One For All
Chapter 2
Previous ChapterNext Chapter"Twilight! How far are we?!" A blue mare with wings yelled over the roaring winds of a blizzard. None of them were expecting a blizzard after the Crystal Heart was put back where it belongs. They have been traveling for almost a month just trying to find the source of the dark magic.
"You asked me that a week ago before I said I don't know! We're looking for them and if we knew exactly where they were, we would've been there a week ago!" A purple alicorn yelled back as she continued to walk forward, four others following the two. Luckily they found a figure in the distance that was approaching them through the storm. "H-HEY!!!" The purple mare waved her arms to signal the figure.
The figure came closer, almost in a sprint before it began to slow down and the six ponies eyes widened in surprise. A snow fox vixen appeared from the heavy snow as she became more visible. She was about as tall as they were in a heavy jacket with a short sword on her hip. She looked as surprised as the six mares.
"Really, again... First a young man and now six adult vixens." The mares looked listened closely after hearing that, this man might've been who they're looking for. "Follow me, and if I have to carry one of you, then I will put you in a holding cell. I'm not doing that again." They began to follow her out of curiosity.
"Twilight, are you sure we should follow her?" An orange mare said as she looked at Twilight as the purple mare looked back at her.
"Unless you want to want to die of hypothermia, Applejack, I don't think we have a choice." They began to follow the vixen through the blizzard and in less than a few minutes, the storm cleared up as they came within a dome-like barrier around a large town filled with other arctic foxes. "Holy shit..." Twilight said as she looked on in amazement at the town.
"You seem like you were looking for our town." The vixen said as she turned to look at the small group as she guided them to the town center.
"Our princess was notified of a sign of dark magic coming from this area." The vixen sighed as she stopped before the largest building in the town. Twilight looked at the vixen, her expression was one of annoyance as she opened the doors to the building.
"Alice? What brings you... here..." said a younger vixen as she came around the corner as wearing an all-white dress. "More outsiders? Did you ask them why they're here?" The older vixen nodded before kneeling to the younger vixen.
"Yes, High Priestess Aurora, they seem to be here for the human." That caused them to look at the two in surprise. Humans were only in myth and legend, but an isolated society with the knowledge of humans is impossible. "Should I send for Nova?"
"It's best we don't disturb him in the middle of training." Aurora looked at the group with an apologetic smile, she did feel bad, but it would be for the best if he wasn't disturbed. "I must apologize for the inconvenience. If you wish, we can wait for him to go to lunch so you can meet him." They nodded as they went deeper into the building.
"Damn it!" I yelled, my arms screamed in protest as I threw a punch, and the resulting shockwave hurt my arm. I spent five hours working on this, but in the past month and I can only use about four percent. I had to compare my power with Izuku's from 'My Hero Academia' Which is substantial. For the basic gist of it, me using two percent is Izuku using fiver percent so using four percent is a massive boost than the one Izuku had at the end of the first month.
Onto a different topic, I finally understood what changed in me... With a little help from the doctor. Apparently, the corrupting capabilities of dark magic seem to have focused more on the physical and mental side of things without changing my personality. This was the way I described it, the door actually said: "It seems to have changed the way you act while reinforcing your skin and muscles. You said you much more confident and don't lose interest after a while when training. It must've spent it's corrupting on your skin and strengthening you as a fox... Person, sorry. It didn't have the power to corrupt your soul." Words from the doctor I swear.
I checked my phone and saw it was almost noon so I put my sword on my back where it stayed. I didn't bother questioning it, magic exists here. It doesn't help that I'm almost late for a lunch with Aurora. We scheduled it after it was decided that the preliminary matches would be after two in the afternoon and private. The council got the idea after I explained what cliff hangers were and now I regret it.
After that, Aurora wanted to get to know me better despite me being younger than her by a lot. Seriously, she's almost forty... or eighteen after I figured out that she technically lives double my life span so I had to do some math. That was an interesting day, to say the least, but it could have gone worse. Wait, I got a knife through my hand that day... the other Guardian applicants don't like me.
Holy crap, I'm so close! So zoning out isn't always bad... made the walks so much more bearable when I'm getting a nice cold soda. Oh yeah, they have cokes... well colas, Coka Cola isn't here... wish it was. You know what, I'mma go get one. That sounds good right about no- I just walked into a closed-door... Tell. No. One.
"Hey, Aurora! I'm here like we planned... Do I have enough time to get a cola?!" I yelled and I'm sure I can hear Aurora groan from the other room.
"Your addicted!" Aurora yelled back with an unamused tone causing me to laugh from it. I walk to the room that she yelled from.
"Come on, I'm not that... addicted." I trailed off after seeing the Elements of Harmony from the MLP series... this is gonna be rough. "Um... hello?" I waved at them... awkwardly.
"An actual human... I never believed they were real." Twilight said with a good amount of disbelief. Yeah, I'm not opening that can of worms. I don't want it to be something like humans are gods or they're demons, but that's probably it.
"Yes... I am I very well know I exist... wait, let me double-check." I looked at Aurora and placed my hands on her shoulders and began to shake her. "Aurora, do I exist!" She laughed a little along with Fluttershy, Rarity, and Twilight while Pinkie Pie was rolling on the floor, Apple Jack shook her head with a smile, and Rainbow Dash just smiled.
"Your such a jerk," Aurora said in a low tone.
"I know." I pulled a chair to the table and Aurora passed me a BLT which I began to eat as Aurora starts to eat her grilled chicken. The Elements of Harmony weren't that shocked and were eating their own vegetarian meals.
"Oh, I got you something, Nova." I looked at her in confusion as she lied something covered in cloth on the table, I won't deny that I wasn't curious when I saw it. I opened it and found that they were silver gauntlets with a baby blue gem in the back of the hand. "I had these made to reinforce your body after your first visit to the doctor." This caught the main six's attention as they looked at us. "This should allow you to use eight present without your arms and legs braking from the backlash." I put them on and it immediately turned black with the gem shattering and the area being filled with the gauntlets new black material. The plating seemed to become spiked towards the ends while the tips of the fingers became rounded claws; not meant to damage others and were only for aesthetic. Also, THEY WEIGHED A TON!!!
"Shit!" I used One For All to allow me to lift them.
One For All: 8%
The gauntlets were more manageable now that I was using One For All. "So they became corrupted." Aurora looked at a table. "Punch the table with eight percent." I nodded and brought my hand down on the table... the town center needs to invest in a new roof now from the miniature tornado formed from the backlash.
I was in pain, but I wasn't broken so I smiled widely, the gauntlets were perfect. I grabbed my shoulder and clutched it as if it would make the pain fade from existence. I turned to Aurora, my smile unnerved the seven after seeing my body twitch in pain.
"This is perfect. Thank you, Aurora." I said as the pain slowly faded from my shoulder before I relaxed my body. Aurora looked extremely proud while the Min Six... they were in complete shock after seeing me use One For All.
"That... Was... Awesome!" Rainbow Dash yelled as she got in my face with the biggest and cutest smile I've ever seen. I backed up, I was still a little uncomfortable after she came flying at my face. "You gotta tell me how you did that! It was so awesome and we could save so many people with it!" I pat her on the head, which got her to shut up and sighed... don't worry that she was taller than me.
"It's something only I can use. It's a massive strength enhancement that has an equally massive backlash. Even after training for a month every day, all day, I can still only use four percent without breaking anything. Lord knows how many times I've shattered my arms and legs in the first week." She looked away, clearly disappointed by the fact that One For All can't be taught. She went back to her seat, but I'm pretty sure she understood why I can't teach her... I'm not telling Rainbow that I can pass it down.
"I'm surprised that a strapping young human stallion has such an ability. If I may ask, how old you are, you seem to be a young child." Rarity asked as I chuckled nervously, I didn't expect them to know human maturity or how we age. Unlike the foxes aging, I don't know how long they age or when they mature so there is still a ton of ways this could go.
"Sure, but do you mind if I ask how long you guys live?" Rarity thought for a moment before looking at Twilight... was that seriously not common knowledge. Seriously, I always knew that I'd die when I was around a hundred... that caused a ton of mental bullshit for me. Thank god my therapist was able to make that happen less.
"We live around three hundred to three hundred fifty years," Twilight said which surprised Aurora and made me much more depressed. I'm not even gonna be a blip on their radar when I die, fuck me.
"Before I say my age, I want you to know my species only lives about a hundred years at best and has an average of about eighty years." This caused their faces to fall... wow, species in this world live longer than humans. That's depressing. "Another thing about my species is that we are considered adults at the age of eighteen for most countries around my world. Nations vary." Twilight was taking notes as I expected... nerd. "I'm seventeen." They stopped and looked at me I shock. I'm not even an adult and I have this power, fear me.
"Then why aren't you in school?" That's what you're more concerned about Twilight?! Not that I'm still technically a child?!
"Because I'm the only one of my family, quite possibly of my kind, that is here. The inhabitants are xenophobic and would probably assassinate me in a day if I wasn't apart of the Guardian Applicants." She didn't bother to ask what I was talking about before the Council and their Guardians walked through the doors.
"Ah, your here. I see you met our guest. I hope you've become acquainted." We cleared an area for the battles to take place, even moving the broken table and restricting the fighting area away from the crater. Thankfully, they think it was just a magic accident caused by one of the ponies. The other Guardian Applicants walked in and sneered at me, I glared back while clutching my hand. The feeling of the knife piercing my palm still fresh in my mind. "We will begin the preliminaries to the Guardian Trials. Will Joseph and Bryan come forth." Two reynards came to the improvised arena in the room. I didn't want to use my new gauntlets during the preliminaries and since there would only be one for each of us... only four of us will proceed to the semi-finals, eliminating half of us.
Joseph was a ranged bowman with high agility and speed with minimal armor; however, he can easily dodge twelve consecutive arrows being shot at him. He prefers to shoot from a range and his bow is so strong, he fired an arrow at a bonfire he made for training and it ended up putting the fire out with just the wind trailing the arrow. He was less of a jackass and had valued honor above all else which is why he didn't join in when the reynards attempted to cut my hands off. He's a dick, but he prefers a fair fight.
Bryan was almost the exact opposite of Joseph in almost every way. He preferred defense over everything and moves a hell of a lot slower. I've seen him tank a war hammer to the back of the head and not even flinch. His preferred weapon is an ax and a long one at that, it was about double my hight or twelve feet. From what I can tell, he seems to be the ring leader out of the seven, technically six since Joseph refuses to listen to him because he's dishonorable. I don't blame Joseph because Bryan is absolute scum in almost every way.
"Ready..." The head of the Council yelled for all to hear as the two readied themselves. Joseph notched an arrow as Bryan readied his ax in a defensive position. "Fight!" The world seemed to slow for me, everything seeming to be so wrong from the month I spent training beside Bryan...
He rushed Joseph as the bowman fired an arrow at the armored opponent which Bryan only blocked with ease. My mind raced when I saw this as the bowman jumped with a straight body flip directly over Bryan with three arrows already notched and ready to fire. He shot them point-blank into Bryan's armor which dented it a little. Joseph jumped away from the armor-clad fox's back, narrowly dodging Bryan's ax swipe from.
"Damn, three attacks in and it's already getting intense," I said as the two stayed at a distance from one another; trying to figure out what move would be the right move. They glared at one another, almost with absolute hatred. Faster than the eye can see, Joseph notched and arrow and let it fly but Bryan blocked it; however... "Joseph, that was fuckin' awesome!" Aurora and the Elements turned to me, both because of my language and because they were confused. An arrow nailed Bryan right between the armor and into his elbow, taking his left arm out of commission.
"Nova! Language!" Aurora yelled which I promptly responded with a dismissive shrug.
"What in Tartarous happened?" Rainbow asked, her tone much calmer than mine or Aurora's. I don't blame her, if you weren't watching Joseph then you would've missed it.
"If you watched Joseph after he released the arrow, he notched another and fired that one right behind it. The first arrow was a decoy for the second." I explained as I turned my attention back to the match, Joseph was smiling after hearing what I said.
"Come on Bryan, I'm right here. Come on hit me." Bryan rushed the bowman, his ax primed to attack and Joseph attempted to dodge. Damnit, the hole I made caused snow to get in, and with how cold it is, it turned to ice in the few moments it was there.
Joseph's balance fell after slipping on the ice, he couldn't dodge Bryan's attack. Bryan's attack hit Joseph's arm and pretty much threw the bowman through the air with a newly broken arm. It's my fault he lost, I'll have to apologize later since he's unconscious. With a broken bone, ring out, and being unconscious, all would cause the match to end; however, with them all happening at once, he will not have a good day.
Bryan is no doubt going to the semi-finals for the trials.
"This win is granted to Bryan. Now, will Alex and Mike come forward?" There isn't much that happened with the other two fights since they were over in seconds compared to the first fight. All that was worth mentioning is that Mike, a mage, won and Jack, a twin dagger user, did as well. "The victory belongs to Jack. Will Nova and David come forward." I walked forward and took my stance, a wide stance to make sure I can't be pushed over easily... however, this was not how I fought.
David was a paladin if this was an RPG so he focuses more on defense, but that's all carried on his shield. In reality, he's steadfast in his defense that left little room to attack, but his own attacks were slow. That doesn't mean much when he can move his shield about as fast as Joseph notching an arrow. Out of everyone, he probably has the biggest hate boner for me to the point that he started rumors to try to get the public against me being in the Guardian Trials. It was almost fanatical at this point.
He rose his sword and shield prepared for a frontal attack. He knows that I'm gonna test that shield's defense since I've been wanting to for the entire month after I saw him use it. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and threw it at Aurora who caught it. I'm not gonna lie, I almost bolted to it when I saw her almost fumble it.
"Ready..." I lowered myself further to the ground and David covered his body with his shield. I couldn't help but smile, I was excited about this.
"Fight!"
One For All: 4%
No one in the room expected to see Nova move faster than they could perceive and punch David's shield with so much force that they were having to hold onto something. Their jaws dropped after seeing the backlash of Nova's power before he used said backlash to push himself back to gain ground between him and David.
David's eyes widened, it seemed impossible to him. "Holy shit," David said in shock, he was barely able to comprehend what happened. He hadn't paid attention to Nova's training, he didn't think he'd even be capable of attacking. He would be lying if he said he wasn't a little bit excited for the fight even if he despised the human before him.
"Hate to tell you, but that was only four percent of my power," Nova responded and prepared to use One For All again. Arcs of black lightning surrounded me and arced around me. I'm starting to guess that the lightning changes color due to hair color; All Might's was gold for his blonde hair, Izuku's was green for his green hair, and mine is black for... the point is that my lightning, aura thing is black. Now that I think of it, it may be black because of my dark magic.
David did not like that. "Don't fuck with me!" He charged Nova at full speed which he completely outmatched with Nova's own as the human passed by him and attempted to hit him with a four percent punch. He moves his shield to block it which succeeds blocking my punch. Nova pushed himself to the side until he was behind the reynard and delivered a devastating punch to his kidney causing David to be sent flying through the air.
"Nice one, Nova!" Aurora yelled before Nova nodded in her general direction as he got in a fighting position, again.
Nova charged the paladin in an attempt to catch him off guard. It didn't work out as he hoped as he dodged a stab from David, but it only worked in the fox's favor. David shield bashed Nova just after dodged the stab. The fox attempted to cut Nova at the waist and end the fight, but the human jumped above the blade.
Nova's jump was much more powerful than he anticipated; he ended up having to adjust his body to land feet first on the ceiling. In an instant, he pushes off the surface of the ceiling and spun to attempt a devastating six percent ax kick; increasing the force with a flip to ensure he wouldn't land head first on the cold-hard-marble floor. David met his kick with his shield, a devious smile on the paladin's face.
'If he was smart, he'd use this as a bluff to gain distance between us. An attack like this would leave him open.' David thought as time seemed to move in slow motion, the two fighter's bodies high on adrenaline, and their minds moving faster than they ever thought possible.
'This might hurt like a bitch!' Nova thought, his mind racing at what a backlash of six present might be like. He hasn't used six percent at all, so — in his mind — this can go two ways; this brakes every bone in his leg or he will have to take a day for his muscles to recover after enduring the point-blank shockwave. Nova was preparing for the worst.
One For All: 6%
The resulting shockwave forced all of them to have to hold their grounds by changing their footing or grabbing onto something that was nailed to the floor. For Aurora and the ponies, this wasn't as strong as the one he demonstrated earlier, but it was still empressive no matter how they saw it.
David could barely move his body to counter the human's attack, the shockwave forcing his body into a stance to remain standing, but his arm was pretty much flailing as he struggled to keep it still. Despite the frustration, he was smiling. For the first time, he can finally put an end to a question an old-dead friend once asked him...
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object.
He got his answer when something that seemed impossible graced his eyes: the sight of his shield shattering. Both David and Nova were equally shocked, their faces mirroring one another.
"My shield..." David began, once again, it almost seems to appear in slow motion.
"It broke?" Nova asked, wandering his he was even awake to see this impenetrable wall that was the shield, break with a simple six percent ax kick. "I thought that was..." Nova began, still processing what was happening as the even was still unfolding in his and David's mind in slow motion.
"Impossible." They said at the same time, just before Nova's kick reached David's arm... And broke it.
The fox couldn't care less, the one thing he was known for and even what symbolized his very role in the town guard, was lying on the ground. Broken into tiny pieces and scattered around the room like shrapnel. David sat on the ground, his left arm, broken and bent halfway up the forearm.
David's face contorted into a hateful sneer as he gazed at his opponent, the one that was beneath him. 'How can a filthy mongrel ever beat someone like me!?' He thought, as the head of the Council walked to the edge of the makeshift ring.
"The winner is Nova!" She exclaimed as said winner began to walk away from the reynard, something David could not accept. It was an insult that he lost to such a creature that was just feasting off the bottom of his town. He began to mentally accuse the teen of cheating since a lesser creature could never beat a superior race, but complaining would make him look bad... He had something different in mind that would make sure he wouldn't go to the public matches.
"Nova," David called, causing Nova to turn to him, but Nova's eyes widened after he felt what David did to him. He couldn't believe it; how much it hurt. David was pinned to the ground by two of the Council guards as Aurora and the Elements ran towards Nova's falling body.
David had slashed his torso open in some mad attempt to reclaim his shattered pride. But much like his pride, arm, and shield; he shattered his honor. He lost the respect of everyone who once held him in such high regard.
Nova's blood flew through the air and stained his clothes, blood flying from his mouth from his newly punctured lung. He couldn't feel a thing; was it because of the adrenaline, blood-loss, or because the sword was sharp enough. He didn't know, but he did know he was going into shock and might experience the most painful death imaginable. He could hear yelling, but it was vague and muffled.
On the outside of Nova's mind, David escaped the Council Guard's grasp and was fighting them off rather well. He was losing it from what they could tell and Bryan was wondering if it was a good idea to push him before they got there. Bryan looked at the body of the teen; his pale skin, those unfocused eyes, and his barely moving chest. The kid was dead, but he only sneered.
'What a wasted opportunity. It would have been fun fighting him.' Bryan continued to examine the kid, the Elements of Harmony crying over his body as Aurora put his gauntlets on his hands, hoping he could take them with him when he crossed over. However, Bryan noticed something and he smiled deviously. "I guess we never looked into dark magic too much to realize it." He whispered, wanting everyone to see one of the true powers of dark magic. Strength, speed, and stamina meant nothing to what he just learned.
Back in Nova's mind, he was waiting to embrace the end. He made amends with his past, apologized for his sons, and stopped thinking. He wanted a clear mind when he died.
'...'
'No...' Nova opened his eyes as much as he could, the complete black void he expected of death greeted him. 'It isn't your time...' Nova hasn't heard that voice, it was new.
'C-Cuncta?' Nova asked, maybe she would guide him to the afterlife. He was ready for it.
'No child, I am her sister... The goddess who will be giving you the blessing of you win this battle of Guardians.' This startled him, if this wasn't Cuncta, then who was she? He was a little embarrassed that he'd be dragged to hell, he hasn't been the nicest person when he was on Earth. 'Your magic is reacting to your near-death experience.' Nova looked around his mind, he was good at it after all his daydreaming.
'W-Who are you!?' He wanted to know who was talking to him. He was a little scared, but it was minor compared to dying; at least he can pull the 'almost died' card on foxes and ponies.
'In time, you will learn, but this is what I leave for you as a means for you to learn who I am before you win this battle.' The voiced seemed to switch from both ears to just one. The sound-making him both uncomfortable from hearing and feeling what is especially a ghost, and arousal from how sensual the voice sounded. "I am Cuncta's opposite." He heard it clear as day, not in his head, but actually through his ear. It was weird for him.
From Nova's wound came pure dark magic, Aurora and Twilight stepped away, the rest were still in shock after seeing someone they just befriended almost die. None of the five that were remaining near noticed as the "corpse" arm move until he grabbed both the shoulders of Apple Jack and Fluttershy. Their reaction was one of what people would think when they see someone resurrect, absolutely terrified. His wound slowly closed as the same magic creating new blood and he struggled less and less with each second, but he wasn't thinking straight. He was pissed.
One For All: 100%
A massive shockwave just from him using one hundred percent and all the attention was on him. The arcs of lightning covered his body entirely, everyone thought he turned his body into pure plasma after seeing the black lightning in the shape of Nova. He took a single step, then it was as if he teleported in front of David, and said fox's mind didn't even process what happened before Nova's fist connected with his face.
Compared to the shockwave from his massive strength enhancement, this attack had much more force than that shockwave from the backlash of his attack. The roof of the building was launched into orbit and the blizzard that both shielded and imprisoned the town was dispersed.
Aurora stared at the bright blue sky, the first time she ever saw it in her entire life; she even saw that the town was surrounded by mountains. The head of the Council couldn't believe she would see such a sight again; for her, it has been almost one hundred thousand years ago. The Elements of Harmony never thought they would see such an impossible sight from someone so young... compared to them. The only reason they were able to see such a sight was that all the mages combined their magic to put up a shield to withstand the shockwave, but the shield was just barely able to stay standing after everything cleared. Once everything died down, all that was left was Nova, his arm and legs were shattered and bent in ways it's not supposed to, but he was lying unconscious on the ground. David's body was nowhere to be seen.
It all ended when the clouds that were slowly forming before expanding in an instant, but Twilight could see the glow of the Crystal Empire just before the storm reformed. No doubt she knew her brother and sister-in-law noticed such a display from where she was, maybe she could feel a weaker version of that shockwave. If she wanted to prevent any negative effects, she would have to leave soon to prevent an incident between the Arctic Foxes and the Ponies of Equestria.
Twilight didn't have time to gawk at this seemingly impossible feat, she needed to go now. Swallowing her awe, Twilight grabbed her friends and looked towards the head of the Council who looked back at her. "There's a pony kingdom nearby, no doubt they noticed the backlash. I need to tell them that everything is alright." The head of the Council nodded, Twilight vanished in a flash of bright light.
Bryan stared at the kid, his mind racing after seeing his full potential in a single punch. Yes, he was a threat, but that strength was too much for that kid to handle if the broken limbs were anything to go by. "Fighting such an opponent with such cheap tricks would be no fun," Bryan whispered as he walked out the room, not like it would do much since the building no longer had a roof.
The head of the Council turned away from the makeshift ring. "We will announce the winners in a banquet in two weeks. In the meantime, we'll look for the reynard who nearly killed Nova and bring him to justice." She looked back at the teen, her narrowed eyes made her seem somewhat suspicious of his capabilities. "He should be healed by the time anything else happens... if he can regenerate again." The Council left as Aurora took Nova to a doctor.
Aurora couldn't deny that she wasn't a little worried.
"Princess Celestia, we found the creature who emits the dark magic. He is human in a town full of sentient Arctic Foxes." Twilight said as she reported to Celestia. She had to talk to her brother and sister-in-law down, but after that Twilight immediately came to the princess.
Celestia gave the newest princess a kind smile. "We are both princesses dear Twilight, you don't have to be so formal with me." The solar princess walked towards her previous student with the same kind smile. "Have you convinced the human to give up learning dark magic?" Twilight tensed up, she was still a little afraid of disappointing Celestia out of habit.
"No ma'am, he needs the dark magic to use his ability efficiently." Celestia motioned with her hand to explain. "His ability is a massive physical enhancement ability; however, his body can't handle the aftermath: a massive shockwave equivalent to his attack. What we saw was his arm and legs being completely broken and was unconscious from the pain. His dark magic allows him to regenerate and withstand attacks that he normally can't take. But the deciding factor that he's not a threat, he shows no sign of corruption." Celestia was intrigued after hearing this, there has never been anyone who hasn't been corrupted by that form of magic. She was more interested that the newest creature was human, something she never expected.
Celestia smiled, she was proud of her student even if Twilight wasn't saying everything she was experienced in her time in that town. "You've done well Twilight, but do you mind telling me his name and age?" Twilight visibly relaxed after receiving thanks for her work.
"He's seventeen and his name is Nova, but he seemed to give himself that name." Celestia looked down, thinking to herself as she silently dismissed the six. Celestia was both surprised and happy that a human appeared, her friend would greatly appreciate the news of this.
Celestia canceled all appointments for the rest of the day and she knew her sister, Luna, will definitely appreciate no work for her night's work. The solar diarch left the throne room with a destination near the northern tower close to the throne room, she was excited to see how her friend will react to hearing about this new human. This was on her mind as she opened the door to the lavish tower room.
"My friend, I have news you might like." Celestia's friend looked at her, taking her mind off her work.
"Oh, mind if I ask what it is?" Celestia's friend asked, said mare chuckling after hearing the same words she said to her previous student and her friends.
"Another human appeared." This got her friend's full attention as their eyes seemed to light up. "You look like you have a new life after hearing of his appearance. You're one strange girl." Celestia's friend chuckled in embarrassment from her comment.
"I just found out that I'm not the only human, of course, I'm going to be excited." The new human began to work on her project once again. Celestia walked closer and said something that got her to stop working for a while.
Celestia placed her hand upon the human's shoulder. "From what I got from Twilight, this human has the same power as you described your friend's. What was his name? Izuku?" The girl's head turned extremely fast to face Celestia.
"Is it actually him? Is it Izuku?" Celestia shook her head, her friend's question answered. "What's his name?"
"His name is Nova." The girl lowered her head, she was scared that she'd never see her friends again. "Cheer up Melissa, you should be happy that you're not alone." The girl, known as Melissa, smiled a bit.
The girl looked back at her work, then turned to Celestia. The look she had was one of determination, she was wanting to see this new human. "I want to meet him." Celestia nodded and turned around to leave.
"We will visit in two weeks." Celestia might be clairvoyant.
In the far north of the Crystal Empire, in the mountains south of the Arctic Fox town, there was a broken body of one of the foxes. He was barely holding onto life from the amount of blood exiting his body and all the broken bones. The fox was in too much agony to pass out. He wasn't expecting two pairs of feet to enter his field of view, the feet of two humans.
The first was a tall man, a weird helmet covered his eyes and seemed to be welded onto a collar. "Yes, you will do nicely," The man said in a deep voice with an underlying tone of cryptic evil. The man began to heal him, much to the fox's confusion.
"Why do we need him?" The smaller one asked. Severed hands covered his body like some kind of armor. He held some weird device with only four fingers instead of all five.
The man turned to the smaller, younger one. "He has been hit with the current user of One For All. I bet he wants revenge." This caught the fox's attention, they knew of the power that was used against him. "Tell me the name of who did this to you." He found people that were willing to kill the inferior creature that did this to him.
"Nova." The fox grunted out with pure hatred in both his tone and eyes. The single word almost sounded like a primal roar.
The tall man finished healing him and the fox sat on the ground. "Would you like the power to kill this Nova?" The fox nodded his mind made up and unwilling to change. "Good, you will become a Nomu, designed to kill him specifically." The fox smiled, ready to purge the blight that plagued his species. "Now, would you kindly tell me your name?" The fox grinned with an almost evil look.
"My name is David." The smaller one smiled even if it was barely seen with the hand covering his face. "What is yours if you don't mind me asking?"
"Where are my manners? This is my student/subordinate; Tomura Shigaraki." The older man said before the younger one bowed lightly.
"Nice meeting you," Tomura said in a pleasant manner, even if it was a little sarcastic.
"And you are?" The fox motioned towards the older man. He said three words that would scare anyone who vaguely knew about him.
"All For One."
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