*POV 1st Person Nova*

I rounded the corner as a flurry of bullets whipped past me. I clutched the rifle in my hand before jumping around the corner guns blazing…only to get shot down and have the words ‘killed by TOOgood489’ to appear on the screen.

“Are you kidding me!?” I exclaimed, Luna shot me an apologetic glance, but didn’t say anything

“I swear I’ve heard your voice before” one of the other players said.

“It’s probably some dick with a sound board of that new prince faggot” I voice said, I scowled before looking at Luna, the two of us smirked, we were going to seriously fuck with this guy.

“Huzah!” Luna exclaimed as she shot down another opponent “How many points do I receive?”

“Fucking hell” another muttered “there are two of them”

“Two of what, fellow player?” Luna asked “were you incorrectly assuming that there were two players with these so called ‘sound boards’”

“Or, were you implying that there were two members of Equestrian Royalty?” I finished, the entire conversation went silent.

“…shit” one of the players said “how do we know that this is actually two of the Rulers of one of the many planets out there”

“Doth this answer your question?” another voice, a dead match for Luna’s said. “By the way, hail, Prince Nova!” guess the one from Stag’s planet was also here.

“Hey, Luna” Both myself and this Terra-1’s Luna said

“Holy shit, how many ponies have we got in this game anyhow?” another player asked.

“Yo!” at least half of the players said.

“I knew it, I’m surrounded by ponies” the player said “keep playing ponies”

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*POV 3rd person*

Minion impacted the ground with an audible thud and enough force to kick up a cloud of dust and sand. Vinyl hit the ground soon after and pulled her rifle-sized concussion cannon out of hammer-space. Minion then then put his rifle away before pulling out his twin swords.

“This is the middle east, not middle ages” one of the soldiers said. Minion merely smirked before flicking his wrists, his swords acted like a power conductor for his Magnetism abilities and the rifle was ripped out of the soldiers grip. He then detached the clip from the gun before removing a single bullet and pointing it at the soldier

“I could launch the bullet at normal muzzle velocity and it wouldn’t even make a sound” he said before flicking his wrists again, the bullet, along with the gun and clip fell to the sand with barely a sound. “Show respect for the older forms of weaponry. Swords have been used for centuries, people only started using guns in the last century” he then walked up to the top of one of the dunes and activated his mask of X-ray vision. Immediately the lens began to filter out sunlight and highlighted a set of buildings, not too far away.

“I think I’ve found it” he said, before setting the image to display on the other soldiers HUDs

“I looked up on your file” Thompson said, walking over “about a year after you were displaced, ISIS started to build bases”

“So they’ve gone big?” Minion asked

“Went from a terrorist organisation to a full blown faction in months” Thompson said, scowling beneath his helmet “Let’s show those bastards what happens when they mess with us”

“By your command” Minion said. Soon the rest of the soldiers and Vinyl made their way up the top of the dune and as one, the group began to walk towards the base.

“Vinyl dear, if you would be so kind as to announce our arrival” Minion said as they walked up to the entrance.

“With pleasure” she said, before aiming the canon and pulling the trigger. A series of lights lit up red, one after another until they were all lit, then they flashed green and energy coalesced in front of the barrel before firing with a deafening buzz. The beam hit the door, causing the surrounding wall to explode. The smoke cleared to reveal most of the wall to be missing, and multiple bodied scattered on the ground. “Knock knock”

“You’re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off” Minion said, before turning to the troops “you rescue the prisoners, we’ll provide a distraction”

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Teridax walked through the Everfree forest on the trail on yet another object, only this time he wasn’t alone. A large, black dog with blood red eyes, ethereal blue flames covering the paws, and an almost reptilian tail, plodded along beside him

This dog was a hellhound; an infernal beast from the depths of hell used to guard the pit and Tartarus. They are intelligent to the point of Sapience and guard the more…high profile prisoners of the pit and Tartarus, beings like Tirek come to mind. This one, called Hecate, had become a companion for Teridax, and she was extremely skilled in tracking, especially good for the more mobile targets, like the one that they had been sent to find. All they knew about it was it was fast, practically invisible, and was responsible for the deaths of a small group of ponies.

Up above, something watched the two of them as they walked through the forest, it could sense the heartbeat of one of them, but it could only detect the footsteps of the other. It began clicking as it began to zero in on them.

Teridax stopped moving and Hecate perked up.

“Do you hear that?” he asked and the Hellhound nodded, they heard a snarl and Teridax turned just in time to grab the creature by its neck. It was large, about the size of a human, and really thin and lanky, it had a bulbous head and a set of nasty teeth “well aren’t you the ugly one” he then cast his sleeping powers on it before hefting it over his shoulder. He then turned to Hecate.

“let’s go”

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*POV 1st Person Prince Nova*

I was in the study with Autumn, Ruby and Garnet, the latter was with his daughter of only a few months old, named Alexina. A young foal…hatchling? Okay, we didn’t know the correct term as she was a brand new species, the first ever Kirin-Atquean hybrid; officially and scientifically labeled as a Quirian. Anyway, she was a small thing, and her entire body was covered in metallic scales, red on the body and fading to green at the end of her legs and tail, she had a small tuft of mane running along her neck, whilst a set of small spines continued past the neck and reached all the way down her tail, she had also inherited her dad’s tail and wings.
I was reading a book on advanced spells when a butler walked in.

“Excuse me, Sir” he said “but there is someone at the door, a dragon by the name of ‘Drakorex’” both Ruby and Garnet froze up solid whilst going several shades paler, and in the following silence you could hear a speck of dust touch the ground.

“Tell him I’ll be through soon” I said, the Butler bowed quickly before exiting the room. I then looked at the two Kirins “is something wrong?” eventually Ruby found her voice.

“Quite the opposite” Ruby said, beginning to smile “when we were young, before we ended up in that slavers camp, there was one individual that was like a father to us; his name was Drakorex. Last we saw him he was heading off to pastures new and he’d promised to visit us again, but certain…events got in the way of that”

“So he was your father figure when you were young” I said, they nodded. I stood up “I’ll go talk to him”

“We’re coming with you, no way are we missing out on this” Ruby said. I then left the Study, followed by Autumn, Ruby and finally Garnet, who was holding Alexina in one arm. I soon reached the door before motioning for Ruby and Garnet to wait whilst Autumn and myself carried on. We opened the door and stepped out to see a medium sized dragon of about 25ft, he had emerald scales with gold spines, but other than that, he was your average looking dragon.

“Are you Prince Nova?” he asked, and my heart skipped a beat. He sounded…exactly…like my Dad did, not similar, a dead fucking match. You could have him provide the voice for silent footage of my dad and you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.

“Yes” I managed to say, Autumn shot me a look and I shook my head to clear my thoughts “Yes, I am Prince Nova, would I be correct in assuming you are Drakorex?”

“Yes” he said “might I enquire as to where Ruby and Garnet might be?”

“They’re just inside” I said “just to warn you though, whilst they have been under my care they got hurt, the ones that caused it have been…dealt with, but still I ask that you withhold any ire towards me until we have a moment away from them” he frowned, but nodded all the same. I then looked back “you can come out now” the two Kirins walked outside and the moment they laid eyes upon the Dragon they stopped dead in their tracks.

“We’ll give you three a moment” Autumn said, before quickly pulling me away and behind a tree “what the heck was with that look when he spoke? I know you more personally than anyone else on this planet and I’ve never seen you so spooked before”

“He sounds exactly like my dad” I said, sitting on my haunches, immediately her expression softened “so it’s like he’s been reincarnated as a dragon” she nuzzled me comfortingly.

“Don’t worry” she said.

“I’m not, I’m just spooked the fuck out” I said, as I rested my neck on hers “I can’t let him go. If he goes, then it would be like losing my dad all over again”

“Then let him reconnect with them” she said.

“But will he want to know me?” I asked “if I allowed ‘that’ to happen” she suddenly pulled away and looked me dead in the eyes.

“Listen, what happened to them was not your fault” she said “don’t let anyone tell you otherwise” she then kissed me before stepping back “Come on, let’s see how they are doing” we then began walking over and just as we got close to them Drakorex grabbed me by the neck before launching into the air and landing on the summit of Canterlot Mountain.

“Care to explain to me why they are missing an arm and an eye?” he snarled, pinning me to the ground with enough force to cause a small crater. I teleported behind him before sending a shooting a blast at his back.

“You have a fucking problem with me?” I asked “Then fucking bring it!”

“I won’t fight you” He said “but I am still infuriated that you would allow them to get so badly injured. They were practically my own children, I helped to raise them alongside their mother, gods’ rest her soul”

“I’ll admit, I screwed up when I was unable to protect them” I said “but would you rather I kept them locked inside to keep them from all harm, or let them run free?” he kept silent and I continued “You weren’t there when that bastard changeling cut off Garnet’s arm, I watched the blood flow out of him and I thought I’d lose him at that moment, I’d barely earned his acceptance as his adoptive father and I thought he was going to die in my arms” I stopped when I realised the ground was smouldering slightly and I sighed before sitting down.

“I feel guilt every time I see their injuries” I said tiredly “I’m sorry that I wasn’t able to protect them, if it is your wish to take them and protect them, then I won’t stop you” he chuckled quietly before patting me on the shoulder.

“I would not resort to such measures, young one” he said “true, you are young enough to practically be their older brother, but you care for them like any father, they told me that much, this only proved it” I shot him a questioning look and he chuckled nervously.

“In dragon coulter, it is common place to test and individual that is coming into your family” he said “You’re lucky all I needed to see was how much you truly care about Ruby and Garnet, and not how good you are in a fight”

“You consider me family?” I asked in surprise.

“More or less” he said “I noticed that when you first heard me speak you looked as if you’d seen a ghost, care to explain?”

“You sound exactly like my late father” I said, he quirked an eyebrow “I mean, you’re a dead match, if I heard you without seeing you, I’d have thought you were my Dad”

“Interesting” he said.

“Well” I said, standing up “let’s get back to the mansion, I’m sure Ruby and Garnet have lots to tell you about our journey up to this point”

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*POV 3rd Person*

An ISIS soldier cautiously walked through a dark section of the base, clutching a rifle. Behind the soldier, a mechanical hand flexed in anticipation and a light dawned on the back of the soldier, who turned around just in time to be launched across the room with his rifle firing blindly into the air. Around the corner three other soldiers saw the first soldier go flying past from left to right and promptly opened fire, they emptied their clips before one of the soldiers turned to another and said something in Arabic. The same light from before lit up the soldiers and they turned just in time for two of the soldiers to be launched against the left and right-hand walls. The third opened fire, only for the bullets to bounce harmlessly off of Minion’s armour, who took a couple of steps forward before punching the soldier in the chest, knocking the rifle out of his hands and the soldier onto the floor, out cold.

Minion straightened up before continuing down corridor of the base, against an oncoming volley of bullets, which only served to create sparks as they pinged off his armour. One of the soldiers ran forward, only to be launched into a wall to one side. Another soldier ran forward and Minion retaliated with a full force punch to the chest, sending the soldier flying down the corridor. He than walked to a crossroads and brought his arm up just in time to clothesline another soldier.

He began to calmly walk after multiple fleeing soldiers, his footsteps echoed through the corridors with a rhythmic ‘thump-thump-thump-thump’. The soldiers came to a large set of metal doors and they closed it, leaving one soldier trapped on the other side. They could hear his screams, which were abruptly silenced by a loud bang against the metal doors.

*BANG* one of the doors dented slightly
*BANG* the door dented even more, and one of the soldiers said something in Arabic before fleeing, followed soon after by his fellow terrorists, two of them were two slow and were promptly ploughed over by the doors as they flew off there hinges. As Minion walked to a T-junction, he attempted to clothesline another soldier only to embed his arm in the concrete wall as the soldier ducked to avoid him. Whilst Minion attempted to free himself from the wall, a soldier with a hand gun approached and aimed at Minions mask before pulling the trigger. The bullet ricocheted off and embedded itself in the man’s skull, quickly putting and end to his life. Minion slowly turned his head and raised an eyebrow at the dead soldier before ripping his arm out and demolishing a portion of the wall in the process.

He continued on his way, walking after the soldiers before coming to an opening, outside the opening was a court, filled with equipment and vehicles, where a number of soldiers were arming themselves with machineguns. They heard the stomping footsteps of the Neu-Toa and readied their weapons.

*thump…thump…thump…thump…thump* the soldiers looked at the Neu-Toa uneasily as he came into view *Thump…THUMP….THUMP…THUMP-THUMP* Minion stopped at the top of the stairs one foot in front of the other. One of the soldiers shouted an order and the rest opened fire, immediately Minion put his hands up to stop the flow of bullets. After a while the soldiers stopped and looked at Minion in confusion, he then smirked.

“My turn” he said, before launching them right back at the Soldiers, who promptly collapsed to the ground, dead. He then focussed his attention on all the equipment and the air around him started to ripple, eventually every tank, gun and car was reduced to a single metal cube the size of a large rubbish lorry. He then began to walk away from the base as the section behind him exploded.

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Vinyl was with the British soldiers as they approached the area where some of the terrorists were holding the hostages at gunpoint.

“What do you suggest we do?” Thompson asked. Vinyl smirked before pulling out her bass cannon

“Leave this to me” she said, before plates on her back armour began to shift and a small jet pack appeared. She then launched into the air before landing in the middle of the square where the hostages were located. She impacted the ground with a thud and stood up to her full height. Her expression contorted into rage as one of the soldiers near her opened fire on her, she took a step forward before punching the soldier onto the roof of a nearby building.

“Holding people that can’t even defend themselves at gunpoint?” she asked, “Not cool” she then brought her bass cannon to bare, activated her mask of sonar and turned before firing at a soldier, sending him through a wall, she then turned again before firing at another soldier, sending him flying into a lorry. She then turned once more and fired at another soldier, sending him crashing over some ammo crates. She turned and went to fire again, only to stop when she was greeted with the sight of the last of the soldiers, holding the hostages at gunpoint whilst shouting in Arabic, she understood body language enough to know that that meant back off. She lowered her rifle and pressed a button. Her HUD lit up and began singling out the soldiers from the civilians. A few seconds later a series of shots rang out as multiple snipers tool out the last of the soldiers. One of the former hostages looked at Vinyl in awe as she walked past with fire in her eyes.

Inside a nearby building, a senior soldier tried to contact command on a phone, only for a grey, robotic arm to punch through the wall right next to him and pull him out through said wall. Vinyl then began to drag the man behind her by the collar of his coat.

“Have mercy” he said.

“Mercy‽ That’s horseshit coming from the likes of you!” she snapped “You’re lucky the British army wants you alive for information or I wouldn’t even show you a hint of bucking mercy!” she then dropped him at the feet of British soldiers and Thompson nodded his thanks.

“let’s get these people home” he said.

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