From orphan to emperor

Alexander pov

I walked down a dirt path as the sun started to rise about the trees. I looked around, and I stopped when I heard flapping wings. I dropped my bag off my shoulder and grabbed the handle of the dragon sword. ‘Not a manticore, and not fruitbats.’ I jumped to the side, grabbing my bag with the back of my sword. I jumped into the shadows and looked through the gaps through to the top of the trees. A guard flew into view, and I smiled as I stepped back out and looked up at the guard. She spoked me, and I waved for her to come down.” She looked down at me for a minute before she flew down, hand on her sword. I rested my arm on my swords and pulled out the two letters. “Do you think you can help me find a town?” I held the letters out to her, and she took them and opened the older one first.

“That debends on….”

She stopped talking as she read the letter. She blinked and nodded her head before breaking the seal on the second letter and started to read it. I hummed as she read them over again and looked back at me.

“Your the first free human I’ve meet.”

I laughed and nodded before I held my hand back out. She gave me the letters back, and I rolled them back up before she turned and jumped back into the air. She turned back and looked at me as she hovered above the trees.

“Head in the direction you were going for another twenty minutes. I’ll be waiting there with some other mares.”

I nodded before she flew off. I pulled my bag back over my shoulder as I started to walk again. ‘Hm, maybe this will go smoothly.’ I walked down the path and saw the trees thinning out the closer I got to the end of the twenty minutes. I stopped when I heard a branch snap behind me. I grabbed my sword and jumped forward, and turned, drawing my dragon sword. As I expected, a manticore was behind me. ‘Oh, this could play out well.’ I saw a grass field before I turned and started to run. I heard the beast following me as I burst out of the trees and saw the guard and eight other mares. I jumped back a few more times as the manticore ran out after me. I spun my sword around my hand then cut its left eye. The manticore roared, and I jumped at myself. I ducked, and I spun my sword and stabbed the manticore through the rib cage. Blood gushed down onto my arm, and I shoved it to the side as its weight started to come down on me. It fell to the side, twitching a little but stopped a second later. I spit on the grass, then planted my foot on its chest and pulled my sword out. Blood dripped off it, and I nodded before raising and throwing the blade down. The blood flew off onto the manticore and the grass.

“Increadable!”

I looked back as one of the mares came running. She was like nothing I’d seen before. She was as tall as me but had both wings and a horn. Her fur was a darker blue with a two-toned mane that looked like stars were in it. She was in a long dark blue sleeve dress and had on legging.

She ran right up to me and grabbed my shoulders.

“We’ve never seen a pony single handly slay a manticore! And with such skill who trained thee?”

“Father.” I sheathed my sword and pulled out a long knife as I looked at her. I put the knife in my teeth and took my long coat. I threw it to the side and pulled my swords off my sider, and threw them on my coat.

“What is thee doing?”

I took the knife out of my mouth as the others started to walk over. “Getting meat and after two or three weeks I’ll have a nice manticore skin rug.”

“Does thee think we could buy it off thee?”

I got the manticore on its back then went to work. I grabbed the fur as the others gathered around us. “Tell you what. Get me to a stallion names Fancy pants the rug is all yours.” She blinked as she looked at me.

“You know Sir Fancy Pants?”

I started to cut into the skin and nodded over to my coat. “There are two letters in the front right pocket.” I started to cut through the rib cage. I saw her use her magic to get them, and they floated behind me. I stabbed my knife in the ground then grabbed the rib cage. I forced the rib cage open and heard a gasp. I looked over at a white mare being held up by the guard’s mare. “Never seen a gutting before?” She looked like she was going to be sick. I laughed a little before grabbing my knife again. “Well, you may want to leave. I’m about to get to the real nasty part. I’m about to take all the organs out.” I cut down the center and saw the stomach bounce. I when back up and reached in and started to cut away at the diaphragm muscle. The stomach cavity started to fill with blood as the mare spoke again.

“We see, so your father is the famed Hundred kill Slasher. That certainly does explain your skills. But, he uses I and not we. Does thee mother not like thee leaving?”

I stood up, blood dripping off my arm as I turned to glare at the group. A few of them looked a little scared. “She was killed by royal guards four years when they attacked our village in the forest.” She nodded as she looked back at the larger white mare, who looked annoyed. “My mother was killed in front of me with four arrows through the chest when she shielded me. Infact I have two scars on my chest from arrow that just missed me.” Now the white one looked ready to kill.

“Did the guards have golden or purple armor on?”

“Gold.” I turned and stuck my arms back in as I started to cut away the last of the lining before I grabbed organs out and cutting as I moved them. “I won’t lie to any of you here. If I ever get the chance they will pay for my mother’s death.” I dropped the organs out and looked at more than scared mares. The blue one looked worried, but the white one was gone. “Where did the other mare go?”

“Princess Celestia left to um, deal with something.”

I looked at a purple mare as she looked at my blood-covered hands. I laughed more, then nodded my head as I dropped the knife to the ground. “Relax, not of you have done me wrong. My sword won’t be turned on you.” She sighed and nodded.

“Sorry.”

I nodded as I looked at my bag. “Can one of you get that rough cloth out of my bag?”

“Sure, I got it.”

A pink mare grabbed my bag then pulled out a large rough wool cloth. She threw it over, and I grabbed it, then started to wipe my arms off, getting almost all the blood off before the blue mare spoke again.

“Thee seems to know how to do this nasty task well.”

I laughed at her and laughed a little. “Not the first manticore I’ve killed. I think this one makes number twenty.” They all looked at me with wide eyes, and I smiled as I looked at them. “Don’t worry unless someone attacks me I won’t harm any ponies. Like this one I was attacked so I killed to defend myself.” I laughed as I turned, shoved the beast onto its side, and the blood slashed out. I reached down and grabbed my knife before I grabbed the side of the ribs. I started to cut away at the skin along the ribs.

“Um, we will have the guards come with a cart to help move the fur and meat.”

I nodded as I cut away at the underskin. “Okay.” I pulled on the skin as I started to walk down started to work on the legs. I heard them walking away as I worked. Then I heard the sounds of paws.

“Want some help Alexander?”

I flinched at that voice, and I laughed as I dropped my knife. “Now, Diamond..” I jumped to the side, and she tried to hit me with a large club. I looked at her, and she was looking at me with a look that could kill. “Come on, we both know if i’d I told when I was really going to leave you’d never let me leave.” Her eye twitched as she looked at me and raised her club again.

“Not what I wanted to hear you idoit!”

I grabbed my swords and started to back up. “Come on now, you know I hate to fight with you.” I laughed as I slowly backed up as looked at her. She smiled as she patted her club on her hand. “Come on, I already worked a deal for that fur.” She smiled turned into an evil smirk as she looked at me.

“I get to come along and I hand over the club.”

I sighed and knew I wasn’t going to win. “Okay, but I swear to the stars if I catch you snecking meat at night again.” She smiled then threw the club at my feet. I sighed and grabbed the club as I looked at her. “You know your father is going to come after you.” She gave me a tooth-filled smile as she looked at me.

“He told you to follow my ass.”

“Yep.”

I sighed and rubbed my eyes as I looked at her. “Okay, well help me get this skin off.”

“Okay, but I want something first.”

I looked at her and she held her arms open. I sighed as I looked at her and she smiled as she stared at me.

“We’re going to be together for a while Alexander so best get used to me wanting to hug.”

I turned my back and nodded my head as I grabbed my knife. I started to cut away again and Diamond grabbed the skin.

“You cut and I pulled Alexander.”

I nodded as I cut away at the skin. “So you know, the letters only cover me so what do you plan to tell the ponies?”

“Maybe I could say I’m your bitch.”

I stopped and sighed as I looked at her and saw the cart coming in the distance. “Fine, but this is not the end of this conversation.” She smiled and pulled as I cut away at the last of the right rib cage and move down cutting.

“Hello Sir.”

I nodded as I cut away. “You two can take a break this is going to take some time.”

“Do you want some help?”

I stopped and looked back and to my surprise, I looked back at a set of purple armor. “Purple armor?” Diamond looked over at them and she looked confused. The mare laughed and took her helmet and she had darker fur and yellow eyes. She had slight fangs showing under her lips.

“I guess you’ve never seen the night guards before.”

I nodded as she took her arm guards off and pulled out a knife.

“We eat meat too so a lot of us hunt too.”

I smiled and laughed at the idea of what other ponies must think. “Well, go ahead and start on the other side and you can have a back strap and a leg for the trouble.” She smiled and nodded as she walked over.

“Sound like a good deal.”

I laughed and got back to work. It didn’t take long for us to get the skin off and meat cut.

“Oh, I forgot when we get into town you are to got the library to stay with Twilight Sparkle and her assistant Spike the dragon.”

I nodded and looked over at Diamond. “Well, I have to ask if you can stay too.” She smiled as she walked back with her club.

“Okay.”

She set it on her shoulder and I put my coat back on as the guard grabbed the handle of the cart. I put my hands on the back of the cart and pushed as she started to walk. She looked back at me and smiled before turning back around.

“Why are you so nice to her?”

I laughed as I looked forward. “She doesn’t tackle into me to the ground or try to hit me with a club.” Diamon laughed a little then she put her hands on the back of the cart.

“Let’s get this cart home.”

I nodded as we pushed the back of the cart.