I never know how to start these things. I guess I should start out by introducing myself.

My name is Lucus Green, I'm nineteen, and I'm from Colorado Springs. I had a relatively normal upbringing, in fact the only abnormal thing about my upbringing is that I have two moms. It wasn't that bad, Leah, my "first" mom is a shrewd business woman with a no-nonsense attitude. My "second" mom Isabella, is the complete opposite, a total geek with a giggly attitude. How they fell in love in the first place is completely beyond me.

Due to the fact that my first mom Leah was constantly working, Isabella basically raised me by herself, as such most of her interests rubbed off on me. Meaning I am also a Gamer Geek, she taught me how to play DnD at the age of six, and from there we just took off.

Me and Isabella are currently at Comicon, she's dressed like Bayonetta, I'm dressed like Nero from DMC4.

"Alright sweetie, lets meet back up at the dinning kiosk in an hour," said Izabella giddily.

"What are you gonna do in the meantime Ma," I replied.

"Two Words: Costume Contest," said Isabella with a squeal.

"Guess I'll go check out the shops, good luck," I said walking away.

"Whatever you do, don't tell Leah that I brought you along, she'll kill me," shouted Isabella.

"No promises Ma!"

I walked off into the crowd, perusing the stalls and kiosks, nothing really catching my attention. I continued walking around the stalls and kiosks, talking to anyone who approached. I got a lot of compliments from people, it appears that all the hard work I put into my costume really paid off. Although, the fact I wasn't able to find a way to make Nero's Devil Bringer, without it looking like complete crap that is, really did bug me. After a while I came across a stall that really piqued my interest, leaning over the stall's counter-top was a woman dressed like the Divinity Statue from DMC. Lioness' headdress and all. Turning on my heels, I slowly waded my way through the crowds towards her.

"Hello Little Hybrid, what brings you to my stall," asked the woman.

Her voice is quite odd, angelic yes, but also echo-y if that makes sense.

"Must be a voice modifier in the lion's head," I reasoned.

"Sup," I said, putting on my best Nero impression.

She chortled in response.

"You Half Demon's are all the same, have you come to make a purchase," she said coyly.

"Sadly, I appear to be all out of Red Orbs and Proud Souls, maybe you could give me a freebie," I reply.

"I also accept cash, feel free to browse," She said motioning towards the counter-top in front of her.

"She has an odd selection, lets see, Discord's Lion Paw, Yamato, I think that's an Amulet of Baphomet, Nero's Devil Bringer, Ichigo's Hollow Mask, and the Guild Seal from Fable II, a great, if not random, selection.

"How much for all of it," I asked giving her a cocky grin.

"For you," she asked coyly "Five Hundred, and I'll even through in something extra."

She reached under her stall, fiddled around a bit, before pulling out a little plushy. A black cat wearing a witches hat to be exact.

I looked at all the items, they were of very high quality, and could probably go for much more.

"Are you sure," I asked, my act breaking for a moment.

"Consider the discount a gift for amusing me," she replied.

"Deal, but my Mother will be quite displeased that I spent all my funds in one place, oh well," I fished out my wallet, and set
a stack of twenties on the counter-top.

The woman reached over, counted the money, then nodded her head. Afterwards she slid all the items towards me.

"Good luck kid, it's been a pleasure," She said giddily.

"Huh," was all I was able to say before my vision started blurring, blacking out around the edges.

That's about the time the agonizing pain in my left arm set in as well. Great.

I awoke on a bed of soft leaves, soft wet leaves. I continued to lay there, soreness seeping into every muscle.

"Motherfucker," was all I could say.

Above me sat a canopy of leaves. There were also small, almost unnoticeable beams of light seeping through the dense canopy.

"So I've found myself lying in a forest," I said, thinking aloud.

"Somebody give the genius a prize," said a small female voice.

"Who said that."

I looked around panicked, until I felt a small weight climb on my chest. Looking down I saw a black cat wearing a purple witches hat.

"I'm going insane aren't I," I said, once again, aloud.

"Not yet," said the cat in a singsong voice "with that aside, lets begin with the tutorial."

"Tutorial?"

"Yes, you see the "Cosplayer" you bought all your items from, was the real deal, and now you're on Equus," she said happily.

"Fabulous," I said sarcastically "will I be able to go home?"

Her ears splayed backwards.

"No, not until you complete all your quests," she said sorrowfully "and there's no guarantee you'll still want to go home after we're done here."

I sighed heavily, this day was getting worse by the second.

"Who are you," I asked curiously.

"My name is Blair, I'm your familiar," said the now dubbed Blair.

"I'm Lucus, it's a pleasure to meet you," I said with a wave.

"I know who you are silly, you're my Meowster," said Blair waving a paw.

"So, you said something about a tutorial? Do I have a new set of powers?"

"Yes you do, if you'll pull out your phone and open the new app that's been downloaded we can continue."

I did as I was told and pulled out my white smart phone, with a click of a button, the screen booted to life. On the front page was a new app, depicting the Guild Seal from Fable II. I clicked on it, and opened the app.

"Alright, there should be four options, Alignment, Powers, Quest's, and Perk's. Most of your abilities are locked right now, like Chaos Magic, Hollowfication, and your Devil Trigger."

I nodded my head confirming what she said.

"As you fight and grow, you and I will gain new abilities, you will eventually unlock all of your abilities, rising to godhood," said Blair with a hint of pride.

"What abilities do I currently have?"

"Enhanced Physicality, you are basically Nero from DMC4, you have a healing factor, and your Devil Bringer is fully active. Which means you can summon the spectral claw to snatch or grapple enemies and objects, as well as absorb certain powerful magical objects with it. You can use Will Spells, though at the moment you can only have access to Fireball. Finally, your Amulet of Baphomet grants you the ability to calm and communicate with nature, it also grant's you a small boost to your physical strength."

I clicked the Quest's tab, opening it up. The only quest I currently have is "Form an Empire."

"Blair," I said with a sigh.

"Hmm, yes Meowster?"

"Let's form a fucking Empire," I said with a slight grin.

"That's the spirit Meowster!"

Author's Note

This story will be taking place outside of Equestria for the most part, Lucus may cross paths with the Princess' at a later date, but I can't promise it'll be friendly.

Next chapter I introduce one of the integral main characters.