MLP : Guardians are magic

MLP:Guardians

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Book the Seventh a.k.a. True Guardians

The remaining week had gone by without much incident. Violet progressed in her flying lessons at an impressive rate. I passed the time by preforming odd jobs around town and soon got the nickname Jack. I thought it a good nickname and mostly hung out with Vinyl or, if spotted in town, Fluttershy. I learned to talk to the Doctor as if he were an old friend and even made up a fake name for him if asked. But promised that I would never say his name, real or fake, if I could avoid it.

The next week started on a good note, sun as far as the eye can see. Not a cloud in the sky, except for the home of pegasi, after all, everyone should have a house, and there was a light breeze coming from the direction of the forest. It unnerved some of the ponies but I found it enjoyable. The next two days were also without incident. However, Wednesday here some other day (If they have days.) for them, we had a problem, but they were able to resolve it on their own. It also seemed like there was another reason for the problem to occur. It seemed strange in nature, some random problem about something that one of the six ponies I had met at the party was involved in and it was worked out by her friends helping out, but also seemed a little sinister if someone was paying attention, and you can bet I wasn't the only one who noticed.

I was proven right when, the next day, a manticore attacked (A MANTICORE!). The Doctor and I rushed into town the moment we heard the screams of terror, and giggling from Pinky but that was normal, I told the Doctor, “Get every-pony out of here. I'll see if I can lead this thing back to where it came from,” I thought for a few more moments and sighed, “Where does it live?” The Doctor merely replied, “The forest,” and ran off to help everyone. I looked at the manticore again, it was twice my size, had a scorpion tail, body of a lion and wings of a bat. If the situation was different he would love to see what they ate, but decided against as it might be curious things like myself. It wasn't facing me and I had to get its attention so I did the stupidest I could imagine I bucked it(still plenty of ponies in the area, couldn't even try to transform) it turned to me as I put a bit of distance between me and it and calling over my shoulder, “Come on. Let's go silly manticore.” It started chasing me and was slowly gaining on me, but we were nearly at the forest when I noticed it so the effect of surprise was minimal.

I turned back to it and grabbed my cloak with my teeth waving it like a matador saying through clenched teeth, “Toro, Toro.” It charged at me and I sidestepped it like a normal sentient creature would do but swung the cloak in front of its eyes. It ran into a tree and I heard its skull and the tree trunk make a good connection. It looked back at me with surprise, like I had made the tree out of thin air. I looked at it and, doubting if it could understand me, asked, “Do you want to continue, or do you want to go home to your family and friends while you still remember them?” The choice seemed clear to the manticore as it backed away from me. “Good, now off with you,” and with that I started back towards town placing my cloak where it belonged. Halfway back to town I shot a glance back and the manticore started to return to the forest. I smiled contently my eyes closed when something landed hit me from my right side. I opened my eyes to find myself on my back and Rainbow Dash standing over me. “Can . . . can I help you Rainbow,” I asked nervously. She looked like she had seen the most amazing thing ever. “How did you do that, that manticore was strong enough that Big Macintosh couldn't hurt it.” I smiled saying, “Ahhh, you wish to learn of strategy do you? Well, can't really help you there. I was just running. But, I can give you a word of advice. When things are angry, they make mistakes. Capitalize on those mistakes and you can beat something that far outclasses you.”

“That's good advice, pony. Too bad it won't do you any good against me.”

Rainbow jumped off of me and turned around and I rolled myself onto my feet in almost the same space of time. There was the scariest looking woman I had ever seen standing there. I began to back away slowly as Rainbow started to advance. Seeing this I leapt next to her. “Another word of advice. Some things are too smart to fall for the 'taunt until angry' trick. When those times come, run,” I emphasized the last word hoping she would get the message and she did as she took off back to the town. The woman snickered, “That was noble of you, pony. But now I know where there is an abundant source of horse power for my lady.” I nodded, and spoke, “That would be true if I were a normal pony, but I'm not. But before we do this, who do you work for? Why does she need the ponies of this town? Why pony power when magic is much more efficient?” She laughed at me, saying, “Not a normal pony? Not a normal pony?! You are one of the most unremarkable races on this planet, the only thing your race is good at is an almost superhuman amount of power you can generate before tiring. Now just surrender like a good stallion and don't do anything stupid.” I sighed mumbling, “I warned you,” and transformed. She looked shocked for a moment before drawing twin daggers, saying, “So that's what you meant by not a normal pony. HA, still worthless though. My lady is waiting for me to bring her any ponies that I can take back to her. You won't stop me,” and with that she leapt at me. I jumped back from her and drew my katana. It still looked generally the same but I noticed some small changes. I also noticed small changes to my attire but decided to put off looking at the changes until after the battle. I looked at her with, pity and sadness, pointed my katana at her and said, “Alright, then, I declare you to be a maverick. As guardian I hereby declare you an enemy. No regrets.” She laughed and leapt at me again, this time I side stepped her and brought my sword down on one of her hands. She screamed out and rolled away from me. I merely watched her intently. She got up and practically shouted, “Who's the maverick? The one that threatens the balance of chaos and harmony or one that would willingly destroy his entire race to maintain it.” I sighed and saw where she was heading with her logic. “Alright,” I answered her, “I would be considered the maverick in this case. But, I'll always be a maverick then, and the title of maverick doesn't suit someone guarding an area now does it?” I charged her as she snarled and threw her dagger at me. It cut into my left shoulder and I could feel pain there again. I ignored it and slashed at the woman. She collapsed and began to flame like the man before her did as I sheathed my blade. She began to laugh as she stood up, she started talking, “You can't defeat her. She'll destroy you before you even have a chance to feel her glorious presence.” She reached into a pocket and pulled out a small black device and tossed it at me. I caught it and looked at it. She continued, “See your destruction and the future of Equestria. Long live the true ruler of the night, and all of Equestria.” I looked at her and drew my blade. “Allow me,” I started, “to end your delusions.” I made a final strike and she finally disappeared. The small device began beeping and I dropped it on the ground. “Hey Ty!” I looked around for where the voice was coming from and saw a familiar violet-haired pegasus in the sky. She landed and transformed into her human form. She appeared more of a knight than I did but that didn't matter to me. Her weapon was a halberd, one of the few weapons I had come to fear after playing the life out of Dynasty Warriors. I took an involuntary step back and immediately realized what I had done. “Sorry V. Reaction to that specific weapon.” She nodded and gave me a sweet smile.

I turned back to the beeping device on the ground as it started flashing. I looked it over and noticed it was an advanced transmission device, a small black sphere with a small camera built in with flashing red lights around it. It began floating and I took a step back. The air around it simmered and a pony wearing a full red cloak stood. I cheerfully waved and said, “Hello, I'd like to speak to your boss, on account of someone who won't be able to report back in.” The hologram fizzled out and a creature as tall as I was, (Six foot two, can you believe that?), in an absolute black cloak appeared in front of me. “Hello,” I greeted, sounding more confident then I felt, “I assume that your this true ruler of the night.” The hood fell back and I noticed the unicorn horn on her head (I assumed it was a her, a majority of the residents here were girls). She scowled at me and replied, “You. Will you always be a nuisance to me, even after I gave you power?” I gave her a sideways look. Gave me power, what exactly does she mean? That is very, extremely not good. “So,” I continued, “The true ruler of the night are you? Looks like someone's going to be a nightmare by the time this fight is done, because I won't be the only one fighting you. I'll rescue other people from your agents. How fast can you run, because today's the day I kick you off the planet.” With that I sliced through the device but the blade was deflected off center by something in the interior of the device. I picked up the two pieces of the device and looked at the inside, a diamond, I pulled it out and looked at it, one flaw, a mark inside that looked like a lightning bolt. I smiled when I held it up to the light, because I remembered where I saw the flaw before. I looked over to the town and noticed the small group of ponies including the pony I needed to see, Twilight Sparkle. “V, get back to the blue box, I'll catch up as soon as I can, and whatever you do don't come back for me, you need to trust me,” I ordered. She looked at me with almost a confused look but followed my instructions. I sat as the six ponies and one dragon approached me.