying what he had written in his journal that he kept tucked in the back of his pants. Eddie of course never let the attention get to his head, he thought that he was not as amazing as they had thought him to be. But deep inside, after this meeting with these ponies, some part of him knew that he deserved some sort of thank you for his last war. But he knew to keep true to the ways of the roadie and keep those thoughts at bay.
"Hey princess, you needed something?" Eddie asked as he and his companions walked into the room.
"Yes Eddie, we have been waiting for you." Celestia said as the rest in the room turned to see Eddie.
"It is about time darling, it has taken you forever to get here." Rarity said in a fake dramatic tone.
"Yeah, yeah, don't get your pantie... I mean tail in a twist." Eddie said as he walked out into the room. Rarity gave a heavy huff in response.
"Sorry to keep you waiting everypony, but Rainbow insisted in one more race before we head off to Eddie's world." Twilight said as she levitated her suitcase from the corner of the room.
"Hey! This one was the closest one you know!" Rainbow snapped at Twilight.
"Alright you two, the race already happened, can we forget it already. I wanna get to see Eddie's world." Applejack said impatiently.
"Thats enough my little ponies. No need to bicker about this, you will be sent momentarily." Celestia said in a soothing voice in an attempt to calm the ponies before her.
"Do I need Deuce for this? I mean, how long would it take to walk?" Eddie asked as he gripped his guitar.
"Yes, it would make things easier for your feet, and my ponies hoofs." Celestia said as she prepared her magic for some strain.
"Alright then, here goes nothing. MOVE OUT OF THE WAY!" Eddie said as he pulled it Clementine from his back and began to shred it in the usual way to summon Deuce. And with the usual flash and loud noise that followed the guitar solo, Deuce appeared in the middle of the room with Eddie already inside and waiting "Alright, three of you on one side and the rest in the middle." Eddie said as he pointed at the chairs.
The six quickly jumped into the seats as they threw their suitcases in front of them in anticipation for the portal to open. "Quickly, I do not know how long I could hold it open. QUICKLY! GO!" Celestia said as a blue flash ran throughout the room. Eddie at that moment hit the gas, quickly speeding into the portal before them.
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Quickly, Eddie could see some buildings over the horizon "Were the hell are we?"
Suddenly, they could see a man with a large sword that wore a long red coat quickly slashing at another man that wore a long blue coat that used a japanese style blade. Both men turned to look at the speeding car that quickly went into another portal that appeared from nowhere.
"What the hell was that?" The man in the red coat said as he drew two guns from his back.
"We do not have time to worry about this brother, why don't you just accept the power of our father!" The man in the blue coat said as he sheathed his blade.
"Would you shut up about that already?" The man in the red coat said as he started to fire in the other mans direction.
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"How long is this thing?" Eddie said as he kept driving down the blue tube.
"Celestia said it would take a little bit, but I still have no idea where we were before." Twilight said as she scratched her forehead with her hoof.
"That guy with the big sword looked so cool though! You have to admit." Rainbow said recalling the short moment she saw him fly through the air.
"I must say that the one in blue looked a trifle more regal, more my taste either way." Rarity said as she recalled the swift and regal movements of the random man.
"Not like it matters anyway. We are close anyway." Eddie said as he pointed toward the light that came toward the end of the tunnel.
"Oh goodness, what is that smell!" Rarity said rather loudly as she held her snout with her hoof.
"Ah, swamp shit smell. Never gets old." Eddie said as he took a big whiff of the horrible odor that now permeated the tunnel.
"How can you enjoy this?!" Rarity asked in a loud tone.
"Its the smell of home woman!" Eddie said as Deuce once again flew into the air. The portal quickly closed behind them as they lasted in the air for a few more moments landing in the middle of a group of trees that he remembered from before. The dead jaguar still lay splattered where Eddie had smashed into it a few days before.
"Ah, home sweet home, don't you already love it?" Eddie asked as he bounced from the drivers seat. The rest looked on as they took in their surroundings. Several trees, the rancid smell of blood and swamp shit in one, and a bloody body close by. 'Hope that they got what they asked for.' Eddie thought as he looked around to see if he was in the right place.
"Um... Eddie... what is that?" Fluttershy meekly said as she pointed her hoof in the direction of an oncoming beast. The animal ran at full speed toward the group, they all sat frozen. All except Eddie who got into an unusual stance.
"What are you doing?! Get your axe or something! This thing could kill us!" Rarity yelled as she grabbed onto Rainbow for safety.
"Don't worry, I got this." Eddie said as the animal got closer and closer. Now that it was close, the six in the car could see it had very dark fur and a pale white face, and oddly enough, a chain around its neck. "Come here boy, come here boy." Eddie said as he slightly bent his knees even more.
"Eddie, don't do it!" Twilight yelled from the passenger seat, but it was to late. Eddie was already in the air, ready to do whatever to the beast. The rest looked away from the scene, hoping for the best.
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Authors note: Sorry for another short and half assed chapter, but I have had barely any time to do this, but I promise the next chapter will be even better.
Oh, and one internet for the person who can guess the reference in the story.
"Who's a good boy?!" The six mares opened their eyes in disbelief of what they heard "Who's a good boy?!" The six then turned to the direction of Eddie and the beast that had ran toward them. But now they didn't think that it was a beast, but more of a... puppy. "Your a good boy, yes you are, yes you are!" Eddie said as he rubbed the belly of the animal that now laid on its back, its tongue and tail violently flailing around as Eddie did what he did.
"Eddie! What is that thing?!" Twilight yelled in surprise.
"This? This is my main metal beast." Eddie said as he quickly moved over from the beasts belly to the moist ground. The metal beast quickly rolled over to its legs and shook off any water from its coat. It quickly laid eyes on the mares in the car, licking its lips with hunger. Eddie quickly took notice of the hunger that the metal beast was displaying and quickly pointed in the direction of the dead body of the jaguar he killed three days ago. The metal beast looked at Eddie with a confused expression, but complied as he pounced at the dead body. It quickly let out a torrent of flame at the body, cooking it instantly. The six looked on in sheer horror as the beast hungrily bit at away the the body.
"Hey look guys! Its Eddie!" A random voice called from the top of the hill. The group all looked up to the hill, only to see several men and women standing excitedly atop the hill. They all started to rush down with whoops of joy and relief. As soon as they hit the ground floor, they quickly picked Eddie up off his feet and threw him into the air over and over.
"Alright guys, calm down for a second, I got some news." Eddie said loudly, trying to get the groups attention. They quickly placed him on the ground. "Guys, say hello to our new members of our road crew." Eddie said as he pointed his finger at Deuce. The group looked at the car expectantly, looking for another person that might serve them well.
"Who is it?" One of the razor girls said as she twirled her hair with her finger.
"Them, the colorful ponies on the seats." Eddie said with pride. The entire group instantly fell to the ground laughing harder than ever before.
"What? You guys never seen a pony before?!" Rainbow said in anger that she was being laughed at by some strangers that she didn't even know.
The laughter suddenly died down at the loud mares voice "Who the hell said that?" one of the head-banger's said as he scratched his over-sized forehead.
"Me you idiot!" Rainbow yelled again as he quickly fell on his ass at the sudden voice that came from the pony in Eddies car.
"Eddie, what the hell are those things?" Another razor girl said as she shakily held her weapon.
"Oh, just some talking ponies that are going to lead us into another war." Eddie said as he placed his fists on his hips.
The group all groaned in unison. "We already killed Doviculus, what more is out there?!" One of the head-banger's said in an annoyed tone.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know that it seems to soon to get into something else. But these ponies need our help. I will explain everything back at Bladehenge. Now lets get going!" Eddie yelled as he hopped into Deuce from the middle of the group.
"Got it boss, we'll be there soon!" The head-banger yelled as he and the rest of the group started to Bladehenge behind Eddie's roaring engine.
"Eddie, where those... 'people' part of your road crew?" Twilight asked with worry. From what she saw, she could not tell if they were actually the best military in the universe.
"Yeah, those were some head-banger's, razor girls, and a metal beast."
"Wait, you mean to tell me that beast is also part of your army?" Twilight asked in confusion.
"Yeah, they are really good pets too."
"Um.. excuse me Eddie, but do the 'metal beasts' get hurt at all?" Fluttershy said as she sank into her seat, hoping for the best.
"Sadly yeah, but they don't go easy. The fire that they breath helps a ton when it comes to assholes like the grave diggers." Eddie said in a careful tone to try and not to spook the mare with news of death. Fluttershy quickly hid her face to conceal the tears that now welled in her eyes, she never liked the thought of animals being killed. Eddie saw this and could not help but place an arm around the weeping mare. "But isn't it more reason to finish this quicker, to stop the blood shed." Fluttershy looked up at Eddie, her eyes puffy from the fresh tears that soaked her cheeks. She never expected Eddie to say something so sage-like. Fluttershy sniffed one final time before she nodded in agreement, she could not help but agree with Eddie, even if it had to do with war.
The rest did not pay mind to the scene, they were to engrossed with the drastic changes in environment. From the shit smelling swamp to the not so sweet smelling jungle to the frosty cold of the mountain. They had never seen such drastic changes so quickly.
"Eddie, tell me, does the weather in you world always so erratic?" Twilight asked as she grabbed a scroll and quill from her suitcase, careful to balance the ink with her magic.
"Yeah, but it always stays either cold or hot wherever you are. Like at Bladehenge, it is always as cool as can be." Eddie said as he wiped the sweat from his brow.
"Everything can always be twenty percent cooler you know." Rainbow said throwing in her opinion.
"Yeah, we heard that so many times back at the castle Rainbow. Is that like your catchphrase or something?" Eddie said as he playfully slapped Rainbows back. Rainbow then replied with her own slap.
Suddenly, they could notice a large and decrepit building coming over from the horizon. The mares looked on at the inside, several scorch marks and holes littered the ground of the utterly destroyed structure. They could not help but feel a disturbing presence in the air of the demolished structure, a cold wind warning them of some sort of out-worldly feeling that they have never felt before.
"Eddie, why is this place so cold?" Pinkie said as she shivered in place, her teeth chattering from the intensity of the cold air.
"I dunno, its been like this ever since we owned Lionwhyte and those weird ass demons attacked here."
"Who is Lionwhyte?" Twilight asked, her quill already placed on her scroll.
"One of the generals that we killed back when I first got here."
"I see, is this his place of command?"
"I guess, I know he lived her for sure." Eddie said as he scratched the top of his head.
"Well, what happened to him?"
"You see the glass circle behind us?" Eddie said as he pointed at the shattered glass behind them as they went over a ramp, the mares slightly flying up into the air, only to land back on the seats with a hard smack.
"Ow, what the hay?" Applejack protested as she rubbed her back.
"Sorry, those things are all over the place. But they do give my rides a little more fun I guess."
"So! On to the question!" Twilight said as she turned back to Eddie.
"That glass thing up there, broke right above him, the shards of glass slamming into him. I would PAY to see that again, I laughed so hard that day, you have no idea." Eddie said as he chuckled at the thought. Twilight looked at him with a look of dread, she knew Eddie was no stranger to violence, but to enjoy it? That concept was out of reach for the bewildered mare.
"Aright then... on to another subject!" Twilight knew she felt disgust at the horrible thought of enjoying suffering. They quickly made it over two more ramps before they exited the building at lighting speed. The terrain then changed again into a more sandy and dusty area, and to the odd dismay of the six mares, several odd looking geyser that shot out a green aura. "Like that!... What is that?" Twilight asked as she pointed at the geyser.
"Oh that? That is our fans." Eddie said with pride.
"Fans? Fans of what?" Twilight blurted with confusion.
Eddie looked at her with his brow raised "Fans of what you ask? They are the fans of our all important music that fuels my road crew to do what they do best, rock. Without the fans we would not be able to go and destroy our enemies and also to continue on our cause." Eddie said with power audible in his voice.
Twilight looked at him with an even more bewildered look than before, what he had just described just confused her little pony mind to oblivion. To her definition of fans, she figured actual ponies (or people in this case) to be fans of something, but never a "GREEN AURA! HOW CAN YOU CONSIDER THEM FANS OF ANYTHING!?" Twilight angrily blurted with rage, her detention of everything going completely out of whack.
"Calm down Twilight! No need to yell my damn ear off. And that is saying something damn it." Eddie said as he idly played with his ear.
"I KNOW BUT... Uh, fine then! It's your world and I should just accept the rules of it." Twilight said as she was still recovering from the mind rape she had just experienced.
Eddie, his brow still raised started to grin in her direction "You think that makes no sense, wait til you go into your first fight."
Twilight's eyes shot open "What do you mean first fight?"
"The princess said something about you and your friends being some sort of awesome magic force or something. So I figured that you would fight alongside me."
Twilight looked at him with a sheepish grin "My friends and I are really not the best fighters..."
"But what about the first time with the changelings. We kicked their flanks hard!" Rainbow said, not wanting to be undermined by Twilight.
Twilight was quick to give her a glare, as much as she new that she was capable of fighting, she did not want to fight in any sort of war. But if Celestia said she could do it, there was no way she could doubt herself. "Yes, my friends do have the capability to fight, but I do not guarantee that they will want to fight to be honest."
"Yeah, I know, Rarity and Fluttershy already talked to me about it. They can stay backstage if they want."
"Wait, did you say 'backstage'?" Twilight said as her jaw unhinged.
"Yeah, I most of my fight have been fought with a stage to enhance the power of heavy metal." Eddie said as he closed his fist before him.
Twilight did not bother question it anything about Eddie's world as of now, From what she gathered from his recollection and his journal, she could already tell that his world was nothing like Equestria. She did not expect his world to be so similar, but to be this erratically different was mind boggling to her. "You know Eddie, I just want to take a small nap until we get to... ''Bladehenge'? Was it?" Twilight said as she slowly closed her eyes.
"What are you talking about? Its right up the hill." Eddie said as he pointed up at what looked like a giant sword surrounded by several stone pillars on top the hill, a very loud and energizing music blasting from the area.
Twilight looked up with a groan, she actually was looking forward to taking a good snooze. As they finally got out of Deuce, they could already see drunken roadies and head-bangers stumbling out of the small ruins. "Those guys are some of my road crew." Eddie said as he started to walk along the hill toward his home. The mares looked on from the very top of the hill toward the small concert that happened below. Several head-bangers were doing what they do best, razor girls were talking to the fire barons, metal beasts cheerfully playing among each other. And Ophelia was on stage, shredding a guitar that Eddie had taught her how to play. "Quickly, all of you make it back stage, I got to announce this to them. Come with me." Eddie said as he sneaked up to the backstage with the six on his back, the mares were surprised to see someone as big as Eddie be able to sneak as well as he did. "Okay then, wait there while I set this up." Eddie then ran onto the stage, all eyes suddenly darting to him.
"Eddie! Where have you been!" Ophelia said as she ran up to Eddie as she hugged him.
"Let's just say I've been busy okay? Now give me some sugar." Eddie said as he planted his lips onto Ophelia's. The six looked on from backstage, all with differing reactions, but all with the similar blush of worry that someone might have seen them look on to the scene with such interest. Eddie made a quick grab for the microphone that was stationed on the post near them "Alright people, I got an announcement to make!" Eddie yelled into the microphone, the crowd responding with roaring cheers. "Alright, alright, calm down for a sec guys, this is important. MANGUS! WERE ARE YOU!?" Eddie yelled away from the microphone into the backstage area.
Suddenly, the lanky looking stage hand quickly made it onto the stage with Lita following right behind him to get any necessary information that might come in handy later. "Hey man! It's been like three days. Were have you been?"
"Yeah Eddie! We were worried sick!" Lita said as she and Mangus both high-fived him at the same time.
"Alright, alright, I get it." Eddie said as he turned back to the crowd. "Alright people, how you doing today?!" Eddie yelled, another wave of roars flowed from the crowds "Alright guys, lets get down to business, today we meet the newest members of our road crew. COME ON OUT GIRLS!" Eddie yelled into the microphone as he pointed at backstage.
Eddie stood there, his arm extended towards the red curtain, waiting for the six to come out. Rainbow was first, flapping her wings as quickly as she could around the audience, before she landed on stage with a bow. Rarity was next, she gracefully trotted on stage as she flipped her hair toward the audience. Pinkie Pie somehow managed to pop out of the top of Eddies shirt, blocking view of his face before she bounced onto the stage. Twilight and Applejack seemed to have the calmest entrance, if it wasn't for a quivering Fluttershy heavily breathing behind them. The audience was at a stalemate of awe and bewilderment. "What the hell are those things?" The kill master called from the table he sat at. At that moment, the tension in the audience broke, and a loud roaring laugh splashed down on the stage where the group stood.
Ophelia looked on in bewilderment. Mangus stood there, unaware as usual. And Lita could not help but d'aww at the sight of them. Eddie saw the laughter that rolled through the crowd, and could not help but tense up at it, his face quickly changing into a scowl as he gritted his teeth "CAN'T YOU IDIOTS SEE THIS IS SERIOUS!?!" Eddie yelled into the mic as the crowd suddenly quieted down at the sound of Eddie's anger. It was rare to see Eddie ever angry, he was always calm during even the most intense of situations, but when Eddie had to be angry, he would comply. At the sight of the calmed crowed, Eddie quickly removed his scowl. "Alright then, let me get a some things straight. They might be colorful talking ponies, but they can kick anyone of your asses easily, got it?" Eddie said in a serious tone. "Now then, let get some names, how about it?" Eddie said as he approached the six. He quickly placed the mic close to Applejack's mouth, the first in the line of six.
"Um... My name is Applejack." The entire crowed gasped as Applejack uttered her words. Eddie then moved the the mic to Twilight.
"Hello everypo... I mean everyone. My name is Twilight Sparkle." Twilight said into the mic as Eddie waited to move it toward Pinkie Pie.
"Hi everyone! My names Pinkie Pie!"
"HEY EVERYPO... ONE! MY NAME IS RAINBOW DASH!
"Charmed to meet you all, my name is Rarity."
Eddie then tried to make his way over to Fluttershy, who was quivering behind Rarity. "And that one was Fluttershy, hence the name." Eddie said with a sigh. "And these six will be leading us into another war." Eddie said as he raised his fist into the air. A wave of cheers rang around the crowd before another long silence stifled the cheers.
"EDDIE, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU THINKING!?" Ophelia yelled from her end of the stage.
Eddie cringed lightly at the sound of Ophelia's voice. He knew that when he was mad that shit was serious, but when Ophelia was mad, everything could go to shit in an instant if not handled correctly. "Well... I... Uh... Hey Twilight, back me up on this?" Eddie asked, unsure of her response.
"Look miss... Ophelia? Was it? Well, I would like to let you know that..."
"And where the hell did they come from anyway? No way that something that cute lives somewhere like this!"
"Yes! We don't live on this planet. We were brought here with Eddie by non-other than Princess Celestia. She summoned Eddie to our world to see if he could help us with our current war. And he graciously agreed after some persuasion of course."
Ophelia gritted her teeth "Eddie, why did you agree to that without asking ANYONE ELSE FIRST!?"
Eddie raised his hands as a sign of defeat "You look at one of their puppy-dog faces and tell me you can say no!"
Ophelia huffed "And I thought you were tough. I mean look..." Ophelia then looked over to the group, only to see Pinkie Pie sitting before her, giving her the best puppy-dog look she could muster. Ophelia looked at her for a solid minute, before accepting defeat. "Alright Eddie, you win, these 'ponies' are too damn cute to say no too. But this is still a bad idea." Ophelia said as she crossed her arms with another huff.
Pinkie then jumped into the air as she waved her hoofs around erratically "Yay! Ophelia is going to help us!" Ophelia tried her best to hide the now obvious smile on her face. The land of heavy metal was not used to such levels of adorableness all at once, the best they had was the metal beasts, and they could not compare to the colorful mare that gleefully hopped on stage. LIta, who was already d'awwing as hard as she could, felt a rush of warm fuzziness crawl around her as she looked on at the scene. Mangus just stood there, confused by it all.
Eddie, satisfied with Ophelia's response turned to the crowd and raised the mic to his face "Anybody got anything to say about this?" The crowd stayed silent for some moments, pondering if this was a good idea or not. Eddie could feel the tension forming and it made him uneasy, but a specific idea came into his head, something that just might work. Eddie quickly made his way over to Fluttershy, picked her up as she panicked in his grasp, and he presented her to the crowd Simba style as she tried her best to hide behind her tail "How can you say no to something like this you assholes?"
The entire crowed in unison let out a powerful d'aww that rattled the ruins around them. Eddie, satisfied with the reaction, placed Fluttershy back on the stage as she scurried back behind Twilight. Twilight looked at him in confusion, she did not know exactly why he did that, but it seemed to have worked,
They spent the next hour answering questions about themselves to the crowd and to the other people on stage, they all pertained to what they were, what the horn was for, how they got so colorful, and why they smelled like candy. They all seemed to be having a good time, enjoying some beer, and listening to music as they chilled on stage. Little did they know that close by, another head banger was running up the hill with news that could shatter the peace. "Eddie! Coil!" The banger then fell on his face as he ran up in panic...
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"What! How many!?"
"A shit ton of them!"
"Alright! Everyone! To your posts!"
"Eddie, whats going on?" Twilight asked between all the commotion. Several members of Eddies road crew started to get into position.
"The tainted coil are attacking again, happens every one in a while. Get ready for this Twilight, you sure you can handle this?" Twilight only gave a heavy sigh with a nod. "Alright then, Rarity and Fluttershy, get to backstage and stay there until I come back, got it?" They both quickly ran toward the backstage in a panic.
"What are 'the tainted coil' exactly?" Twilight asked, trying to sound as calm as possible.
"Them" Eddie pointed over the horizon, several leather, clad metal wielding demons running up from the horizon. Twilight was already afraid, if it wasn't for the giant beast behind the red pack that terrified her even more, it carried a large chain that had a wrecking ball on the end. Several other terrifying beasts came from the horizon, shocking the four mares that stood beside Eddie. "Alright girls, you can stay here and fight, or you can join Rarity and Fluttershy backstage. Quick! We can't just sit here with our head in our ass for so long!"
The four mares gulped, they were not sure if they could fight the beasts that approached quickly and angrily, already fuming with rage. They all turned to Eddie, who was now a differing shade of... red? "Eddie, what happened to your skin?"
Eddie looked at himself and grinned "Hell yeah! It's been to long damn it!" Eddie said as wings popped from his back, surprising the mares.
"Eddie! How long have you had wings?!" Twilight yelled in surprise.
"I will explain later, for now just go and kick some ass!" Eddie said as he started to fly away.
Rainbow quickly made her way up to Eddies level "Oh no you don't! However kills the most of these things gets the winner a beer!" Rainbow said in a challenging tone.
"Oh your on." Eddie said as they both then flew into a sea of leather and metal.
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That left Twilight, Applejack, and Pinkie to look on at the chaos that now ravaged the nearby land. Quickly they heard a loud energizing music play from the stage as a torrent of violent thoughts ran through their minds. Pinkies mane quickly deflated as her pupils went to the size of pin pricks as she pulled a knife from nowhere. "Pinkie! Where did you get that!"
"Oh... You know Twi... You don't question Pinkie...Right?" Her tone was very seductive and slightly unnerving as she also ran into the chaos, already slashing away at the enemies before her.
"I guess I should stick with you Twi, you know how to kill these things right?" Applejack said as she quivered over to Twilight.
"I think I know some offensive spells, let me try this out." A purple aura now engulfed her horn as a large thunderbolt shot out, instantly hitting several tainted coil as it savagely shocked them into submission. "Alright then, now we try to survive this!" Twilight and Applejack were slow to enter the mess, looking hesitantly at the bloodshed and slaughter that happened all around them.
Eddie and Rainbow were already at the heart of the chaos, Eddie quickly slashing away at the coil large and small. Rainbow tried her best to kick several of them to death, but most of the time, Eddie had to bail her out. Rainbow quickly learned why Eddie was the best general this side of the universe, he lead his soldiers by bending the very power of light itself to direct them to several targets, like the towers that now appeared over the green aura geysers that littered the battlefield.
Eddie started to hack and slash his way toward another enemy, the large and dreaded Skull Raker that killed most of Eddies forces. Eddie quickly turned to Rainbow "Hey Rainbow! Get over here quick, I wanna try something!" Rainbow was quick to comply. Eddie was quick to pick her up as he started a sprint toward the Skull Raker "Alright, I want you to start flapping your wings as fast as you can, then when I throw you, just keep going forward. Got it?" Eddie said as Rainbow started to flap her wings as fast as she could. Even Eddie started to flap his wings to get an even higher speed than before, they were both now very close to going above even one hundred miles per hour.
"Eddie, what are you going to do?!" Rainbow yelled as they got closer and closer to the target.
"THIS!" Eddie called as he threw Rainbow with all his might toward the Skull Raker. A sudden lash of noise blasted around him as he fell on his ass, a rainbow now trailed before him.
Rainbow had felt her hoofs penetrating something very leathery and hard, but she slammed into it anyway, quickly exiting whatever she had penetrated. The distinct smell of blood lingered on her coat, she was still going at the speed that broke the sound barrier. She still hit several other things as she kept up the speed.
Eddie looked on at the rainbow that trailed behind Rainbow Dash, some blood now spilling from it, giving it a more edgy look to it, making Eddie nod his head at his and Rainbows work. Rainbow was quick to turn up, causing the rainbow trail to spike up with her. Eddie quickly flew up to meet her and stop her incredible speed before she got lost somewhere in the land of heavy metal. Eddie had a hard time trying to catch up to the speeding mare that trickled blood from the apex of the bright rainbow trail, but soon he did end up catching her as she turned around. Eddie felt the impact of the quick speed, his ribs taking the blow with a force. Rainbow Dash started to dip in height as she now had to carry Eddies weight.
The impact on the ground was heavy and painful, Rainbow bounced of Eddie, and Eddie stayed in the crater that was created when they hit the Earth. Eddie coughed up a small amount of blood, feeling his broken ribs and damaged organs slowly slowing in pace as he took in slower and weaker breaths.
"Eddie! Are you okay?!" Rainbow said in a panic as she stumbled over to the damaged roadie.
"Yeah... I'll be okay..." Eddie eyes flustered shut with his final breath.
"NOOO! Eddie! Don't die yet!" Rainbow said as she felt tears sting her eyes. She then quickly turned to the sound of roaring that come from close by, her sudden feeling of melancholy was replaced with anger. She quickly flew toward it in a rage and started to attack it, she was to weak to cause any significant damage, but she was quick enough to dodge every attack. Her only hope was to make the thing tired before she was.
Eddie quickly reappeared back close to the stage, confused as usual when that happened, but still not caring, he quickly unwrapped his wings and flew toward where he thought he could find Rainbow. Then a thought struck him 'This might be a good time to get her back for that prank she pulled on me back at the castle '. A quick and devious smile appeared on his face as he looked for another one of is colorful friends, quickly spotting a pink mare happily slashing away at the coil. Eddie raised an eyebrow at how much Pinkie seemed to be enjoying herself, doing twirls with her blade sticking out of her mouth. She pranced over to the next of the unsuspecting coil member, quickly getting its throat slashed and head cut off.
Eddie cringed, he never thought of Pinkie as a psychopath... Well, he did, but do you really blame him! Anyway... After witnessing the party mare murder spree, he decided to find Applejack and Twilight. But to his surprise, he could not spot the colorful mares anywhere. It was really easy to spot the ponies in the middle of all the dark colors. Eddie quickly landed just about anywhere as he noticed the lack of his soldiers. He quickly went back into the air in search of one of the geysers that spewed a green aura, two on the battlefield already were controlled by him, all he needed was the last on and he could be comfortable summoning troops. He quickly made his way toward the geyser with Clementine already drawn. He quickly made the solo to make a tower appear as quick as he landed. Eddie, now satisfied, thought of what sort of troops he wanted to appear next, he didn't know how that worked, but it did and he wasn't going to question it now.
"How did you do that?" A familiar voice called from the nothingness. Eddie looked around the vicinity, trying to look for the voice that he knew belonged to Twilight. As he looked to his right, Twilight and Applejack quickly appeared from thin air.
Eddie raised a brow "Were you hiding from all this fun?"
Twilight gulped as she worriedly looked around "Yes! This is madness! How do you manage!?"
"Easy" Eddie said as he swung his axe to his left, cutting off a coil's head "Like that... Or..." Eddie then pulled out Clementine, a large thunder shooting toward the enemies that were about to ravage the mares that stood at the foot of the geyser "Like that."
Twilight's jaw hinged "I know that! But don't you go mad from so much bloodshed?!"
Eddie shook his head "No, you get used to it." Eddie then proceeded to kick the coil that tried to attack him from behind. He quickly pulled the axe from his back and hopped into the air, quickly slicing away at the coil that fell to the floor with his kick.
"Please Eddie! How long does this last?!" Applejack yelled as she had to buck another one of the coil away from her. Little did she know that her bucks shattered the very skeletons of the unfortunate coil.
"Usually until we destroy their stage." Eddie then pointed at the rival stage that was built moments after the commotion started.
Twilight was quick to burst in anger "Why didn't you say so!?"
Eddie was also quick to shrug "You didn't ask."
Twilight started to grit her teeth as she shot out a torrent of flame from her horn, burning a group of coil that ran toward Eddie. "Really Eddie!"
"Hey, you finally killed something." Eddie then started for the enemy stage with full intent of destroying everything on that stage. Twilight and Applejack were quick to follow behind the manic metal head in his quest of destruction. Eddie was quick to hack and slash away at any enemies that dared to come into his path, the enemy count was now waning as they had no control over any of the fans at this point. Eddies troop were quickly outnumbering the coil at faster and faster paces than before. As Eddie jumped up on stage, some more high ranking members of the coil desperately trying to get Eddie to back off. But to no avail, they were quickly decapitated and thrown away with thundering flames. Eddie quickly hopped onto the dark scarlet stage as he sent a kick toward the closest amp, tossing it onto the ground and dismantling it instantly.
And to Twilight's surprise, a beautiful ray of light shot from the very heavens toward the stage. All of Eddie's troops stopped in place, a quick command registering in their heads before they all charged at the stage. Twilight and Applejack were quick to move out of the way as the road crew all jumped onto and around the stage, beating and smashing everything in sight from amps to instruments, even the floorboards were not spared. The coil that fruitlessly tried to defend what little they had left, they were all completely and utterly slaughtered by all the forces Eddie had summoned onto the battlefield.
Soon the stage fell, leaving nothing but a pile of ruble in its place. The small amount of coil ran, some being killed, but most managed to get away. "Yeah, you better run you ugly leathery fucks!" Eddie yelled as he hopped from the stage with a smile "And another one bites the dust." Eddie proclaimed with glee as his skin went back to its original tone.
Twilight and Applejack were just now feeling the blood that was splattered on their coats and of their previous actions, the adrenalin that filled their systems beforehand had caused them to completely disregard any violent thing they had done up to that point. They both looked at each other with shocked expressions, realizing that this was the first time they had ever killed anything. Both just stood there, speechless and stiff. Eddie shook his head, he knew the first signs of shell shock when it happened to someone, he quickly picked them up over both of his shoulders as he walk back toward Bladehenge, quick to move into a crowd of head bangers to elude the rainbow mare that sullenly flew above the crowd.
Eddie quickly ran into backstage as he tried to dodge any contact with Rainbow. He was quick to plop Twilight and Applejack next to Rarity and Fluttershy. The two mares that avoided any fighting looked at their friends in shock, what had they witnessed that caused them to be in such a comatose state?
Rainbow was quick to enter backstage, her head hung low as tears fell from her soaked cheeks. She looked up at her friends, trying to gasp out the words in her throat. Rarity and Fluttershy were now even more confused as they saw her friend wheeze and sniffle out some incoherent sentences.
"What is it dear? What happened out there?" Rarity said as she moved over to comfort Rainbow.
"E-E... E-Eddie is... dead!" Rainbow finally yelped as she buried her face in her hoofs, sobbing even louder than before.
Rarity raised an eyebrow as she was about to talk some sense into her friend, before a voice from the other room said in an eerie tone "Oh is he now?"
Rainbows head shot up, looking for the source of the voice that undoubtedly belonged to Eddie "E-E-Eddie? Is that you?"
"No, who the hell is Eddie? I've never meet him before." Eddie said, a chuckle interrupting every word.
Rainbow was quick to grit her teeth in anger as she turned the corner to see Eddie rolling on the floor laughing his ass off. Rainbow walked up to him with her teeth bared. Eddie took one glance at Rainbows enraged expression and started to laugh even harder. Rainbow then slapped Eddie across the face, somehow making Eddie roar with an even more extreme laughter than before. Rainbow was about to yell at the roadie, but Eddie was quick to throw in his own response. "This was for the firecracker under my pillow!" Eddie yelped between laughs. Rainbow now was more remorseful than angry, Eddie was not kidding when he said he would get her back. Rainbow just sat on the couch, her forelegs crossed realizing defeat.
'Note to self, never prank Eddie again. EVER!' Rainbow thought to herself as she gritted her teeth.
After his torrent of laughter, Eddie jumped back on his feet with full intent of explaining himself. "Alright, I guess you all want to know about my whole 'demon' phase right?"
Twilight quickly jumped from her comatose state, ready and eager to listen to Eddies explanation. Eddie went into full detail about how he was able to become a demon due to his linage, and how he could become a demon whenever he wanted, but stayed in his human form to keep the rest of his troops from becoming jealous and wanting wings like he had. They listened carefully to every detail of his fathers journey and his mothers connection to demon blood. Even Eddie started to show off his now darker red skin, his eyes would become a haunting golden color, and his wing span was larger than anything they have seen.
"Wow! So because you have demon blood, you can convert into one?" Twilight said as she wrote down Eddies response.
"Yeah, always helps when I need to get somewhere quick to tell my troops where to go." Eddie said as his skin went back to its lighter shade. Twilight and her friends were in awe of what they had just heard.
"Its like an earth pony turning into a pegasis whenever they wanted too, that is so cool!" Twilight said as she reviled in the new knowledge that was bestowed upon her.
"I guess he could also be considered a unicorn with the magic he can use with his guitar." Rarity chimed as she completed her observation.
"Wow Eddie, your just as powerful as Celestia herself! Could you figure that?" Applejack said in astonishment at his physical power.
"Yeah, I know, but that doesn't mean much. I'm just a roadie you know." Eddie said, trying to stifle the praise. Eddie was trying his hardest to not let it get to his ego. Ever since he was with the six, he could always pinpoint a moment when they showered something with praise, even when it was something small.
"Even then, imagine what else you can do!" Twilight said to the now quiet roadie.
Eddie was getting sick of all the talk, after every fight he would find himself in, he would like to rest up for the next day, sleeping in Deuce with Ophelia. He quickly rubbed his temples, trying to find something to take attention from him. A light bulb went off in Eddie's head. "Hey, have any of you seen Pinkie anywhere?"
The five mares in the room all shared curious glances "No, none of us have, maybe we should go look for her." Twilight said as she and the others in the room made their way outside. They were suddenly discouraged by the sight of Pinkie, happily stabbing away at a random dead coil, a grin blatant on her face. All of them raised an eyebrow at the scene.
"Should I say anything?" Eddie asked, still unsure of what was happening. All six mares shook their head in disagreement. Eddie just shrugged, not wanting to make things more complicated than necessary as they departed to where they would stay for the night.
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Authors note: I know this fight seems short, but think of how little coil remain, and how they are under coordinated due to lack of leader. Just some fruit for thought before you go and bash this chapter.
P.S: You guys seem to enjoy the more violent stories. Well, lets just say my next story will have several 'splatter' kills.
Chrysalis stood there, news of the elements going to another world barely reaching her that day. She felt a wonderful amount of glee run through her body at the moment. She had hoped for a moment like this since the war began between the changelings and the ponies began. Although she had waited for such a moment, a thought still plagued her. 'How will I go about doing this? ' As she contemplated the plan she would implement to make her dreams come true. Her adviser came at her with news of other affairs that could not top the news that had reached her only hours ago.
"QUIET!" Chrysalis yelled to get the attention of her adviser, who quickly stood at attention. "Now then, have you gotten news of the elements leaving?"
"None yet my queen." Her adviser proclaimed, holding a hoof close to his forehead in a salute. "But we can go and retrieve the information post haste."
Chrysalis just shook her head, indicating that she didn't want it. "How about you inform me of how many troops we have now?" She rose a hoof into the air in a seductive manner, her way of acting always have a silky and near unnatural movement to it.
"Well, we have our original numbers, coupled with several hundred royal guard we have possessed on our own." Her adviser said, secretly aroused by her movements. Most changelings where, due to Chrysalis having an air of flirtatiousness about her. She gave a wink to the guard, being aware of the attraction from all of her soldiers and peasants. Her adviser blushed a bit, trying to very lightly inch his face away from Chrysalises. "So that is the total count, around thirty five thousand."
"Splendid." She said, resting into the throne a bit. "When can we attack Canterlot?" She clicked her tongue a bit, forming herself into Celestia. "I want to put this form to use." With a seductive and slightly unnerving giggle, she looked to her adviser again.
He just shivered a bit, trying not to keep eye contact for long periods of time. "A-Attack Canterlot?" He asked, licking his lips in an unsure manner. "I'm not sure, it's extremely well guarded."
"I don't care, attack it anyway." She sighed, moving her body so she was resting her head and hind legs on the arm rests of the throne.
"But my que~"
"Are you questioning me you whelp?" She asked, looking to him with her piercing green eyes. Her adviser just weakly nodded, running out of the room to inform her commander. Chrysalis huffed, the breath that slipped from her lips having traces of annoyance in it. "Where will I find more loyal servants?" She pondered, relaxing her head again.
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Eddie yawned, stretching out his arms and uncurling his fingers. He scratched his back a bit, looking to the woman beside him. Ophelia snore peacefully next to the large roadie, her slight breaths moving her hair back and forth with each inhale and exhale. Eddie smiled, kissing her on the cheek before whispering into her ear. "Morning beautiful." He said, nudging her awake.
Ophelia slowly woke up with a quite and slightly adorable yawn. He felt Eddies lips softly press against her cheek, smiling as he did so. She moved onto her back, planting a kiss onto his lips. "Morning my rock god." She replied, sitting up and stretching herself.
Eddie chuckled, not bothering to remind her that 'he was just a roadie'. He could more easily take compliments from her for some odd reason. He sat up too, hoping out of Deuce to stretch his legs. He yawned again, unaware of the six equines that observed them from not to far away.
"Oh, I think it so cute that they are together." Fluttershy said, getting a warm feeling from the two humans romancing each other.
"Yeah, just like in my romance novels." Twilight squeaked a bit, blushing due to her comparison with a slight feminine chuckle.
"It's.... Alright." Rainbow said, keeping her tone bland when she also found the two of them adorable together. But she wasn't one to admit such things.
"Daw, come on Dash, you know you think them fellers together make a cute couple." AJ nudged RD playfully. RD just pouted a bit, blushing as she looked away.
"Oh Rainbow, always trying to act so 'tough'." Rarity added, keeping her tone hush. RD mumbled something, but she didn't bother to finish.
Pinkie just let out a loud and noticeable "DAWW" That Eddie and Ophelia could easily hear.
Eddie chuckled, not being one to easily get angry over these sort of things. He turned, smirking as he shook his head with another chuckle.
All six mares blushed deeply, knowing that they had been spotted. They sort of crawled away, not wanting to see Eddies reaction. "Are they going to be okay?" Ophelia asked, giggling a bit as well.
"Yeah, their just curious is all." Eddie said, sitting right before the grill of his favorite car.
Instantly, a headbanger stumbled his way over to Eddie and Ophelia, a look of slight worry and morbid curiosity on his face. "Uh... Eddie... What's that blue thing that opened close to the camp?" His covered eyes were gleaming a bit, just as a curious child's would.
Eddie shot up into attention. "LOAD UP THE BUS! WERE HEADING TO EQUESTRIA!" He hopped back into Deuce, frightening the almost asleep again Ophelia.
"Wait. Now?" She asked in a still sleepy haze, looking to Eddie confused. "I thought you said we had like... three days or something."
"I dunno babe, but the portal is here early for some reason or another. I guess Celestia wants us there for some reason." He observed, driving over the bush the six had hid behind moment ago. The six where close by, just idly chatting as the observed the plain of grass, amps, and odd creature bones. From behind came Eddie, the roaring of his engine apparent even if he was far. "WE GOT TO GO!" He yelled, scooping up the six in both arms as Ophelia tried her hardest to steer as Eddie picked up the screaming equines.
Eddie plopped them all in the space between him and Ophelia, patting Rarity's head. He remembered she wasn't a dog and stopped, putting his hands onto the wheel again. "Eddie, where are we going?" Twilight asked, still panting due to her screaming spree.
"For you? Home." He drove off a cliff, landing close to the camp that his band stay in. A large blue vortex could be seen nearby. Large amounts of wind could be heard from the entrance, the torrent of air giving off a horrible whooshing sound. Eddie noticed his crew was already packed and ready to go, He smiled, nodding to Magus to start her up and for them to get going. Eddie drove right into the vortex, the tour bus following right behind.
"Eddie, why are you leaving so soon?" Twilight managed to say even passed the torrent of wind that cause her face to contort in a funny manner. "Why is it the vortex is here?"
"Like I told Oph, she put the damn thing here for a reason. A reason we might see as soon as we get to the other side of this windy fucker!" He proclaimed, blasting his nitro and some KMFDM.
Several minutes of driving followed suit, Eddie worried that they had entered a dud portal. He knew Celestia was weak, but how was she able to make another portal so early? Eddie had no time to ponder any further, he just drove down the never ending trail of blue.
Soon, a light did come, alight that wasn't as bright as he had first seen. Eddie, the six, and Ophelia cocked a brow all at the same time. The light to Equestria looking a bit bleak. Eddie hit the nitro one last time, flying out of the vortex and into a maelstrom of changelings. All of them buzzing and flying about the darkened Canterlot.