Royals

by Applejackisbest

Rating: teen
Tags: Alternate Universe, Other, Romance, Princess Luna, Original Character, Suicide / Self Harm, Tragedy, Profanity, Adventure, Violence, Anthro, Main 6, Gore, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Death
Length: 2845

Follow the journy of Shooting Comet as he makes his way across equestria for wealth and fame

The man in the mask, The reaper, Deaths agent. All names Comet has been called, but how did this come to be. Follow his journey into the gunslinger hall of fame.

Published 2020-10-26 22:10:00 UTC
Last updated 2020-10-28 16:18:40 UTC

Prologue

In the beginning, there were three beings that shared the world. The first one was the oldest and wisest, he was lonely so he created the gods to inhabit his part of the world. The second one was the most aggressive and forceful one. He created monsters to create chaos and inhabit his part of the earth. The third one was the youngest and was the greediest. He made humans in order for them to create and evolve with time.

As time went on the second and third being became unrest and sought more power. They both knew that they could not defeat the oldest on their own. One day they made an alliance and united their forces and power in order to trample the eldest being. This was the start of the first war. For thousands of years, the eldest being held his own against his younger brothers.

But even he could not withstand the power of the youngest beings combined and he eventually succumbed to the other two beings. But rather than bear the shame of defeat he decided to show them the error of their ways. He sacrificed his life in order to punish them. He sent a wave amongst the world that would render the younger brothers creations mortal.

After the first war, the second and third son separated the world evenly amongst themselves. But the youngest was very crafty and found a way to control his older brother to do his bidding. But the younger brother was no fool, he knew that if he ever had to face his brother in a battle of force he would fall as his eldest brother did. So he convinced his brother that it was in his best interest to drink from his fountain of youth.

He claimed that the fountain would rejuvenate his power and body and make him as powerful and wise as the eldest was. The second brother found this offer intriguing and decided to partake in the cool waters of the fountain of youth. But unbeknownst to him, his younger brother had poisoned the water to steal his power and leave him as harmless as an infant.

As the second brother drank the water he didn’t notice that his power was slowly draining. When he finally found his brother's trick out it was too late. He fell to his knees and slowly shrank into a mortal. The younger brother knew that he could not hold his brother’s power without being blinded by rage and hate. So he stored it away in the deepest depths of the earth.

But as time continued the youngest brother’s body strained and grew older as he aged. He found that when his eldest brother had cursed all of their creations with mortality he had also cursed the youngest with the curse that is mortality. As the brother breathed his final breath he released his power to the world and created magic.

With this newfound power, the humans started to overtake the monsters and move their influence throughout the world. But as time went on this magic started to fade. So the humans used their minds and what was left of their magic to store the magic in 59 sacred relics. They consisted of weapons, clothes, jewelry, cards, and much more. Each artifact contained immense power and they were used by the leaders of the humans.

But every empire must fall and no matter how great a culture is, everything fades away eventually. But the leaders knew that the artifacts would be used for great evil so they hid them away. Each relic is guarded by the man or woman who wielded it in life. It was believed by the ancient scholars that the beings would be reincarnated and return to power.

But even with this knowledge, they had no clue which of the brothers would return to power first. But even though they were at war with them, the people of the kingdom of Astaroth warned the barbarians of the coming doom. But rather than heed their warning the brutes simply laughed in the face of their warning. Eons later three children are born with extraordinary power. One was born a High god, one a High Demon, one a noble human. This is where our story begins.

But before we begin I must tell you of the kingdom the children were born into. The god was born in a kingdom in the sky named Pace eternă, which stands for peace eternal. It was a kingdom the gods had founded after their defeat in the first war. The streets were lined with gold and No one suffered. The kingdom was prosperous and awash with happiness.

The demon was born in a pit called Pace eternă, meaning chaos eternal. The land was bathed in blood and fire, screams echoed through the streets as birds sang in the early morning. The lord of this hellscape sat upon his throne and drank the finest wine. The sky was tinted red and it looked as though the ground itself were dead. The air was coated with the smell of the rot and decay that littered the area.

The Noble was born in a city called Pace eternă, which stood for wealth eternal. The streets were paved with the finest stone in the world. The streets were awash with the smell of bakeries and fresh steel and iron. The sound of laughter and happiness rang through the street as children played along the smooth stone, protected by great walls of stone and iron. The sound of armors clinking could be faintly heard as the soldier of the kingdom patrolled the wall.

Each of these towns valued one thing above all else. They each fitted the children that were born into the line of citizens. But some are born to stand up while others are doomed to fade into the shadows of history, nothing more than a forgotten memory. But with every kingdom comes an extraordinary person who outshines all others. This is where our story begins.

The journey up a mountain starts with a single step

The bright sun was blinding as the sun glared at Comet through the hole in the ceiling that was in his room. He groaned as he rolled to the side of his small and broken matrice that was laying flat on the eroded wooden floor of his room. He yawned and raised his head off of his old pillow. He raised his arms to the air and started to stretch his arms. Slowly his large black wings unfolded and with a small Woosh, he started to hover in the air.

As his feet hit the ground he bent over and grabbed the old shirt he had had since he was young. It had started out a pretty pearl white but you wouldn’t have been able to tell as it had been worn for so long that the color had started to shift to a sickly yellow. He pulled the shirt over his head and pulled on his messy blue jeans. He yawned and pushed a hand through his messy dark hair.

He walked over to the doorway and stepped into his old and worn boots. The color of the leather had long since faded to a much darker brown than the original light and soft brown the leather had originally been. He grabbed an old leather belt and strapped it through the old belt loops of his jeans. He groaned one last time and walked out of his small room. The floorboards creaked as Comet walked into the kitchen where an old woman with grey wings sat.

“Good morning mother,” Comet said with a soft smile as he looked at his beloved mother who made his life worth the daily struggle.

She looked over at him and nodded with a soft smile. She hadn’t spoken a word since his sister passed. It wasn’t unusual for someone to pass all of a sudden in the place where he had lived. It was part of the reason that respected his mother as much as he did, she had survived for over fifty years in this place that made Tartarus seem cozy and safe.

He walked over to a small and broken wooden cabinet that hung by one hinge and grabbed two pieces of bread and a small egg, He walked over to a stove that had long since been broken and placed a large pan on the barren heat conductor. He cracked his neck and rubbed his wings together until they glowed a light red before bringing them to his lips and blowing a large flame under the pan.

The burner glowed a faint red and the pan soon fizzled to life. Comet smiled and cracked the egg onto the pan, as the white yolk hit the pan it immediately started to cook. After about two minutes of cooking, he presented an egg sandwich to his mother. She looked at the food he had placed before her and shook her head before pushing the food back to her beloved son. They didn’t have a lot of money but what they lacked in money they made up for in their love for each other.

“I know it’s not a lot, but please eat mom. You’ve done so much for me that you deserve to be pampered for once,” He said pushing the food back to his mother. She smiled and took the sandwich and split it in half. Before she could give him the large piece of the torn meal he quickly grabbed the smaller piece. He smiled and kissed her on the head before saying that he was going to be late to work.
He smiled and opened the door to their small and cozy house. He started his walk down the road and tour his small piece of sandwich in half and ate a piece before putting the other piece in a small box for later. He knew that he would need to eat later so he had been tearing his small portions in half and eating half at lunch. He frowned for a little as he thought about how unfair it was that his mother had to live her life like this.

She had done so much for him and even after all she had gone through she was still the kindest woman that he had ever met. Before he could think of anything else he was bumped into by a blue blur as it raced down the well-beaten path. Comet rubbed his shoulder and growled under his breath. He had always been quick to anger and it had cost him many jobs and friendships. But the job he had gotten now was different.

He had been hired to fight in an arena by the owner of one of the major factions of the arena. He remembered the day he had approached him about his offer. That was the day that he had found people who may have a clue about where his sisters’ killers may have been. There had been fifteen of them, by the time he was done five of them were dead, seven were unconscious, and three had run away.

The man had approached him after he was done interrogating the leader of the crew. After he had killed the leader as a message he saw him. The man wore a black suit and a large tophat with a hole for the man’s large and sharp horn. The man’s eyes were all black except for a small blood-red dot in the center of both of them. His teeth were sharp razors and his mouth was extended in a large smile.

The man approached him with an offer. He said he had been looking for him after he heard the rumor of a pegasus who was slowly knocking down each crew in the area. The man said that he could find the people Comet was looking for but it would come at a cost.

“Nothing in life is free, if you come and work for me I will train you to tame your raw power and channel it to do something great. You will receive a good salary along with information,” The man had said to him. Comet immediately agreed and was told to arrive at the arena in two weeks. Thus leading him to where he is today.

Why did he say to arrive in two weeks rather than the next day? He thought as the beautiful and large building came into his view. He saw the blue blur (Or who he assumed it was) standing by the entrance to the arena. She was a rare sight to say the least, she has big light blue wings and long rainbow hair. She wore goggles on her forehead, Comet recognized what the goggles were immediately.

They were a special pair of flyer goggles that would counter the conditions of flying like the wind and rain. They were only worn by the privileged and wealthy as they cost quite a pretty bit. She was also wearing a light blue tank top and what looked like a pair of blue jeans cut into shorts. She looked as if she was waiting on someone and wasn’t very happy about it.

When she noticed the yellow haired man she motioned him over quickly while tapping her foot on the dirt that lined the entrance to the arena. He sighed and walked over to the rainbow haired menace that had rubley pushed past him without so much as flinching or slowing down to check on him. He wasn’t one to judge a person quickly based on one action alone, but she gave off an egotistical aura and it annoyed him quite a bit.

“Are you Comet,” She said with a very tomboyish voice. She made no attempt to hide the annoyance that dripped from her tone.

“Yes, I am, and who might you be,” He said with an equally annoyed tone. She had bumped into him, hadn’t made any attempt to check if he was okay, and had the audacity to be the one who was annoyed. She smiled, if only for a second, and reached into her pocket before handing him a letter.

Dear Shooting Comet,
Meet Rainbow dash. She is my crowning achievement and the champion of the pegusi of the arena. She is the fastest person I’ve met by far and is your ticket to making it to the top. I’ve trained her myself how to use her speed and agility to her advantage. She will be your teacher for now, only preceded by myself.

She shall train you to strengthen your wing but also show you how to use them for a better advantage. You surpass her in power by far but she has better technique and has had years to train herself to take down others with more power than herself. She will help train you to use that raw power and combine it with her technique and style of flying.

While she will be teaching you physical prospects, I will be working on your elemental energy and teaching you how to harness the power you have and have more control over your abilities. We will begin our training when you can land 3 hits on Rainbow dash in a fight. Have a good day and remember to train hard.

Sincerely, The man in black

I finished reading the crumpled letter and looked back up at the woman in front of me. There was no way he thought she was even close to a match for him, she was so tiny and fragile looking compared to Comet that it was laughable to even entertain the idea of a fight between the two. She was simply too small compared to him. His wings dwarfed her entire body let alone her wings.

She noticed him looking her up and down and huffed. “I know how I look but I’ll have you know that I can whoop you from here to Manehattan,”

He looked up at her and all was silent for a second before Comet burst out laughing. There was no way this pipsqueak thought she was a match for his superior strength and build. She would do better as a weight than an actual opponent. As he laughed she started to search and warm up.

“What are you doing,” Comet asked, looking at her as he wiped a tear away from his eye. She glared at him before smirking and leaning forward.

“We’re going to fight aren’t we,” She said as she got into a fighting stance. Comet's smirk had disappeared. They were really doing this weren’t they. Well if he had to do it then it couldn’t be helped. He got into his stance before sighing.

“Don’t blame me if you get hurt,” He said before the fight started

Author's Note

Muhahahaha, a cliff hanger.

Yes I'm evil, come back later to see how the fight ends up