The Magic of Friendship, Love, and Guns

JASON POV. CANTERLOT

I had my arms crossed as the two Princesses flew me towards their castle, the ride was boring so I started humming "High hopes" softly

"What is that?" Luna asked

"What's what?" I asked her, not turning to face her

"That song thou are humming?" She asked me

"Just a song." I simply said, not wanting to deal with government authority

"What's the name of the song?" She asked again

"It's called Nunya." I said

"Nunya?" She tilted her head

"Nunya business." I laughed softly. I glanced over at her and saw her pouting, it was kinda cute "Wait, what?" I thought to myself as I ignored that thought

"That's not very nice." She whined softly, still pouting

"Who ever said I was nice?" I shrugged, then I went back to humming

"Hmm, maybe it's because a certain young filly had a dream of a Stallion saving her from a fire." Luna said

"Ok, one, I'm not a stallion. Second.... I'm not a good person." I said, looking away from her

"Your actions from the fire speaks otherwise." Luna said

"Whatever, just take me to your castle or whatever so you can interrogate me." I grumbled

After an hour or so I saw a huge castle, I couldn't help but whistle

"Not bad, not bad." I said, looked over the castle and the city.

"You've seen better?" Celestia asked me

"Yeah, in fact I have seen some things your mind couldn't even comprehend." I smirked, it was true. I did see and did a lot of cool stuff

"Like what?" Luna asked

"You'll have to find out.... Or if I tell you, which I won't." I shrugged as I kept on humming. Soon they landed me in front of the castle doors, just as a bunch of guards came and surrounded me and aimed their spears at me "You know, this plan didn't work for your buddies over at Manehattan. What makes you think it'll work here?" I asked as I cracked my knuckles

"There will be no fighting." Celestia said as I felt something bound my hands together

"Wait, what?" I looked down to see some rings of light around my hands "Perfect." I grumbled. Soon they took me inside the castle, the guards still surrounded me as we walked. We entered what I assume is the throne room, the guards then forced me down on my knees. I glared at them as the two Princesses now stood in front of me. The doors opened up once again and I turned to see the girls from earlier

"Princess." The purple one said as they all bowed

"Oh God, this is going to be a long day." I mumbled

"Twilight, it's good that you are all here." Celestia smiled. I tried to hold in my laughter as I heard the name

"What's so funny?" The girl now named Twilight asked me, crossing her arms as she stared at me

"Your name is the name of a fucking horrible cheesy vampire movie." I laughed, soon getting hit hard across the face. I looked up to see a white horse guy in purple armor

"Don't talk that way to her." He told me

"Damn, do all the guards hit like a bunch of sissies?" I laughed as he punched me again "This guy is having trouble performing, but something tells me this isn't the first time you failed to do the deed, huh." I mocked him as he got more pissed off and punched me even more

"Enough!" Luna shouted loudly, making the guard stop and everyone stared at her. I saw her walk over to me and knelt down, gently touching my helmet "... Jason." She said. My eyes going wide as she said this

"HOW IN THE FUCK DO YOU KNOW MY NAME?!" I shouted, demanding to know how she knew who I was, until I remembered the memory I had where I felt something off "You... You were there, weren't you?" I asked

"Yes, I was.... I saw what happened to you, and I want to know-" I cut her off before she could finish

"You don't know a DAMN thing about ME!" I growled angerly at her, rage boiling up inside me as she said this

"You are in pain, please, let us helping you." She said, her eyes pleading. I clenched my fists and glared at her

"THERE IS NO HELPING ME!" I shouted loudly at her, glaring at her with rage and hatred in my eyes. I then had a small flashback of when I came back to life. All I felt was rage, confusion, pain, and torment. And then I fast forward to when I fought Batman, and all that emotions just boiled up and exploded when I fought him. I snapped back to reality when I felt something lift me up and slam me down on the floor hard

"Hold your tongue!" I heard the guy in purple armor said as he used his magic to hold me down

"Shining Armor, take him down to the cells. We will question him later." Celestia said as the guy, now named Shining Armor

"Yes, Princess." He Saluted "Come on, freak." He said as he and the other guards started taking me away.

NO POV

The guards lead Jason to the cells where they confiscated all his weapons, they all had a look of confusion at most of his gear

"I recommend you don't play with any of them." Jason said as they took off his jacket, when one tried to take his helmet it electrocuted him "Don't." Jason chuckled as he entered the cell and sat down against the wall. He rested his hands behind his head, smirking underneath his helmet

Meanwhile with the Princesses and the Elements of Harmony and Spike, they were discussing on what to do next

"I say let him rot in jail." Rainbow Dash suggested "He's a killer, and he attacked and took down a bunch of highly trained guards. He's a threat!"

"T-To be fair you... Attacked him first... So did the guards...." Fluttershy said softly and quietly

"And he did save ponies." Spike added "But that doesn't mean I agree with HOW he did it."

"And the filly was very happy when we mentioned him." Applejack said

"But what he did was barbaric! Simply brutal." Rarity said as she huffed in disgust at what Red Hood did to the robbers

While they talked Celestia and Luna were thinking on what they should do. They both wanted to help, but Celestia was a bit worried on what Red Hood will do, he is an unknown being of unknown origins. After a few more minutes of talking, the two Sisters spoke

"First we will question him. Then we will say what we will do with him." Celestia said

"Come with us to the cells, Elements." Luna said as they all started walking down towards the dungeon.

In the Dungeon Shining Armor was standing next to a table that held all of Red Hood's gear. He and the other guards eyes them strangely as they had no idea what they were or what they did, but didn't want to touch them. Red Hood used his detective mode to see the inside of the castle, looking for all the exists, guards, hallways, everything. Already he found 5 possible escape routes. Before he could make his move the Princesses, Spike, and the Elements walked inside the Dungeon. They all stood in front of his cell and stared at him

"Take a picture, it'll last longer." Red Hood said as he eyes them all. Twilight stepped forward with a pen and notepad

"What are you?" She asked him

"Ah, the questioning part. My favorite." He said sarcastically

"Look, just cooperate with us and we can discuss on, maybe, getting you out. Ok?" Twilight said, trying to work something out with the Red Hood

"I heard that before, never really worked out because they usually try to keep me locked up behind bars or worse." Red Hood mumbled "But I'll satisfy your curiosity." He shrugged

"Good, now what exactly are you? You look similar to that of a stallion yet vastly different at the same time." She asked

"I'm not a horse, I'm a human. A badass and sexy human." He did the finger gun and chuckled softly. Twilight and the others went wide eyed as they heard this, Twilight especially

"W-wait, what?! A REAL human?!" Twilight's mind was blown away at this, believing that humans were nothing more than a fairy tale to scare bad foals.

"Yeah, so what?" Red Hood asked, not at all interested in this conversation

"Humans are nothing more than a fairy tale." Applejack explained

"How do we know you ain't lying?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"What would I gain from lying?" He asked

"He makes a good point, why make up what you are if there's nothing to gain from it?" Spike asked

"Show us your face! Please! Please! Please! Please!" Pinkie Pie begged

"..... Get me a strawberry milkshake, and then I'll think about it." Red Hood said, getting up to lean up against the wall that was closer to the bars

"Okie dokie lokie!" Pinkie Pie then dashed away faster than the eye could see

"Whoa, is... Is she a speedster too?" Red Hood thought to himself, then just a minute later Pinkie Pie came back with a strawberry milkshake with whip cream and a cherry on top, it also had some chocolate sprinkles on it

"One yummy for your tummy strawberry milkshake." She said proudly, handing it over to him. Red Hood held it and used his detective mode in his helmet to check if she drugged it or something. It was perfectly fine

"Huh, didn't think you'd actually do it." He mumbled as he slowly moved up his helmet just enough to show his mouth, he then started drinking "Mmmmmm." He had a soft smile on his face as he drank it

"Huh, your face dose look different from that of a stallion." Celestia said as she eyed his mouth

"Because I am human." He said

"C-can I ask you more questions?" Twilight asked

".... I got a delicious milkshake, so I'm in a better mood. Hit me." He said as he kept drinking the milk shake

"Are there more humans? Where did you come from? What are those things on the table? What do they do? Did you make them?" Twilight trailed on and on with questions

"In order. Here, no. Gotham. Weapons and gadgets. Do things that are better explained if I show you how it looks and explain it. And yes." He answered

"Uh, Gotham? But there is no Gotham here... Right?" Rarity asked

"No, that's because I'm from a different universe. Or is it different dimension?" He said

"WHAT?!?!?!" Twilight shouted, her mind blowing up once again

"Okay, now I KNOW you're lying this time." Rainbow said

"Believe what you want, I really don't care." He shrugged, finishing up his milkshake "Mmmm, that was really good. Did you make this?" He asked Pinkie Pie

"Yep, glad you like it!" She smiled happily as she giggled

"How do we know you aren't lying?" Applejack asked. It was hard to actually tell if he was lying due to his helmet and his voice.

"I think I have an idea." Celestia said as she stared at me "My horn will light up whenever you tell a lie. So, let me ask you. Are you really not of this world?" She asked

"Not from this universe/dimension." He answered, her horn did not glow at all. The others gasped and had their jaw dropped as they realized that he was telling the truth.

"Now, I will ask you one very important question.... Are you a good pony?" She asked, Red Hood chuckled softly and shook his head

"No.... No I'm not." He said softly, he knew that he wasn't a good person, not after all the things he has done. But, to everyone surprise, even his own, Celestia's horn didn't glow "Ok, now that thing is obviously bullshit." I said

"Then tell a lie." Celestia told him, smiling softly at the fact that he was a good person, even though his actions could say so otherwise, but she trusted her magic

"Uh.... I'm a girl." He just said the most obvious lie to see if it'll work, it did. Her horn lit up ".... Damnit." He grumbled

"So you are a good pony." Fluttershy smiled softly

"No I'm not." Red Hood said

"The horn says otherwise." Luna giggled

"I hate you all." He grumbled

"Now, time to decide what to do with you." Celestia said, smiling

"What you got? Public hanging? The guillotine? Burning me?" Red Hood joked

"No. You will go to ponyvile and learn the magic of friendship." Celestia smiled

"WAIT, WHAT?!" Red Hood, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, and Twilight shouted

"I rather take the hanging!" Red Hood said

"Princess Celestia, are you sure about this?" Twilight asked her mentor, thinking she was just joking

"Luna and I think that there is good in you, Jason." Celestia said

"DON'T! Don't you dare call me by that name." Red Hood glared at them "Red Hood or Red. Pick." He told them. Shining Armor hit the bars with his sword

"You will show her Majesty respect." He glared at Red Hood, but when he glared back at Shining Armor, he stepped back. Seeing the look that could kill in Red Hood's eyes

"Piss off." Red Hood said, he then turned back to Celestia and Luna "Just why exactly did you decide this?" He asked

"Because, there is good in you. I can feel it." Luna said as she stepped closer to the bars, she was one head taller than Jason. He scoffed

"You don't know a thing about me, because if you did you would know just what the Hell I am." He said, gripping the bars hard as he stared back into her eyes. She then saw that she held... Pain in her eyes, and after remembering what she did from the history book he found out why she probably agreed to this crazy idea "We aren't the same. Not by a long shot." He said softly as he turned and walked back to the back of his cell. Luna frowned slightly at this

"... Maybe... But everyone deserves a second chance." She said softly, Gently touching the bar

"Hehe... I already had my second chance." Red said somberly as he leaned against the wall. Soon Luna and the others left the dungeon, Rainbow Dash used this to speak her mind

"I'm sorry, but are you both crazy?!" Rainbow asked Luna and Celestia "Have HIM go to Ponyvile? Really? How do you know he won't try to kill Everypony there?" She crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes at both of the Princesses

"Uh... I doubt that. He only killed bad guys, and as far as I know there aren't really any bad ponies in Ponyvile." Spike said, rubbing his arm nervously

"If what Spike said is true, then it should be no problem." Celestia said

"B-But...." Rainbow Dash stuttered as she just groaned and ran her hands through her mane "Gah!" She grumbled as she just gave up in trying to argue with them

"But, do you really think he can learn the magic of Friendship?" Twilight asked

"I, for one, don't think a brute like him should be here.... But if you think he can.... We may as well." Rarity reluctantly said as she crossed her arms and looked away

"Then it's settled. Jason will go to Ponyvile, and stay with Twilight." Celestia said

"Wait, with me?!" Twilight's eyes went wide after hearing this, her jaw dropping

"I believe that you can at least get him to see the magic of Friendship, all of you can." Celestia said

"Please. Please show him the power of friendship as you all have shown me." Luna pleaded, her eyes begging them to help. Twilight saw the look in Luna's eyes and sighed softly, nodding

"We'll try, Princess Luna." Twilight smiled softly "But we should probably have everypony at Ponyvile be informed that a human is here." She said

"Agreed. Speak with Mayor Mare about setting up an interview for the town so that they can ask him questions, hopefully they won't panic." Luna said as she nodded

"I know Lyra will freak out. She's always going on and on and on about humans." Rarity said

"Oh yeah, she does. She's crazy about them. I think she's obsessed with them." The elements and Spike agreed

"Well then, I think you should all head back now. We'll meet you all at the train station with the Red Hood soon enough." Celestia said, they all bowed and started to leave the castle and head towards the train station

Celestia and Luna were making their way to the dungeon as they talked

"Lulu, are you certain that you want to do this?" She asked "It's not that I don't trust you, but he is dangerous."

"I am sure, sister. There is good in him, I can tell. All I ask is that you and the others show him the kindness you showed me, even after everything I've done." Luna said softly, looking down. Celestia gently touched her shoulder and smiled

"Of course, sister." She said as they opened the doors to the dungeon. Red Hood was doing handstand push-ups when they reached his cell

"110... 111... 112... 113... 114... 115." Red Hood said as he stopped, looking at the two sisters "Quick question, how do you do the thing with your hair?" He asked curiously

"Magic." Luna giggled cutely

".... Fair enough." He said as he jumped to his feet

"Open the cell." Celestia order Shining Armor

"Y-yes, your majesty." Shinning Armor said as he opened the door. Red Hood stepped out and immediately headed towards the table for his stuff. The guards were about to stop him until Celestia merely held up her hand, signaling them to stand down. Red Hood grabbed his stuff and put them away

"Please follow us." Celestia said

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." He rolled his eyes as he put his hands in his pockets and followed the two sisters out. They were escorted by two guards and Shining Armor. Soon they reached the train station where the Elements and Spike were waiting at. Shining Armor and Twilight hugged each and said their goodbyes "... Don't see much of the resemblance." Red Hood said as he boarded the train. The others waved goodbye as they got in the train. The train then started to depart from Canterlot and head towards Ponyvile.