we cant go home

{This Point of View is now under the ownership of: Kylie}

Johnathan and I were on our way to RTX to do some cosplaying, buy some merch and maybe win some prizes at the costume contest except John couldn't decide what to cosplay as.

"So is that game any good?" I asked John, he was playing his new favorite game on his phone, stick war legacy, he got all the skins through hard work and time.

"It's good it helps me pass the time." He told me as he looked up from his phone.

"Hey let's split up, look around and meet up in an hour at the costume contest." I offered

"Sure just don't get lost." He told me as he walked in a random direction.

I walked down the path I choose and looked at each Stall carefully and then I saw the creepy mask salesman from Majora's Mask selling stuff for my costume and other things.

“Oh! Why hello there fine future patron, could I perhaps interest you in my wares?”

I swallowed my heebie-jeebies and walked up to him. "Why yes, I would." I looked at his wares and saw everything that I needed to complete my costume along with the best armor and helmet in the game. “Could I have The Reaper, The Apocalyptor, The Evil Eye, The female Infernal Armor, the Brown Hive that ghost and do you have any replica spell totems?" I asked hopefully.

“Why yes I do! I have all the fire, shield and Corruption spell totems from the first, and of course all the second game spells too, wouldn’t help an aspiring Lycan Overlord to be underprepared now, would it and have a few Dark crystals on the house?” he said, his creepy smile never fading.

"YES!!!! Ok so how far back is all of this gonna set me?" I asked pulling my wallet out of my armor.

“I’m feeling in a pleasant mood, so I’ll settle for $550, and I’ll throw in this nifty Gnarl Figurine for free, what do you say?”

"You have yourself a deal but I have one question why do you only have the Brown Hive?" I asked as I handed him the cash and put on The Evil Eye.

“Oh that’s quite easy, dear Overlord.” his grin gained a sinister tinge to it. “I left the other hives scattered about where you’re going.” He said and then I felt weightless as I fell through the floor.

{This Point Of View was brought to you by: John}

I was walking down a path that was filled with stall but I wasn't looking to buy anything, so I just played my game. "II wonder if she found what she was looking for." I said to myself as I finished a battle on my game.

"Hello young man care to take a look at what I have to offer." I heard and turned to see a shady Resident evil 4 merchant.

"Sure." I said and looked at him wares.

"Do you have anything else these don't interest me much." I said and he reached in a bag and pulled out a crown and cape and I set my phone on the stalle.

"What you playing there?" He asked.

"Stick war legacy, it's a fun game I found." I said and he scratched his chin and smiled.

"Well why don't you try them on?" He said and I shrugged and put them on, they fit nicely.

"Nice, it looks good, maybe I should cosplay as a king." I said and twirled.

"Even better, an emperor!" He said and suddenly I fell into a dark place and then everything brightened as I hit the ground.

"What happened." I said and rubbed my head, then I noticed my arm was completely black, and so was the rest of my body, I saw a small lake and I looked into it.

I was a stick man with a crown and a cape and a letter attached to the top of my crown. I pulled it off and began to read.

if you are reading this you are still alive and in a different world as a stick man right now. You are level one but i already made an army for you of the stick men from your game, they will arrive shortly, This world is vastly different then your own, where magic is real and you have access to a shop to get skills and structures, when one of your units defeats a foe you get 1 tenth of what they get and they have added effects but so sorry but I can't go into any more detail, good luck!

I ripped up the paper and tossed it and I could hear several loud sounds behind me and I turned around to see my army and their were of all the skins except the classic and they all knelt.

'Ok then so how do I open this shop.' I Thought, and then suddenly a screen opened in front of my eyes. It was split into two columns, skills cost upgrade points that I get from leveling up and winning fights or battles, and the other column was structures and what looked like weapons and books. Seems the merchant left that out, the structures are bought with gold, but at the top there was a city that said ‘1 time offer free’ which I bought right away.

"So how do I make them." I said and six rows appeared at the bottom of my view, the rows showed all of my available units in their different skins and their respective mana costs leaf was cheaper than the others and at the top left I could see my mana I had 200 mana right now and so I only has enough mana to make one miner or swordwrath before I had to wait for it to recharge the cost was just as much as the game.

After making a leaf miner I felt tired and I selected the city and said.

"Well it's time I see my new home."

{This Point of View is now under the ownership of: Kylie}

I began to awake slowly in darkness, as the sounds of stones being moved assailed my ears.

“He’s over here! Hurry it up!” a muffled voice came as I realized in my hazy vision the rocks being relocated were on top of me and I was being dug out. “Wakey wakey, new master.” the now clearer voice of Gnarl called sinisterly.

"Oh, me bleeding 'ead. What did I drink last night to give me such a stingin’ headache?"

“Hmm… Giblet, go and rub some acid in his eyes, that’ll freshen him up.”

Those words set off my self-preservation instincts as I heard his plan clear as day. "Oi none of that now I'm awake I'm awake!" I yelled as I shot up out of the hole in the ground.

“Ah, welcome back to the land of the living Mast-oh, forgive me, Mistress, your armor might require some refitting… it wasn’t built for your… figure.”

"Guardian Kylie, Guardian Kylie, oh Kylie I found you, finally!"

“Ragh! Weird metal thing! Go smash!” one of the browns yelled angrily, chasing the Ghost around with its club.

Remembering that I have the power to stop minions from doing things I tried to stop the Brown from attacking what I assume is the Ghost I bought. "STOP!"

Thankfully their loyalty to their new Overlady is already set, and the brown begrudgingly stops it assault. “Mistress, while I do find your commanding presence to be a good sign for your candidacy, I don’t find it too appealing to find you showing mercy to this… metal fairy.” Gnarl commented.

"You stupid walnut that's my companion Ghost Artemis. She is not to be touched by any of you is that understood." I commanded.

“Understood, but with all due respect, Mistress, I have heard of beings that have taken non-humanoid fairy-like creatures as companions… they tend to be very annoying.”

"What do you mean they tend to be annoying?" I asked.

“Many beings, typically heroes, had a fairy companion to act as a guide and navigator, although in the tales of such, the fairy in question is more of an annoyance, trying to constantly get their master’s attention and pointing out information that in truth is of no use to them, unless this… thing, has some special purpose I am not aware of, I don’t see why you would keep it around… unless you decide to get bored of hitting the jester.”

"First of all, it's she, second of all, she can carry things in a subspace pocket dimension, and third of all, I would never get tired of hitting the jester." I said.

“True, his face is very punchable, and I guess having a mobile chest is useful, and would allow you to retain items you would normally lose if you fell in battle! Quite cunning Mistress, I knew it was right to trust that Void-walker to find our new Overlord-sorry, Lady, and a new world of good in which to conquer!” Gnarl declared proudly.

"Well about that.…" I said

{One month later his Point of view is brought to you by John}

After placing the city we had a huge problem, turns out I placed the city on a giant hive of giant scorpions, but after clearing them out I gained a lot of levels and a new development occurred. The stickmen I was given are making their own community and are falling in love.

The difference between the male and female stick men were that the females had hair and they give birth fast. There has already been 23 births this week alone, not to mention the resulting young are growing fast and were learning quickly, along with the adults discovering to talents as well.

The Magikill had more spells and their different skin counterparts began to diverge into entirely different schools. Leaf were able to control plants and make fertile land to grow crops.

Lava could shoot fireballs and summon magma from the earth, Ice could shoot ice spikes and chill the very air, savages could create undead of their own but unlike the normal demonic minions they need bodies to raise them, and finally Vamp could drain the life from living things. Along with the Magikill’s new spell roster, the ice and lava units had immunity to their respective elements, and in light of their newly growing community, some of the miners had taken up farming.

I had been neglecting the store ever since I arrived, so I thought it was time to see my level see what I could get.

Right now I was level 25, so I had 75 upgrade points and my mana reached 20,100 it increased by 100 every level but after ten it doubled.

"Ok let's see what skills I can get." I said as I sat on my throne, I was an emperor here and no one disobeyed me, but I was fair and just with my orders and my laws making sure everyone was happy living here.

OI looked through the skill category and saw two familiar things it was the melee and ranged giant from the first and second game but the melee also had other skins.

They both cost 20 skill points each, so I decided to buy them, the two joining the rows at the bottom of my view soon after I made the purchase.

So now I had 35 skill points and so I looked for magic, from what I saw there were several different paths of magic, but to learn spells more easily I would need to buy the book that went with the skills, but I was getting quite wealthy after clearing the nest I discovered veins of gold and other ores everywhere so I had that covered.

"Lets see... let’s buy buy fire magic." I said and then another screen popped up and it showed several different colors.

Chose a color for your fire

It said above them, I chose blue because I thought it would look cool and I bought a book l

Skills
Fire Magic level 1

'A skill tree, that is useful.' I thought as I looked at the info on it, with every level my fire magic or any other skill would become stronger, and when it maxes the mp cost halfs.

It cost 5 points and then I got mana recovery, which allowed me to recover mana faster in and outside of combat while also giving me a resistance to magic exhaustion, and it could level up as well.

I was left with 20 points and I searched through the shop and found two attacks slash attack and unique stick creation.

slash attack
Color of attack may vary, a ranged attack that can only be used with swords or blade type weapons, it sends a slash that multiplies the swords attack by 1.5 and will increase as the skill levels up cost 50 mp to use.

Unique stick creation

Allows the caster to create a unique stickman or women that will level up like the caster and can acquire new skills, but it starts out 10 levels lower than the caster and can start out with one unique skill and can not level up past casters level. Mana cost 10,000.

I bought both of them and now I was out of upgrade points, the second skill could not level up and I started using it, and in response a screen popped up

It asked male or female and I shrugged and chose female and it changed and showed me a stick person, she was black like me and everyone else. Looking around the screen I found three extra boxes.

Hair available

Wings unavailable

Eyes unavailable

I selected the hair and it showed me several different and unique styles. I chose the one with long hair it draped over her shoulders and down her back her hair it went down her shoulder and went half way down her back and now it told me to choose a color and I chose bright red, now it told me to choose a class from the unit types I currently have and so I chose spearton.

Now it told me to type a unique skill.

I gave her the ability to switch armor between all the skins so she could use all the effects each gave her, now it told me to choose aspects of her personality to which I chose devotion, loyalty, protective and lastly honourable.

And now I was done and half of my mana was used and she appeared in front of my she was currently in the vamp armor and the red hair added to her look.

She took a knee and said.

"What would you have of me my emperor."she said.

"Your name is Kefla and you are now my general, rise and take your place beside me.” I said as she stood up and walked up beside me.

Now that I had an empire, I was now ready to expand my territory. I had not encountered any intelligent life yet and I was already expanding, but it was slow, though now I can expand faster. there was now statues of me in the shop and I could use them to place structures or make units so I had them transported to several locations so I could place villages and outposts for defense, and next I put dozens of units in each one. Now hopefully the near future is peaceful, I stood up from my throne and walked outside with my new general so I could train her while leveling up my new skills. Later I opened the shop and found the best sword I could find! For some reason there were only two weapons that were locked and said level requirement level 100 and one black outline around it while the other had a gold outline.

I found the best sword I could find and looked at its information

Sword of ascension

Attack 500

Special effects: doubles exp received, ignores 50% defense of armor

After buying a screen that looked like an inventory appeared showing my sword and I reached in and pulled it out and now it was time to train.

{This Point Of View is now under the ownership of: The Overlady}

Suffice it to say the Shriveled Walnut didn't take the idea of not being conquerors very well. He didn't talk to me except when he had to for a week then he got over it. We started looking for the hives soon after and a week later we had found the first one, the Blues but there was a problem. "Ah, The Blue Hive, now Mistress, you should know that the Blues are healers, not fighters, they can bring back dead minions if they’ve only recently died and traverse water, but the only time you should send them to attack is if the target is purely magical." Gnarl told me.

"I'm with you so far. So what's the problem?" I asked.

“It appears some powerful creatures have taken an interest in the hive, and they overflow with good energy to the point where it floods! Thankfully the power of good only allows itself to infest willing creatures or the blue minions might’ve turned all goody goody.”

"WHAT KIND OF CREATURES WOULD DARE TO TAKE MY HIVE!" I yelled angrily.

“They don’t seem to be taking anything, merely observing, Mistress. These creatures are quite the curious sort, yet very cautious and skeptical, it’d be wise not to provoke them at your level, Mistress.”

"I have all the spell stones and the most powerful ax I can make. Plus I have an unlimited supply of Browns with the best armor and weapons. Why not just go in and take it?" I asked quizzically.

“Because these are not heroes, Mistress, these are beings that tend to make and bless heroes, one goddess was bad enough with its choking light, now we have to deal with two of them, with actual physical bodies to attack with… besides the last time, a Brown attacked something with wings and a horn it ended up exploding violently.”

"Wait are you telling me one of My Browns went out and attacked one of them?"

“We may have arrived much earlier than you, Mistress, and of course we made scouting parties to better assist, one discovered one much older than these two, who tried to force feed a large amount of good magic into the brown and… boom.”

"Did that one have a pure white body and red mane and tail?"

“You’ve heard of such a creature before?”

"Oh sh iit, Oh shit, this is not good! That Brown attacked an alicorn and not just any alicorn but the alicorn of Knowledge, mother of Celestia and Luna, bringer of pain to evil, Faust!" I exclaimed.

“That seems rather risky.”

"NO SHIT SHERLOCK!" I yelled. "We are in what should be the Badlands, but since it's not that means either we have a Flutter Valley scenario or a big fight with evil coming in the future."

“Excuse me, Mistress, I am confused… Flutter Valley?”

"A valley of pure ponies called flutter ponies and a Flutter Valley scenario is a huge catastrophe that transforms the valley and its inhabitants." I explained.

The old and grey imp of an advisor stroked his beard and then simply shrugged. “While I enjoy the destruction of a race of innocent butterfly beasts as much as the next evil creature, I find it prudent to scope out and find this great evil, an Overlady can’t allow rivals to fester… unless they’re festering as a corpse.”

"I believe we should focus on now, I will try to talk to the sisters and retrieve the hive."

“Are you… certain, that is wise? I’d find it hard to believe they will… react positively to you.”

"I believe that if I show up unarmed and in a dress we would get the best reaction to our situation."

“Well we only have spare dresses designed for… Mistresses of an Overlord, so they would certainly have some reaction.” Gnarl said and he held up a dress that left barely anything to the imagination.

"I guess I could wear that even though it's kinda skimpy." I said leaving for my chambers to put the dress on. I get the dress barely on when a Brown came rushing in. "Well, what is it?"

“Scary pony on ground! Scary pony on ground!” it then blinked as it took in the immediate sight of me. “Oooooooooohhh…” and then it flopped forward, the little soul icon appearing in my vision.
"GNARL CLEAN UP, MY ROOM!" I yelled mischievously.

Disgruntled, the old creature stumbled into the room, spotting the minion. “Oh great, what went and killed this one Mis…” then he spotted me, going silent.

*plap*

"Ahh hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! oh man that's priceless. I should probably cover up more though so I don't kill all my minions." I said resolutely. Putting on a shawl I called for a minion. When it arrived it looked at me and didn't keel over so that is a good sign.

It then noticed Gnarl’s ever-burning lantern. “Ooh! The super-shiny is mine!” it declared as it put on the lantern and cloak, before suddenly shaking violently, then looking at me with a scowl. “I didn’t particularly appreciate the heart-attack Mistress, I may be a soul in a lantern, but having my current body die is still painful.”

"I apologize Gnarl I had no idea it would kill the strongest Brown I have. I just thought it would cause you to be speechless."

“Correction, I was the oldest Brown, though I’d appreciate it if you didn’t lump me in with the others, I didn’t give up my human body for immortality, just to be known as just another minion.”

"Gnarl, I don't see you as just another minion you are special and you are an irreplaceable advisor even though you change bodies you still are the same Gnarl." I placated.

“Thank you, Mistress… you may want to see Snips, while we haven’t acquired the Green Hive, we thankfully managed to recover him, he should be able to make your attire less… killer, after all, he is our greatest blind tailor.”

"I think I will, I find his work to be of the highest quality and I can't kill him with my body so that's a plus." I said heading down to Snips' workshop. "Hey Snips, I have a task for you!"

“Yes Mistress! What is problem!?”

"I need you to make this dress less minion-killer and more royalty-meeting quality. Do you think you can do that?" I asked hopefully.

“...Snips thought that was same thing.” Suffice it to say a whole planet of pans died screaming. “Okay! Okay! Can feel judging glare of mistress from here, come closer and will start work on new dress.”

"Thank you Snips, " I said as I took the dress off and proceeded to walk in just a shawl over to him. "here is the dress I want altered!" I said, handing it to the Green.

“No no no! Dress not enough! This new body, need to measure for dressing, like mistresses before!” Now I'm a bit self-conscious about my body but I knew it needed to be done so I walked closer so he could do just that. “Now, remember, me blind! So no slapping!”

"I promise, as long as the touches are brief and not probing anything they shouldn't." I warned.

“Snips is professional!!” he said, suddenly grasping my tits as he began his hand-based measurements. It took considerably less time than I expected for him to be finished 'measuring' me and he soon was working at an extremely fast pace for a blind person. “Aha! Found problem! Not just bad dress size, proportions all wrong, Mistress kept showing too much nipple by accident!”

"So what your saying is I was showing nipple and that was why I killed two minions."

“Of course! You present attire which expose you! Extremely enticing, made stupid minion brain think you want mate, put all blood in wrong place!”

"Can we focus on the dress now please?" I pleaded.

“Already done!” he handed me a new dress, one with a rather elegant design. “Combat dress, made with new silk from weird rat-sized spiders, blocks swords, spears and some magic while staying… tasteful.”

After putting it on and feeling how soft it felt I just had to give Snips a hug "I love it, I love it, I love it, it's perfect for meeting with the Princesses of Equestria, thank you Snips." I said while squeeing in his ear.

“GAH! SNIPS ALREADY BLIND! DON’T MAKE SNIPS DEAF TOO!”

"Sorry, Snips I got overexcited." I apologized.

“Just go out, show off Snips’ work and make other ladies feel inadequate, that good enough payment for Snips.”

"Deal." I said as I was walking out of the room back towards where I left Gnarl.

“Ah, Mistress, a far more graceful design, thankfully the minions have just finished building a portal at the Blue Hive’s location, you may use the Tower Pool to teleport there now, coincidentally, the portal’s location also coincides with where that brown discovered the dangerous minion-exploding psychopath dying in the middle of the road.”

"WHAT! FAUST IS INJURED HOW FAR FROM THE PORTAL?" I yelled running towards the throne room by way of the Armory to grab The Reaper.

As I got to the pool, I saw the image of the land the portal opens up at… and I saw Faust on the side of the road… weak… wounded. I jumped through the pool and arrived seconds later after passing through a colorful void. I ran up to Faust and knelt down next to her. "Lady Faust can you stand?" I asked.

She opened her eyes at my voice and was startled by what she saw. "My Gods, the Kindness in your stance speaks that you care for every creature you see, the Loyalty in your heart beats a steady rhythm of a drum pushing on your comrades, the Determination in your eyes is like a fire burning brightly on a cold winter's night. I have not seen such in many many years, not since Solaris ascended to the heavens." She said.

I blushed in embarrassment and said. "Thank you." I said then remembered her condition and tried to help her up. It was pointless though because as soon as she was on her hooves she collapsed again.

"I am not long for this world and I have but one request." She said

"What is it if it's within my power I will do it?" I asked.

"I don't have much time to explain, but my daughters need protection, but for you to have that ability I must give you the greatest gift and curse I can give, immortality." She begged and I slowly nodded. To say she was surprised would be an understatement. "Why did you accept so readily my request?" Faust asked.

"Because I can see the love you carry for this world and the people you want to protect." I said while smiling causing her to smile also.

"To do this is to shun the afterlife, to do this is to ascend to goddesshood, and to do this is to watch those around you die. Can you withstand the test of time and sorrow or will you crumble like so many before you?"

"I will stand my ground." I said.

"Then come here and receive the mark of my family and the beginning of eternity.

As I stood there with the tip of her horn over my heart I started to notice a burning sensation on the front of my shoulder. I kept still until the sensation got too much for me and I had to cry out in pain. I put my hand on my shoulder and looked and I saw a strange mark on my shoulder I looked at Faust and asked. "What is this mark?"

"That marks you as part of the royal family and as a goddess. If my daughters were to see that mark they would know you are friend and kin." She replied in a motherly tone that then turned deathly serious. "You may now be immortal but that doesn't mean you can't die. They exists a metal called Orichalcum or the 'god slayer' metal that will temporarily strip you of your immortality magics and leave you able to be killed."

"Thank you for telling me and can I ask will the princesses think of me was an enemy because they have something of mine that I need to get back?" I asked.

"And pray tell what could your sisters have that you would think them wanting to fight you over it?" She asked.

"Because it has something to do with dark magics." I told her.

"Ha, ha, ha, you think dark magics are evil. No no they may corrupt the weak minded but I can tell you are strong of…*COUGH* heart and mind."

"Ok." I said and I held her hand.

"My last advice is a prophecy I had not a month ago and a warning:

A sorceress Marked

A stickman found

Two evils not

And love abounds

Fears are misplaced

Two turned to stone

To see a new face

and a grand new land to roam

But subjects without Lady or Lord,

They will thankfully sleep.

Until the day a new force,

Sows chaos, they must reap.

You now see the path before you,

A message for future times.

And know this vision is true,

For this vision speaks in rhymes.

"The warning is watch out for sun cultists." Is the last thing she said before she starts to glow and lift off the ground. All of a sudden she turns into a ball of light and shoots into the sky leaving behind a pile of life force of different colors and I absorbed all of them.

“Quite curious to find a god willing to give such power to something so dark.” Gnarl said in my head.

"Shut up walnut brain! This was a huge honor so don't kill my buzz." I said telepathically. "So thoughts?"

“Well it certainly is confusing, but like with many things, the pieces will make themselves obvious with time.”

"Ok. Oh and Gnarl send some Browns to get all this life force." I said back to him in my head. After my convo with Gnarl I headed towards the last known location of the Hive near a small town north of the portal. As I came upon the site I heard two voices talking that I recognized as Celestia and Luna.

"What do you think we should do with it sister?" Celestia asked Luna gesturing to the hive.

"It doth radiate evil energies I say we destroy it." Luna replied as I came into the clearing, Celestia stood at 7 foot, her fur was snow white as well as her dress that had a slit that went up to her thigh, on her hips she wore a belt that was decorated by several gold accessories, and a gold crown on her head that drew attention to her rainbow hair that flowed in the wind, I also noticed she had a golden necklace that went over her fairly large breasts. Luna on the other hand was six foot five her fur was a lovely blue, and her hair was like a starry sky, and she wore a sexy two-piece dress that didn't leave much to the imagination.

"I would appreciate it if you didn't do that. I need that hive." I said nervously rubbing the back of my neck.

"Who are you?" Celestia asked taking a defensive stance.

I raised my hands in a 'I'm not a threat way' and said, "I come in peace, and I am friend and kin." I showed them my mark causing a sense of calm and somberness to fall over the clearing.

"Was she in pain?" Luna asked.

"Not that I knew of sister but I was too late to catch her attacker(s)" I said.

"What do you want with this thing?" Celestia asked.

"It brings life to creatures called minions, it is one of four hives. This is the Blue Hive, it begets Blue minions, they are healers." I said.

Celestia sighed and said. "If you want it, take it we have more important matters to deal with." Celestia said as she looked at the ground and tears formed in her eyes.

I walked up to her and gave her a hug and patted her back while sending a mental command to some Browns that were nearby. "I have some Brown minions coming to get it. Would you like some tea and cake?"

"No now is not the time for that." She said.

Remembering her warning I decided to share it with my sisters. "Before she ascended to the heavens she told me a prophecy and gave me a warning. The warning was 'watch out for sun cultists'."

"Yes, they have been a problem and have made several attempts to kill Luna." Celestia said and that made my blood boil.

"I make you this promise, as long as I can, I will protect you both with mine and my minions lives." I pledged.

She smiled and said." Thank you but we must go now." Celestia said as she and Luna walked away and got into a chariot and me and the minions when back to the tower with the Blue Hive and the life force.