The Everfree Knight

I woke up with a yawn, and looked out a window. Well, it was mostly a hole in the wall, but I think it serves the same purpose. I looked out of it and watched the Diamond dogs go about their business.

It's very... very... BORING! Seriously, Alp wanted to wait before she announced my official adoption, and this is quite possibly the longest I had to wait for something like this. I sat there, before a memory came to my head. Ernie's MP3 player...

Let's use it. I turn it on, and see that it's at a full charge. excellent, that means I have plenty of time with it. I enter the music folder, and find...

A whole shit storm of artists. Wow, how much illegal downloading did Ernie have to do to get all of this!? Rock, rap, techno, orchestral, it has fucking everything! I get an idea, and move to the rap folder. An album is titled 'something to remember me by...' I wonder what's in it...

Oh...

Heh, he knows how much I love this song... I miss him so much...

No, I can't regret my decisions. It's only going to make it worse. I listen to the song and bob my head to the beat, smiling as I lose myself in my own world.

This gives me time to think on how I could think up some form of fighting with the magic that Faust mentioned before. She said I could have power over any element of my choice, and I've pretty much determined that I want fire. The element simply fits the duties she described to me about the Everfree Knight. Fire is uncaring, it still burns. But it also warms the heart, as it protects those in the darkness.

Yeah, I think I have an idea. I open my eyes and hold up a hand and inspect it. Maybe...

I concentrate hard on my hand, and the element. I feel a vein on my head throb slightly, but I notice a very small spark between my finger tips. I immediately pull my hand back and smile.

This may not be so hard after all...

I heard a knock on my door, and it opens to reveal a young, and I'm guessing at this point, female Diamond dog that wore what I was also guessing a servants uniform. She had a trey of... SWEET JESUS YES...

It was steak! For the love of all that is holy, I HAVE SOME STEAK BITCH! I look at the trey, my mouth watering slightly as it got closer.

"Here you are sir." She bows, making me blush slightly.

"Hey, I don't do the whole bowing thing! You don't have bow if you don't want to." I tell her. Seriously, it's weird. I look at the servant, and she looked like a bi-pedal golden retriever, just some aesthetic differences. The face looked slightly flatter... That's all I can see really. Anything else was, well, lost on me.

"B-but sir! Alpine ordered me specifically to serve her new son! I must treat you with absolute respect!" She babbled on and on about what she must do, making me facepalm. Geez, she's a mess, isn't she?

I hold up a hand, stifling anything else she planned on saying, "Alright alright, just let me finish eating. I want a tour around the town, to see what it has to offer." I tell her. She nods and leaves. I sigh and begin to dig into the food with gusto. I haven't had steak in so long, that I've all but forgotten it! After ten minutes, I finish my meal and wipe whatever mess was on my face off.

I gather all of the dishes and place the trey outside, giving me a moment once more. Well, I said that just as an excuse to get out of here, and I'm guessing she already told the other dogs about me, since that servant knew who I was. Well, who I am, anyway.

All that needs to be settled is where to go. I mean, I could check out the marketplace and see what they sell. That would help in the long run I'm guessing. Then I should check out the doctor's offices.

Alright, I should check out all of the practical things, and then come back here. I nodded and turned off my MP3 player and waited for the Golden Retriever, and heard a knock on the door. However, instead of the servant, It was Alpine.

"I take it you already told everyone about me?" I raise an eyebrow. She sighs and nods. "I thought you would wait for me?"

"I had no choice, the captain of the guard demanded that I explain who and what you were." She told me. Aw shit, political intrigue. This is going to be fun, I can tell.

"Alright, what did he want?" I ask her.

"He's been questioning my leadership ever since I took power, and me bringing what he believes a 'pasty white creature' is what he believes as a sign of weakness." She puts her face in her paws and sighs.

How can I help? Hmm... IDEA!

"Umm, hey Alp." I get her attention as she looks at me, "Do Diamond Dogs accept duels?" I ask her. She raises an eyebrow but nods. I grin mischievously.

"Does he have a child that can fight?" She begins to catch on, but nods anyway.

"Then why not-"

"Pit you and his pup against each other?" She finishes with a gentle smile. I nod, glad that she caught on. "I could do that, and it just might work. His pup is fairly strong though, are you up to it?" She asks me with concern.

I scoff, "Oh please, back where I'm from, we had kids who trained from birth to be warriors! They would do anything they could to survive. I'm not one of them, but if they can handle it at my age, I can handle a little shit that's probably just as uppity as his father!" I brag. She laughs and nods.

"I guess I made the right choice in bringing you here. You must be a gift from the heavens..." She smiles. I nervously laugh. She has no Idea how close that statement truly is...

"Anyway, let's get to it! I wanted to go out and check out Sanctuary, but that can wait! I have an ass to kick!" I exclaim. Inside though, I was berating myself for even thinking about this. I mean, I may be stronger than I was on earth, but I don't know how strong a young Diamond dog is! I could be in way over my head at this point!

"Very well, I will set it up. I will be back within the hour." She tells me and leaves. As soon as she leaves, I began to mentally beat my testosterone into an unrecognizable pulp. I mean seriously! I sighed and laid down on the bed. This is going to suck...

"Excuse me sir..." I turn and see the servant from before.

"Oh, hey. How much of that did you hear?" I ask her.

"Erm... Everything?" she flinches, expecting me to do something. Except I only sigh.

"Oh great... Well, any advice?" I ask her. She looks at me with surprise.

"S-sir?"

"Any advice? That was a heat of the moment statement, but now it's going to happen. What can you tell me about the captains child?" I ask her. She pauses and thinks for a moment before answering.

"Well... I know that Captain Iron claw's son is well trained," FUCK! "And that he is well versed in paw-to-paw combat," FUCK FIRE! "He's also fairly quick." SHIT! Okay, I'm pretty much boned.

"Oh this hurts already..." I groan as I put my face in my hands.

"Umm... If it's any consolation, I think you'll do fine sir!" She tries to encourage me, but it only makes me more hopeless. Oh lawd this will be painful...

"Well, can I get your name?" I ask her. She looks surprised, but nods.

"My name is Aza sir." she introduces herself. I nod.

"Frederick. Frederick Schultz." I introduce myself. She smiles, which I return half-heartedly. "Can you go so I can prepare?" I ask her. She nods and leaves the room, giving me a chance to do something that needs to be done.

"STUPIDSTUPIDSTUPIDSTUPID!" I smacked my head into my pillow. Okay, now that I have that out of my system, I need to think of a strategy. From what I gathered about this Iron claw guy, he's pretty fucking arrogant. That more than likely means his son is no different. I should use that to my advantage if he doesn't take me seriously, that way I can surprise him with a haymaker to the face. Always go for the face, headshots are best shots after all!

Twenty minutes of coming up with strategies later, Alpine comes back.

"The duel is upon us. Come, we must get ready." She informs me and beckons me to follow her. I quickly get up and run to her side. As we make our way deeper into the halls, I notice Diamond dogs giving me different looks. Some would bow, some would sneer, some would do both, and some would smile and bow deeper than most. Why do I get the feeling I'm walking to my execution?

We make it to this great dome with a pit in the center. Oh god, this would make Michael Vick cream himself. A lot of Dogs filled the seats, making me even more nervous.

"Did these Mongoloids just come here to watch me get my ass kicked?" I ask her incredulously. She chuckles and escorts me to the edge of the pit.

"We do not have any entrances to the pit, you're going to have to jump down." She tells me. Great...

I jump down into the pit. Thankfully, The Gravity thing Faust mentioned helped with the landing, so the drop didn't hurt at all. I wait for a minute before I notice two Diamond dogs that the crowd watched with ernest. Well shit, I think I can see my opponent.

The fucker looked arrogant. Good, that will help with the strategies that I came up with. The kid looks like his dad, who has, well, iron grey fur. His eyes though, were blue. You know, that seems to be a common trait amongst dogs. The kid jumps into the pit with me, and stands in front of me. He's a good few inches taller than me, but that doesn't intimidate me.

"You're going to regret coming here monster." He threatens me. I scoff at him.

"Geez, haven't even started and you're flirting. Aren't you the horn dog?" I taunt back. He stares at me with a dropped jaw, and I smirk at him, knowing I just shut him up.

I looked at Alpine who was getting ready to announce the fight.

"This Duel is to be between My son Frederick, and the Captain of the guard's son, Steel cutter." I do not want to know why he has that name since it will probably make me shit my pants...

"The fight will continue on until the other gives up. There will be no killing, and no maiming." Oh god that's common!?!

"Fighters, are you ready?" She calls out! We both nod.

"Begin!"

Frederick Vs. Steel Cutter

Heaven or hell!

Duel 1, LET'S ROCK!

(Frederick Vs. Steel Cutter theme)

I duck under a swing from his big ass gorilla arms and move back. He then unleashes a barrage of fists that I dodge. Jesus! What is this, an anime? since when can anything move this fast?! OPENING! I jump and lash out a leg, catching him in the jaw. staggers back and glares at me. I smirk at his anger.

"Come on, I ain't got all day." I say to him. He's practically foaming! Is he really this easy to get angry? OH SHIT! I dodged under another barrage of fists that came a little too close for comfort, and I think I felt the wind on that one!

Unfortunately, a punch managed to land into my face, sending me a few feet.

Fuck that boy can hit hard! I get up and dodge another swing of his fist and counter with my own into his chest. With him stunned I quickly glance at the kid's father and say this.

"JESUS CHRIST WHAT DO YOU FEED THIS BOY!?!" I shout at him before I grab his son and knee him in the face, Sending him sprawling to the floor. He kicked my feet from under me and brought me to the floor with him. He quickly crawled on top of me and tried to punch my face. I moved my head enough to dodge it, but barely. I bring my feet from under him and kick him off of me. I decide to test out the gravity and jump higher than usual and back flip.

I manage flip enough to drop my heel into his chest, knocking the wind out of him. before he could recover, I return the favor and crawl on top of him and cold cock him in the face. I punch him again and again, until I began to see blood on my fists. Shit, I didn't mean to beat him this hard!

However, he didn't seem to mind as he quickly punched the side of my head and rolled us over and reversed our positions. He began to punch me, making giant welts on my face. This is going to hurt in the morning... He grabbed my shirt and pulled me to his face.

"Do you yield?" he asked me with venom. obviously he doesn't like the fact that he can't kill me. Asshole.

I spit a glob of blood in face, temporarily blinding him. I then punch the side of his face, sending him off of me. I quickly got up from the ground and ran to him and picked him up. I lifted him by his vest and sneered.

"Nah, how 'bout you jackass?" I taunt him. I punch him in the chest, trip him and grab his arm and began to twist it. He was then howling in pain. "Yield and I let go! Yield and I let go!" I shout at him.

"I yield!" With that, I let go of him and fall to the floor breathing hard.

"About time..." I sigh. I get up and look around, seeing the shocked faces of the crowd and Iron claw. I then smirk at him and flip him off. I turn to Alpine, wanting to see her face. She was the most surprised of all.

But... she looked very proud. Geez, I already care about what she thinks? I guess I am taking to her.

"The winner of this duel, is Frederick!" She announced. Most of the crowd began to cheer, and I drank it all in. I smiled and began to laugh. I'm not going to worry about Steel cutter, since I couldn't really give a damn about him. I move towards the edges of the pit and see Alpine's paw sticking down from the edge. I smile and grab it and was hoisted up onto her shoulder.

"You did very well Frederick. I'm very proud to call you my son." I look at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Nice to know you weren't proud earlier. Thanks Mom." I tell her sarcastically. She looks at me with surprise.

"Did you...?" She trailed off. I shrugged and smiled.

"May as well get used to it. You adopted me, that earns you plenty of points in my book." I tell her with a smile. She smiles even wider as we make our way home to put this behind us.

Home... Geez, I never thought I would call a place like this home. I guess I'm going to have to get used to being the only human here. I should everything I can about this world, and its inhabitants.

Then there's those supposed looming threats that Faust warned me about. She wasn't exactly specific on all of this shit that will happen, so I'm going to have to guess.

Well, that's a problem for tomorrow. Today, I eat and be merry!

(Canterlot Castle)

"Princess, I bring news from the diplomat of the Frozen woods Diamond dog clan." A guard had interrupted Celestia's moongazing. She turned back to the guard and motioned for him to continue.

"He has reported that a human child was seen with the Alpha, Alpine. He assumes that it is the Everfree Knight." She nodded and told him to leave.

'A child? but why would mother send a child? Perhaps she saw something in the future, that's the only reason that is sound.' She looked back to the moon.

'What will happen?'