Bad endings, awesome beginnings

Here is the moment where the story is fully my own! Everything from here is original from me. So I hope you like it all the same.

Chapter 9: Clearing things up

I was sitting down on the ground with my legs crossed, Manticore cub on my lap, finishing my story.

"... and so I cut off the stinger. I had turned around and noticed it was laying on the ground, which is when I had realized what I was doing. That's also when I met this little guy here." I said as I lightly stroked the head of the sleeping cub.

I looked up to the group to notice a mixture of reactions. Grey was looking at me with a curious look. The same look someone would use if you had done something incredible, and they were trying to figure out how you possibly did it.

Celestia and Luna were sharing mixes of disgust, and intrigue, which didn't settle to well for me. Twilight was just sitting taking notes of everything I said. Occasionally looking up and focusing on details of the cub, and probably my arm as well.

We all sat in silence for a few more moments, even though nothing else really had to be said. I began to feel awkward when Twilight closed her notebook and raised her hoof.

"Well... could I take a look at your arm now? I would really like to study it, I have never seen venom do that before." She said tilting her head. "Usually it just kills you."

That grabbed my attention. "O-oh? Well.. I suppose you can look at it then." I said with a half-assed smile.

She stood up and sat next to me where she lit up her horn and encased my arm in a purple glow. While she did her thing I looked down at the sleeping cub, then back up to the Princesses. I noticed they had their backs turned and were talking low to each other. Then they stopped and turned around.

Celestia coughed. "Well, I would just like to tell you that this act of violence does not sit well with us." She said looking at the cub.

Then Luna began. "And therefore it does require punishment." She said as she looked at her sister.

'Gah fuck'

"However..." Celestia said raising her hoof. "I can forget your punishment if you do these few things for us." She said smiling.

"Yeah, sure what would you want me to do?" I asked nodding.

Luna stepped forward. "We would like you to take care of this cub as if it was your own kin. Nurse it to a more mature age, then release it."

I nodded again. 'Sounds easy enough, was planning on it anyway'

Then Celestia began talking, "In addition, if you are not lying about your fight, and I'm sure you are not..." She said pausing to scan my eyes, "Then I would like you to accept my offer to join Ponyville's armed guard forces." She said smiling.

I blinked out of surprise. "Come again?" I asked.

"Of course you will be given free training, if you so choose to accept, and you will be titled as a peacekeeper of Ponyville." She said in a strong tone.

'Me? A Peacekeeper? That does not sound like a good idea... one does not simply go from zombie fighting to peaceful arresting' Think to myself, while scratching some stubble beginning to form on my chin.

I sighed. "I accept your offer... however I'm curious. What would be the punishment for this sort of thing if I had declined?" I asked with a hint of curiosity.

"Oh.... uh... around 15 years dungeon?" Said Celestia in a normal tone.

"FIFTEEN YEARS?!" I said while slapping my mouth shut with my free arm.

I looked down at the cub and noticed it was still sleeping.

'Whew... heavy sleeper, just like me' I thought with relief.

Celestia nodded. "Yes, 15 years. We don't take to kindly to unnecessary killing of any animals. However we have noticed that your kind will need to do that now and again to stay well sustained." She said looking in my eyes.

I laughed a bit. "Heh... yeah... only now and then though. But let's not worry about that right now." I said looking to Twilight.

"So Doc? Will I live?" I said with a smile.

Twilight blushed and nodded. "Yes, you will be fine, the venom is dissipating. I still find it strange though." She said standing up.

I shrugged. "Meh, I'll live. So, what happened while I was gone?" I asked looking at the group.

Grey spoke up first. "She finished her scan on me, and had come to the conclusion that I was telling the truth." He said looking to Celestia.

I smiled and held out my hand. "Well we might as well make this official, hi, my name is Deckard." I said smiling.

He took my hand and shook it. "Mine is grey." He said smiling.

Then he made one of those devilish smiles. "And those two adorable mares are my daughters." He said motioning to the Princesses.

Celestia immediately widened her eyes while Luna got a GIANT blush on her face. We all started laughing, except the princesses, they were downright embarrassed. Before I had realized how loud we were being I heard a noise causing us all to stop and look down at the cub. It was trying to make itself as small as possible in my lap while hissing ans swiping at everyone else.

Twilight jumped back just in time to miss a sting from it's tail. I looked at it and raised a finger. "No! That's bad!" I said to it.

It tilted it's heads at my words and looked at my arm where it had been affected by the venom. It calmed down and made a low growl noise I felt against my chest. It sunk into my lap and put it's head on it's paws while it's ears drooped. The same thing a dog would do after getting into trouble.

It was to adorable, especially the ponies reactions to it. They all tilted their heads and smiled. Meanwhile grey just rolled his eyes.

Twilight walked back over to me. "by the way, you can't sleep in the library tonight." Said Twilight.

I gave her a questionable look. "What do you mean?" I asked.

"Well, Celestia told me she needs room in the library for... something...." She said looking confused herself.

I just nodded in understanding.

"Well, think that we should start heading back? Because I need to find a way to explain this to Fluttershy." I said with fake confidence.

Twilight opened her eyes wide. "Ohhh.... your in trouble." She said laughing a bit.

I stood up and put the cub down. It started walking close beside me so close I had nearly tripped over it.

"What do you mean? It can't be THAT bad... can it?" I asked Twilight while turning my head to her.

She put on a poker face. "You DO remember the last bad thing she did to you.... right?" She said looking back at me.

I thought for a moment and went pale.

'Oh fuck....' I thought as we exited the forest.

End of my first chapter. If you see any way it may be improved, let me know! Also sorry if it is a bit 'boring' but next chapter will be A LOT more action packed

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