From orphan to emperor

Alexander pov

I swung my wooden sword down and glanced around at the ponies watching me. I’d noticed a few guards standing and watching me. A few had looked annoyed as they walked by. I stopped when I heard hooves behind me. I sheathed my wooden sword and turned and saw the guard from the other day. I smiled and nodded over to the door. “Diamond has your meat in a box with a cooling spell on the table. Diamond’s cooking some if you want to wait for lunch.” She smiled and nodded before she pulled her helmet off.

“Thanks and Princess Luna wanted me to ask about the rug.”

I nodded and rested my arm on my sword. “Turn around.” She did, and I smiled as she looked at the newly fat, scrapped, and stretched-out skin. “If the weather stays like it is, she will have it in two weeks, or if I had the salt, I could dry it like that.,” She nodded, then looked back at me, and her eyes widened. I saw a large stallion behind me in her eyes. I ducked, and a fist flew over my head. I jumped back, holding my swords, and looked up at a guard in a set of silver armor. I huffed and nodded as I grabbed the rope knot next to my swords. “Trust me. You don’t want any of these.” He smirked and raised his fist.

“No, I think I do. You see it’s really bothering me that a human is walking around with such a nice wooden sword and that beautiful napones sword.”

I laughed and nodded before taking my swords off and setting them on the ground. I raised my fists and started studying him. Why don’t we get this over with it? I win you, and the rest of the guards let me train you all; you win the swords.

“Deal.”

He lunged at me, and I smiled. I knew he would swing high since he was taller than I was. I Jumped in and threw my head to the side, making his fist miss. I smiled, then threw a right uppercut and connected hard with his jaw. His head flew back up, and he stumbled a little. I grabbed the sides of his jaw, then I jumped up and threw my knee up as I pulled his head down. I landed two hard knee strikes to his face before he managed to throw a punch up at my face. I jumped back, taking the helmet with me. He looked up at me with blood dripping off his face, and I could see I’d probably broken his nose and I noticed the guards and the girls coming out of the treehouse. He clenched his fist so tight as he looked at me.

“I’m going to kill you!”

He threw another punch, and I laughed and threw my arm around his and locked his arm in place. I bent his arm hard the wrong way; he yelled and tried to punch me again, and I grabbed his fist and bent his arm harder. He yelled, and I threw his free arm back. I smirked, flatted my hand, and slammed my fingers into his throat. He caught out blood and fell to his knees, holding his throat with his free hand. I let his arm go, and it dropped to the ground, and I nodded my head as I looked at him. “You’ll live, but you’ll have some breathing issues for a few hours.” I kicked his chest plate hard, and he slammed back down onto the ground. He coughed, and the other guard grabbed him and started to move him as the rest drew their weapons.

“Stop!”

The mare got in front of me, and Diamond was at my side, club in hand. I saw a few of the townsfolk with some boxes pointed at me. I nodded and cracked my knuckles as I looked at the guards. “Well, come on then.” I shoved the female guard to the side as the guards charged me. I jumped back, making them miss a stab and swinging at my chest. I ducked as another one swung her sword. I kicked her right leg hard, and she yelled and dropped her sword. I grabbed her sword, and I jumped again, clearing the little circle and landing beyond them. I spun the sword around my hand as I looked at them. I laughed as I stared at the guards wanting to hurt them some before the fight. “You lot are the finest guards? Please, I’ve seen dogs who can do better alone than you can.” That pissed them off, and I saw another group of guards coming around the corner of the building. I saw a golden set of armor at the front of the group. I narrowed my eyes and threw the guard’s sword away. “Diamond!” She threw my swords over, and I grabbed them as they circled around me. My sword flew over them, and I grabbed both as they got close to me. I put them both on my sword and pulled my wooden sword out. “A Royal guard.” I saw Twilight jump out of my eye, and she ran over to the golden armored pony.

“AH!”

A guard jumped at me from the right. I grabbed my wooden sword with both hands, then turned making his swing miss. I threw my sword and slammed the butt of the handle into his nose. His head flew back and fell hard to the ground. I saw I smashed his nose in. I kicked him onto his side and looked at the other guards. The ones in silver armor backed up, but the royal guard snarled.

“Enough!”

I stopped and stood up before looking to the side. Luna was standing there now, and I narrowed my eyes as I looked at her. She was with Twilight, and she looked beyond angry. “Stay out of this the guards picked a fight and now they have to be taught a lesson on who stands above them in skill.” I started to walk, but Luna spoke again.

“Alexander, please wait, I've found some of the guards that attacked your village.”

I stopped my anger slightly, giving way to joy. I looked at her, and she pulled a letter from a small bag on her side.

“My sister is having them arrested at this moment.”

I smiled and nodded. “Good, bring them here, and I’ll put them to death quickly.” She blinked, and the others all looked a little scared.

“Sir Alexander…”

Luna looked scared, but I narrowed my eyes at her. “Bring them here, or I will start cutting my way through these guards.”

“Alexander!”

Diamond yelled, and I looked at her snapping out the anger I had at the moment. She grabbed ahold of my shoulder and arm, and I huffed and looked back at the royal guard. He looked at me like I was trash, and I gave the same look back. I pulled my arm and shoulder free. I walked through the guards and passed Luna and Twilight. I stopped in front of him, and he looked me in the eyes. “Before I die, I will kill as many of you as possible.”

“Okay enough!”

Luna yelled as she pulled us apart with magic. Her voice stopped us, and all of the guards and the townsfolk all moved back. She gave me a soft smile as she looked at me.

Alexander, Twilight has made me aware the guards have been circling around her home. You are free and should not have been treated this way, and you have the crown’s apology for this.

Her soft smile dropped as she glared at all the guards, and they seemed to fear this mare.

“As for all of you, You were informed that Sir Alexander was free! You all were ordered to leave him alone unless he made a credible threat like anypony else! You all will be suspended for two week without pay!”

I laughed as I watched the look on the royal guard get pissed. He drew his sword as he yelled.

“NO! HE IS BELOW US!”

I smiled as I drew my sword and charged me. I drew my sword, and I sidestepped his thrust faster than princess Luna could stop us. I threw myself into his side, my sword quickly going through his armor and out the other side. He reached down but stopped when he realized I didn’t hit his body.

“What the?!”

I kicked him off and showed him I had only cut into the backside of his armor. I could see it scared him, and a smile crossed my face. “You got lucky; if your princess wasn’t here you and your guard would be dead.” He looked at me with fear in his eyes and anger on his face.

“Damn you!”

He jumped up, and I’d had enough. I threw my sword up, took his helmet off, and watched him fall, screaming and holding his face. Blood ran out from under his hand as he got to his knees. I rested my sword on my shoulder as I looked down at him. “A little too confident, my friend?” He glared at me with his now only eye. I sheathed my sword as Luna walked up behind him. Her horn lit up, and he was gone, and the rest of the guards were.

“Feel better Alexander?”

I nodded before I looked at Diamond. “A little, and his eye shouldn’t be gone for good. I made sure to just cut over the, and aye. A good magic surgeon should be able to repair the damage.” She sighed and then nodded her head before she crossed her arms.

“I guess that is true but why did you just kill him?”

Luna looked shocked as she looked at her. “He was still really young, and I didn't think he was part of the attack. If he was, then I’d just finish it later.”

“HEY!”

I looked at Luna, and she looked annoyed. “If you're going to ask what we are talking about, I thought I made it clear. I will kill the guards who were involved.” Luna looked worried as she looked down at the blood on the ground and then back at me.

“Is there nothing you want more than that?”

I spit on the ground as I looked at him. “My mother.” Luan looked at me sadly, and I huffed as I turned my back on her.

“That's enough!”

Before I knew it, something cracked into the back of my head and took me to the ground. I grabbed my head and held it as I started to get up. “What the? How come I didn’t sense that.” I turned my head and saw a much older mare with the cowpony waving a walking stick around behind her. I sighed as I got up, rubbed my head, and looked at the mare. I noticed a filly holding on to the elderly mare apron, and she looked terrified. I was reminded of the terrier I felt when I was a kid.

“Granny!”

“Relax, little one, I'm not going to hurt any of you. I was raised not to raise my hand to my elders. But where did you three come from? And why didn’t I sense you coming up behind me?” The old mare smiled before setting her cane back on the ground and talking.

“You remind me of a colt I knew as a filly sonny. All anger with anger issues but do you know what the difference is?”

I crossed my arms as I looked at her and saw Luna doing something out of the corner of my eye. I sighed as the mare came out from behind the mare as glared up at me.

“He crossed a line and couldn’t come back, you haven’t yet.”

She lifted her stick and then japed me in the chest with it.

“Sonny, no good will come to you if you keep walking down this path. Leave it while you still can.”

I huffed, but Diamond put a hand on my shoulder. "I'm not staying from my path." I walked away from her and started to walk to the forest again.

"Alex!"

I ignored her as I walked through the small field.