It was another day at Mega City One: The city blocks were held high in the sky, overlooking all the crime & filth going on in the streets below. Small shops were being robbed by a vast majority of hoodlums, people being raped, narcotics sold nearly every corner, and gang factions battled each other for control over their districts. That is, luckily, street judges are sent to stop this stuff and regain order in the city, and no one is more iconic than the legend himself, Judge Dredd! Dredd followed a bleeding criminal into a warehouse, for he shot him trying to sell some narcotics to some people. Armed with his standard street judge armor and lawgiver pistol with ammo clips ready, he followed the criminal into the warehouse, not even afraid of taking any damage from anyone inside.

"YOU DUMBASS!!!" He heard what was probably the Drug Dealer's boss, followed by a pistol being shot.

"OH SHIT!!!" Another criminal yelled "It's Dredd!!! IT'S FUCKING DREDD!!!" Dredd held his pistol, ready to fight.

"Rapid fire." He simply said. A click was made, as his lawgiver immediately switched to rapid fire, one of the few modes judges use on a daily basis. He kicked the door open and fired everywhere! No remorse was shown, as criminals dropped like flies to the floor. Some of the criminals grabbed a nearby weapon and fired at him! Dredd took cover behind a conveyor belt, waited for them to reload, then got out of cover and fired at them, killing them with blood splatting on the walls from their heads. In a few minutes of actions, all but the boss were dead. Dredd walked to the criminal.

"Standard." Dredd simply said, his lawgiver changing to it's single fire self. The boss aimed his gun at Dredd, but shook uncontrollably. Dredd punched the man across the face, making him land on his back. Dredd picked up the man by the collar of his shirt "Mr. Aquino: your crimes are producing & selling narcotics, and the attempt to murder a judge. Your sentence is death. What do you have to say for yourself?" The boss spat at Dredd's face.

"Fuck you!!!" He replied.

"Noted." Dredd brought his lawgiver onto Aquino's face and pulled the trigger! A clean hole was made in his head, followed with the body falling and blood forming a puddle around the head. He was dead. Dredd turned to walk away, but stopped at the sound of scratching behind a door.

"Help!" A little boy's voice yelled in fear "It's dark in here!!!"

Trafficking children as well? Dredd thought to himself. He walked to the door.

"Get back!!!" Dredd yelled. Some footsteps were heard as something went back. Dredd kicked the door opened, expecting to see a bunch of kids, only to see darkness.

"Who are you?" The same voice asked.

"Where are you?"

"Down here!" Dredd looked down and was surprised at what he saw: it was a white unicorn with a smooth looking a mane & tail of blue & light blue stripes, dark blue hooves that matched that of the now extinct workhorse. Dredd leaned down and picked up the loose neck skin of the colt, bringing him closer to his face.

"Is this some sort of joke?"

"Joke? What's the joke?" It looked around, not even realizing what it was. Dredd brought the colt closer to his face.

"Who are you?" The unicorn's ears perked backwards

"I-I'm Sh-shinning Armor." He looked behind Dredd, seeing the dead criminals. "Did you do that!?" Dredd looked behind him.

"I did."

"Were they bad people?"

"More than bad. The worse I hate the most!"

"What did they do?"

"This city is already in ruin. Imagine everything wrong and multiply that by one hundred."

"So... it's worse?"

"...Yes."

"What do you do?"

"I am a street judge: Judge jury and executioner rolled into one. I protect the innocent and uphold the law. Anyone who breaks the law and tries to kill me will learn, right before they die, that they aren't the law: I am the law!"

"Wow! That... sounds awesome!" Dredd dropped Shining Armor to the floor and walked away, exiting the warehouse. "Wait!!!" Shining ran and followed Dredd.

"Go home. I don't have time to babysit any kid."

"But... I don't have a home." Dredd stopped and turned around.  

"Aren't you from the wastelands?"

"Wastelands? No, I actually woke up in that closet."

"With no memory?"

"Uh huh." Dredd and Shining stared at each other.

"Is that horn only for decoration?"

"This?" Shining asked "No. Watch!" He turned and concentrated on Dredd's Lawmaster. Not only was Shining Armor's horn covered in a blue aura, but the Lawmaster was also in a blue aura. Soon, the Lawmaster began to float a couple of inches off the ground, causing Dredd to step back a bit. After a few seconds of floating the Lawmaster was lowered to the floor a bit, but dropped, breaking the mirrors. Dredd looked at Shining Armor, who was panting. An Idea came into his head, one that was ridiculous but it just might work: Shining Armor become a street judge himself! While Shining may be small right now, but with his unnatural abilities and training in combat with discipline, he may become a feared judge as Dredd himself, perhaps even more. Dredd placed his hand on his helmet and called the Hall of Justice.

"H.Q.?" He asked

"Dredd!" The woman on the other line "The drug bust went well?"

"Fine. We have ourselves a newcomer here. Get the justice department ready for another street judge in training."

"Alright then. Who is it?"

"...You're going to laugh at this, but it's a unicorn named 'Shining Armor', and he has special abilities that may make him a threat to every criminal out there." Silence was there.

"... Have you been taking narcotics?"

"Do I sound like I take narcotics?" Another silence was heard.

"...Alright then. We're getting ready for your newcomer. Please, for all that's good, this better work."

"I know it will." Dredd turned to the colt, who was hugging his leg. "What are you doing?" Shining Armor looked up to him, turning his head.

"You've never been hugged before, Dad?" Shining Armor asked

"Dad!?"

"Aren't you my father?"

"...No."

"WHAT!?!?!? But... I thought-"

"The world is cruel, and this is your first lesson. That is how I learned and that is how I became the best street judge of all time." He grabbed Shining armor and placed him on the Lawmaster. Dredd sat in his motorcycle and drove ahead, heading towards the Justice department. Shining sniffled to himself along the way, finding himself not only without a home, but the person who saved him says he's not his son at all and doesn't even love him. Dredd looked down at the sniffling Shining Armor, who tried to make him feel bad, but due to Dredd going through hell everyday, his heart was as hard as stone.

Dredd stopped at the justice department, seeing a familiar woman in a suit waiting for him.

"So you're not lying about the unicorn then." She commented, seeing Dredd with the sniffling unicorn.

"Laugh it up." He replied, dropping Shining Armor into her arms. She looked down at the sniffling unicorn, who covered his own face with his hooves.

"Your work?"

"If he is to become a judge, he needs to be strong both physically and psychically."

"You can still be strong without your type of psyche, Dredd."

"Tell that to the other newcomers." He turned around and quickly exited on his Lawmaster. She turned to the sniffling Shining Armor, feeling his tears land on her dress. She gently patted his mane.

"There There, don't be too sad. Dredd didn't mean what he said. When you get to know him, he's not that bad of a man, he just does his job." She walked inside the Justice department.

"Th-thank you." Shining Armor replied with a warm smile. He curled into a ball as she took him inside, placing him near her desk. She scratched behind his ear, hearing him let out a relaxed whinny.

"I hope you're right, Dredd. Not for you, but for him."   Next Chapter: 11 Years later. Estimated time remaining: 44 Minutes