The Magic of Friendship, Love, and Guns

The night was peaceful and everyone slept soundly, but the night had to come to an end as Celestia yawned and slowly sat up.

“Mm.” Scootaloo snuggled up and nuzzled Celestia’s side as she slept. Celestia looked down and smiled at Scootaloo and gently stroked her hair, seeing a small smile on her daughter's face.

“I guess just a few more minutes couldn’t hurt,” Celestia whispered to herself as she kissed Scootaloo’s head and cuddled her as she let her child sleep. Half an hour passed by and Celestia gently shook Scootaloo. “Scootaloo. It’s time to get up, little one.” Celestia whispered.

“Mm…five more minutes…” Scootaloo mumbled as she slept. Celestia giggled at how adorable Scootaloo was.

“Very well. I guess you won’t get to see mommy raise the sun.” Celestia had a small grin on her as she watched Scootaloo begin to wake up.

“Really?” Scootaloo asked as she rubbed her eyes. Celestia smiled and held Scootaloo’s hand as they walked over to the window. Celestia opened it and her horn lit up. Soon Luna started to lower the sun while Celestia raised the sun. “Wow. It’s so beautiful. And awesome!” Scootaloo cheered as she watched with amazement and wonder.

“Thank you, sweetie,” Celestia said with a giggle as she stretched. “Go on and take a shower, little one.” Celestia said as Scootaloo went to the bathroom that was in the room they stayed in.

Jason and Avril were both still sleeping, the room and themselves reeked of sweat and sex. Jason was the first to wake up as he yawned. Looking down he smiled at Avril and gently scratched behind her ear. Avril smiled and nuzzled his chest at the feeling before her eyes started to open. She looked up and kissed his nose.

“Good morning, handsome,” Avril said.

“Morning, sexy.” Jason chuckled softly. “Last night was incredible.” He smiled as he wrapped his arms around her. Avril has a prideful smile on her face as she saw her markings on Jason, now others will know that he is her mate.

“Looks like it wasn’t just your muscles that got bigger~.” Avril playfully teased as she winked at him.

“You certainly seemed to enjoy it.” Jason grinned as he and Avril then slowly stood up, only to immediately lay back down when their legs started to wobble like jell-o.

“I guess we both went at it a bit too hard.” Avril giggled as the two laid down for a few minutes cuddling. Once they could stand up again the two took a quick shower, spending nearly an hour rutting once more before stepping out. The two got dressed and stepped out into the halls, seeing the others beginning to wake up as well.

“Morning, ladies,” Jason greeted as he waved to his herd.

“Hey.” Spike yawned as he stretched. “Last night was so weird.”

“How so?” Twilight asked him.

“Well, as I was asleep I heard something banging on the wall and something cracking.” Spike said. Jason and Avril both blushed as they realized that they were the cause of the banging and cracking.

“Maybe somepony was doing some late night drum practice and dropped a glass of milk,” Pinkie Pie told him

“Uh…yeah, sure, Pinkie.” Spike chuckled as he didn’t question it as Pinkie just being Pinkie.

“Where’s Luna?” Jason asked.

“She must be asleep.” Celestia said as they headed to the dining room. On the way they saw Cadence walking out of her room with a bedhead and a large shirt and baggy sweatpants. She had a very happy smile on her face, Avril giggled at the sight.

“Looks like someone slept well.” Avril said, a small grin on her face as she leaned over and whispered. “Who were you dreaming about?” She teased. Cadence blushed at the teasing and laughed nervously.

“W-Whaaaat? N-Nothing, I just had a really good sleep is all.” Cadence looked away and played with her mane

“Hmm…fair enough. I know I certainly slept well~.” Avril glanced over at Jason and winked at him.

“The beds are like clouds,” Sweetie Belle sighed with delight.

“That’s royalty for ya,” Applebloom giggled.

“I’m glad you all had a wonderful night. I’ll have the chefs prepare us breakfast,” Cadence said as she called for a maid, telling her to tell the chefs to make breakfast before heading back into her room to freshen up.

After some time they all sat down and the chefs came out with pancakes, french toasts, fresh berries, and drinks. Soon a guard came up to Princess Cadence and whispered something to her, she sighed heavily and frowned.

“The fight will be held this afternoon, Jason,” Cadence told him.

“This afternoon, huh? Alright then. I’ll be ready by then,” Jason said as he ate his pancakes.

“Kick his butt, Daddy! N-No offense, mom!” Scootaloo said as she looked at Twilight, the smart mare looked down at Scootaloo and smiled sadly.

“It’s okay, sweetie,” Twilight said as she then looked up at Jason. “Please be careful, Jason.”

“Babe, come on, it’s me. I’ll be fine,” Jason said confidently.

“You better be, partner. Or else Ah’m gonna hogtie ya to a tree,” Applejack told him as she smiled. They all laughed a bit and soon finished breakfast. All waiting for the time to come for the match.

Hours passed and it was now time for the match. The arena was packed with all citizens of the crystal empire as Celestia and Luna, who had woken up in time for the fight, sat in a booth with the rest of Jason's herd and the kids.

“I hope Jason will be okay…” Fluttershy said worriedly as she held her hands together.

“Jason will be fine, he took on King Sombra on his own! It’s the guards I’m worried about.” Rainbow Dash laughed. “Uh, sorry, Twilight.” She quickly stopped and smiled sheepishly.

“It’s fine, really. Plus, I think Shining needs this,” Twilight said. Cadence was with them as well as she looked down to see the trained guards all armored and armed as they prepared for battle, seeing her ex-husband Cadence felt a sting in her heart. Cadence stood up and cleared her throat.

“Fillies and gentlecolts! I present to you the best of the best of the royal guards! And captain Shining Armor!” Cadence announced as the crowd cheered. “Introducing the challenger! He is a being from another world, but has shown to be courageous! Selfless! Noble! And Heroic! I give you, Red Hood!” Cadence announced as the crowd all got to their hooves and cheered on for their savior.

“Go Red Hood!”

“I love you! Marry me!”

“You got this, Red Hood!”

“Thank you, Mister Hood!”

Cheers filled the arena as Jason walked towards the battlegrounds, standing proudly as he looked around to hear the ponies cheer for him. Spitfire and two other Wonderbolts came to watch the match.

“Why are we here again?” Soarin asked Spitfire.

“I want to see if this human can even help us. He freaked out after learning about the attack, so I want to see if he can be of any use,” Spitfire said.

“Fighters ready?” Cadence called out to the fighters below, all of them getting into a stance “BEGIN!”

The guards all slowly walked and circled Jason as he smirked under his helmet, cracking his neck and shoulders. Jason glanced at Shining Armor.

“Let's give these ponies a good show,” Jason said, suddenly four guards charged at Jason from all sides, two wielding swords and two wielding spears. Jason bent his knees and jumped just before they could skewer him, Jason then dropped an ax-kick on one guard and knocked him out. His newfound strength showed as the guard's helmet actually cracked open.

“Bastard!” One guard started thrusting his spear at Jason who was easily dodging the attacks. The guard aimed for an overhead slash but Jason stepped to the side and stepped on the tip of the spear. Jason then kicked the guard in the side of his head and sent him flying across the arena. Some teeth were seen on the arena floor.

“Raaah!” A guard with a sword brought down his blade but Jason caught it with both hands and yanked the sword off his hands, Jason then punched the guard in the gut, making him cough up spit as he was sent flying back. A dent in his armor.

The guard thrusted his spear towards Jason's legs but Jason jumped up and double drop kicked the guard in the face. Breaking his nose and knocking him out cold.

“WOOOOOOOOOO! YEAH! GO RED HOOD!” The crowd cheered as they witnessed Jason easily dispatch four guards like they were nothing. Spitfire had her jaw drop and took off her sunglasses to see if she wasn't imagining what she just saw

“I-Impossible! He took them down like they were nothing!” Spitfire said as her teammates were just as stunned as her.

“Red Hood!” Jason glanced at the stands to see a crystal mare pull up her shirt and flash him. “I wanna have your foal~!”

“BACK OFF, HARLOT!” Rarity shouted at the mare. Jason blushed heavily at the rack of the crystal mare, leaving him open to a hammer to the face. Jason groaned as he rolled back to his feet and saw a large unicorn stallion holding a large hammer.

“I’m gonna grind you into paste!” The stallion said as he raised his hammer and slammed it down on Jason, a powerful gust of wind blew as the hit made contact, but Jason was holding the large hammer with his bare hands.

“Heh, I’m gonna give you bastards a pounding so hard, it will make Shining Prick’s ex-wife jealous!” Jason mocked as he pushed the unicorn back, grabbing his head and bringing his face down hard to his knee over and over and over again until the unicorn's face was nothing more than a bloody mess.

“WHAT?!?” Shining Armor yelled as he gripped his sword tightly.

Cadence went bright red hearing this as her wings flared up. Shining Armor dashed forward as two pegasus flew up into the air and started shooting arrows at Jason. Jason backflipped away to avoid the arrows. Five other guards rushed after Jason and jumped him. One guard tried slashing at Jason but he jumped and used the guards head to hold himself up as he did a split kick to two other guards. Jason then got behind the guard that tried to slash him and wrapped his arms around him, suplexing him into the ground. Jason then grabbed the guard’s helmet and used it to block a strike from Shining Armor, Jason pushed him back as he dodged an arrow aimed for his head. Two guards charged at Jason from his side as the archers took aim, then released their arrows as it flew towards Jason. Jason waited for the two guards to get close before jumping and spinning, narrowly dodging the two swords and arrows.

Jason landed on his hands and kicked the two guards in the nuts and got up as he bashed their heads together and grabbed their helmets. Throwing them at one of the archers as it hit her face twice. Shining Armor swung at Jason and was able to knick him in his arm, Jason grunted as he then elbowed a guard in the throat and then choke slammed him. Jason picked up a lance from the guard he just knocked out and used it to defend himself against Shining assault.

“You really think you can beat us? You’re outnumbered and out matched!” Shining mocked as the archers lined up their shots and the rest of the remaining guards rushed towards Jason. Jason gritted his teeth.

“You don’t seem to understand.” Jason headbutted Shining and then kneed him in the gut, wrapping his arm around him Jason threw Shining Armor back and towards some guards. “I WAS TRAINED TO SURVIVE!” Jason broke the lance in half and threw it at one of the archers, hitting the mare in her leg as she screamed in pain, falling down and dropping her bow and arrows. “NO MATTER WHAT OR WHO I’M FIGHTING AGAINST!” Jason then lifted up a guard and used him to bash two more guards.

One guard threw a chain at Jason and it wrapped around his arm, soon another one wrapped around his other arm. Jason saw two of them yanking the chains to hold him but Jason grabbed the chains and, with all his might, pulled the chains. Bringing to the two guards flying towards him. Jason jumped and did a perfect split kick to their faces, knocking them out cold. Shining Armor then cut the chains with his sword, making them useless. The rest of the guards used this opportunity to all rush Jason at once, Jason charged forward and started beating the guards to a bloody pulp. Loud snaps, short gasps of air, and bodies dropping was all that was heard as Jason dispatched the guards. Jason quickly rolled over and picked up the bow and arrows for the pegasus, taking aim he fired an arrow at the archer but he flew to the side.

“Ha! Missed!” The archer mocked until he saw another arrow flying by and cut the string of his bow. Jason then fired two more arrows and hit the archer right in his shoulders, making him shout out in pain and fall to the ground. Jason then looked at Shining Armor as it was only just the two of them left. Guards were scattered all over the arena as they groaned and grunted in pain or stayed silent as many were out cold. Shining Armor gritted his teeth as he tightened his grip on his hilt and got into a stance.

“I’m gonna enjoy mounting your helmet on my wall like a trophy,” Shining said.

“Come give it a try.” Jason told him as he waved Shining to come at him.

Shining Armor yelled as he charged forward, his sword lighting up with his magic as he slashed forward, sending a slash of magic hurling towards Jason. Jason ran forward and jumped over the slash as he aimed to kick Shining but the Stallion dodged, bringing his sword down to slash Jason’s head off. Jason quickly ducked under the swing and grabbed Shining’s wrists, tightening his grip until Shining let go of his sword. Jason then kneed him in the gut and then backflipped and kicked him. Sending Shining flying back. Shining Armor rolled on the ground and quickly got back up. Narrowly dodging a swift kick from Jason Shining slammed his elbow into Jason’s side and blasted him towards a wall with his magic. Jason groaned as he shook his head to concentrate, recovery from the blast Jason jumped out of the way as Shining started firing a volley of magic blasts at him.

“Move, Jason, move!” Luna shouted as she grew worried as Shining had the distance advantage on Jason.

“Come on, Daddy! You can win this!” Scootaloo cheered.

“Yeah, you got this!”

“Go Red Hood!”

“We love you!”

The crowd cheered on for Jason as he rolled away from a blast and grabbed two daggers. Jason then threw them at Shining Armor to distract him. Picking up two more swords off the ground, Jason threw them as well. Once close enough, Jason elbowed Shining’s face and then elbowed his gut. Shining Armor grunted in anger as he then grabbed Jason’s head and started kneeing him in the face, Jason gritted his teeth and grabbed Shining by his legs, lifting him up and slamming him to the ground. Jason then spun Shining around and threw him halfway across the arena. The crowd cheered as Jason stood up and gloated.

“Are you not entertained?!” Jason asked as the crowd cheered louder, Shining Armor spat on the ground in disgust as he then used his magic to levitate the fallen weapons off the ground.

“Die, you freak!” Shining Armor then hurled all the weapons at Jason. Jason started flipping and rolling and jumping to avoid getting skewered narrowly dodging each blade. Shining Armor growled in rage as he then started firing another volley of magic blasts at Jason, but Jason was quickly rushing towards him. Jason stayed low and kept running, once close enough Jason hit Shining’s chin with a palm heel strike. Jason then grabbed Shining’s waist and tossed him down. Getting on top of him. Jason started beating Shining Armor over and over and over again. Knocking out two teeth.

Just as Jason reeled back to punch Shining’s lights out, Shining shut his eyes and waited for the end, only the end didn’t come. He slowly opened his eyes to see Jason’s fist an inch away from his face.

“Do yourself a favor, and yield,” Jason warned. “You and your men put up a good fight, you deserve that much, but this match is mine.”

Shining Armor looked up at Jason and spat at his helmet.

“Buck you, freak! I will never accept you nor will I let my sister date a monster like you!” Shining Armor shouted. Jason tightened his fists but took a deep breath, letting Shining go as he stood up.

“You’re not worth it,” Jason said as he started walking away. Shining Armor gritted his teeth and slowly stood up, seeing nothing but red Shining ran towards Jason, using his magic to pull a sword to his side.

“DIE!” Shining shouted as he aimed the blade right at Jason’s back. Before Jason could counter it, something flew through the air and knocked the sword out of Shining's hands. Suddenly a black figure appeared over Jason and hit Shining Armor in the face, hard. The figure slowly stood over the now defeated Shining Armor and spoke

“No one messes with my brother,” The figure said. The voice caused Jason to freeze in place as he got a good look at the figure. They wore a black and blue skin tight armor with a blue bird symbol on their chest. They had black hair, white skin, and an athletic physique.

“Nightwing…?” Jason muttered as the figure looked at Jason, a few tears streaming down his face.

“Jason!” The two then hugged as it was revealed who the figure was. The two brothers embraced each other and held on to each other tightly. Jason had removed his helmet and smiled.

“I-I…I thought I wouldn’t see you again, Dick. I…I didn't think you guys were even looking.” Jason said softly.

“We never stopped looking for you. When we found out you were alive we did everything we could to find you.” Nightwing explained. The crowd cheered as Jason had won the battle but his herd, Cadence, Spike, and the kids were all silent as they watched Jason hug this mysterious stranger. They had all gotten up and soon made their way down to the arena where Jason was talking with Nightwing, the two clearly happy to see each other again.

“Jason, who is this?” Celestia asked while eyeing the stranger, not wanting any kind of harm to come to Jason or the others.

“This is Nightwing, my brother,” Jason said. Nightwing gave them all a greeting nod.

“Hey, nice to meet you all.” Nightwing happily waved to them.

“Let’s talk more at the palace. We got a lot of catching up to do,” Jason said, suddenly Scootaloo ran up and jumped into his arms.

“I knew you could win, dad!” Scootaloo cheered.

Wait…DAD?!?” Nightwing’s jaw dropped but soon he had a proud smile on his face and started crying. “I’m an uncle! I thought I would never see the day! I thought you were gonna be alone forever!” Nightwing cried tears of joy through his mask.

“Wait!” All turned to see Shining scramble to his hooves. “I’m not done! That freak interrupted our fight! As if one of you was bad enough! Now there’s two?!” Cadence glared at Shining and walked over to him. Jason was about to stop her, but Twilight put her hand on Jason’s shoulder.

“Two freaks in Equestria! Just perfect! My reputation is in the gutters, my wife divorced me, my sister is corrupted, and it’s all your bucking fault! I knew I should’ve killed you when I first laid eyes on you! You’re nothing but a blight on this kingdom and you’ll kill every-!”

SMACK!!

Shining was cut off when Candace reeled back and smacked Shining Armor across his muzzle. A bright red hand print formed on his cheek as he looked back to see a cold gaze from his ex-wife.

“C-Cadence…?” Shining muttered.

“Leave…” Cadence turned back around and walked away. “Never come back.”

Shining held his cheek and clenched his fist, glaring daggers at Jason and Cadence before scoffing and walking away.

“I feel like I’m missing some context,” Nightwing whispered to Jason.

“You don’t know the half of it,” Jason whispered back as they all headed out.

They all sat around the dining table and Jason started introducing Nightwing to everyone.

“Scootaloo is my daughter, I adopted her not too long ago,” Jason said as Scootaloo was between him and Nightwing.

“So, he’s my uncle?” Scootaloo asked, stars already forming in her eyes.

“That’s right, Scoots.” Jason smiled as Scootaloo then started screaming in pure joy. The scream was so loud that all of them were covering their ears.

“Is she always like this?!” Nightwing asked over her screaming.

“No!” Jason said as he then covered Scootaloo’s mouth with his hands, she was still screaming for a good five minutes before stopping.

“My uncle is a superhero! My dad is a superhero! This is awesome!” Scootaloo cheered. Nightwing chuckled softly and ruffled her mane.

“This is Celestia and Luna. They’re the Princesses of Equestria. And also my marefirends,” Jason said as he pointed to Luna and Celestia.

“Grayson, yes?” Luna asked.

“Jason told you about me? Wow, that’s a shocker,” Nightwing joked.

“Yes, Jason spoke highly of you all. He loves you all so much.” Luna smiled at him.

“Really? Awwwww. You do love me.” Nightwing reached his arm up to hug Jason.

“Hug me, and I’ll throw you out the window,” Jason threatened, but his words were meaningless as Nightwing hugged him.

“You big ol’ softie, you.” Nightwing laughed as Jason groaned from the affection. “Wait…your what friends?”

“We are Jason’s herd. In Equestria, the ratio between mares and stallions is very low. Therefore, herds have become a common practice in the hopes of producing colts.” Celestia explained. Nightwing’s jaw dropped as he was speechless. Looking around he looked over Jason’s herd as they all smiled and waved at him.

“Sooo…they’re all your…” Nightwing looked at Jason for confirmation.

“Lovers. Yes.” Jason nodded.

“Sorry for asking, but…how?” Nightwing asked as he was curious how so many women were willing to share Jason.

“It wasn’t easy at first, when we first met.” Twilight rubbed her arm nervously.

“We weren’t exactly friends,” Applejack said.

“We thought he was a monster and wanted him locked away or leave for good,” Rainbow Dash said.

“But after some time, we saw just how caring Jason truly is. How even when his own life is at risk, he would save anyone he can.” Rarity smiled at Jason.

“He showed us that his heart is pure and how much kindness he shows others.” Fluttershy smiled lovingly at Jason.

“He makes us smile and feel all giddy inside,” Pinkie Pie said while blowing kisses at Jason.

“That no matter one’s past actions, we can all be redeemed and move forward,” Luna said as she held his hand.

“And treated me as more than just a powerful tool, and instead saw me as a normal pony. He showed me how to actually have fun.” Celestia giggled. Nightwing could see the love they all had for Jason and he couldn’t help but be proud of his brother.

“…thank you, all of you…for taking care of my brother. I don’t know how to repay you all.” Nightwing said as Jason then punched his leg.

“You don’t owe them anything. If anything, I owe them everything for helping me,” Jason said.

“Oh man, what happened to your scar?” Nightwing pointed at Jason’s cheek after noticing it was gone.

“Hehe, I had some help from a few friends. Actually.” Jason put on his helmet and started to call the guys. After a few seconds of waiting, the call went through, and the helmet projected a hologram in the middle of the room. What they didn’t expect was to see some sort of hulking monster that would give Bane a run for his money, and an ax-wielding Joe, taunting the beast. “

“C’mon you, ugly ogre! Face the God of War!” He said before charging the monster.

“What the heck’s going on?!” Scoots yelled while clinging to Jason.

As Joe leapt onto the beast, he clung his hand to the creature’s head before looking at everyone. “Oh! Sorry, just a bit of a morning exercise. Be with you in a moment,” he said before chopping the monster in the jaw and dragging it down to the ground. He removed the ax before chopping the beast’s jaw again, killing the monster. He then shakes off the blood and brings out a flask. “So, Jason, what can I do ya for?” He asks before taking a swig.

“Uh…hey. Sorry for interrupting…whatever that was. Just wanted you to meet someone.” Jason then gestured over to Nightwing who slowly waved.

“Who’s the himbo-looking guy with the ax?” Nightwing asked.

“Right, allow me to introduce myself.” Joe dipped with a low bow before coming back up. “Joe Huffstutler. Lycan and God of War to an alternate Equestria. And you.” Joe pointed at Nightwing. “Are Nightwing, the first Robin to have been trained by Batman. I’d go into more detail, but then that would be rude,” Joe said with a genuine smile before turning to Jason. “So, did the equipment we gave you exceed your expectations?”

“Yeah, and more. Though, I still have to be careful.” Jason showed Joe the hole in his armor from when Sombra stabbed him.

“Wait, how do you-” Nightwing was cut off by Jason.

“Joe and his friends are from a place called The Edge, a place that exists outside of time and space and has access to different universes. Some of which shows…us, but in that world we’re comic book characters. A work of fiction.” Jason explained. Nightwing went wide eyed hearing this as he looked at Joe.

“So…you’re super stalkers?” Nightwing joked. “But how did you meet Jason? And what happened to his scar?” He asked.

“My son-in-law visited Jason’s Equestria trying to find something that jeopardizes the multiverse. I’d explain what the danger is, but we’d be here for at least a week. Luckily, he didn’t find one and instead helped Jason’s herd with some mercs that tried to invade Ponyville. After that, he brought him here, and we used some Hugr magic to get rid of the voice in his head. We cured it and were able to get rid of his scar in the process. Now, he’s a member of our League,” Joe explained. “There’s more detail to it, but I got a few errands to run, so I’ll be taking my leave,” Joe said before a mischievous grin made its way onto his face. “Before I go, I leave you all with this.” Joe snapped his fingers and a screen showed up for everyone.

Avril cupped her head in her hands before groaning. “What did my queen see in him?” She asked before the hologram cut.

Jason and the others had covered the kids ears to keep them somewhat innocent.

“Can’t be worse than me,” Jason joked before turning to Nightwing. “But yeah, they helped save me along with my herd. And, before you say anything, I want you to know that I’m staying here,” Jason told Nightwing, he gasped as he heard this.

“J-Jason, are you serious? You’re staying?” Nightwing asked in shock.

“I am. I’m happy, truly happy, here and I have a family here. I can’t just leave them here.” Jason had a look of sadness in his eyes as he said this.

“…Fine.” Nightwing then put his hand on Jason’s shoulder. “But no matter what, you will always be a part of our family.” Nightwing then hugged Jason and smiled. Jason smiled and hugged Nightwing back, the two brothers both happy to be reunited once more.

“Tell the others about this and I’ll kill you.”

“Yeah yeah.” Nightwing laughed. “Wait…when the hell did you get so tall?!”

“Venom.” Jason said. “You said we, earlier back in the arena. Are the others…” Jason suddenly got a call over his comms and gasped. He was silent for a short time until he finally spoke. “B…Bruce?”