The Blood Countess
Chapter 8: Chapter 8: Welcome to Dokapon Kingdom
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Welcome to Dokapon Kingdom
(Canterlot Castle)
“Shalltear teleported away!?” Luna yelled as the bat pony covered his ears for a moment before lowering them.
“We didn’t think that she could do something like that. Not to mention we didn’t know she had allies with those monsters in the forest.”
“But how, as far back as we-I can remember. Shalltear never needed allies to help her fight.”
“Should I have the guards keep looking for her in the Everfree Forest?”
“No, if she did teleport, then we have no idea where she is, or how far she has gone. Start looking across Equestria for any information you find on her. Report your findings and wait for reinforcements.”
“At once my princess.” The bat pony said as he disappeared into the shadows for a moment, before returning again. “I know you have us looking for Shalltear, but your sister is requesting your presence in the throne room.”
“I’m on my way, please tell sister I’ll be there to meet her in a moment.”
“Yes, my princess.” He said as the bat pony disappeared again. Moments after the bat pony left her room, Luna made her way to the throne room where her sister order her to meet her in. Upon opening the door to the throne room, Luna was met with her sister, the elements of harmony, and a woman wearing a short purplish kimono standing in the middle of them .
“Sister who is this?” Luna asked, making her way next to Celestia.
“About time you showed up. I don’t like having to wait for someone to get here.” The woman said with an impatient look on her face.
“And who are you? You look more like an assassin then a messenger.” Luna said as she glared at the woman.
“It is unwise to attack a messenger that was sent by the six kings, one of them having to be your nephew.” The kunoichi said causing everyone in the room to be surprised by this.
“Blueblood is alive? But it was said that he died in a mudslide while on his way to an important meeting with the griffon ambassador.” Rarity said as the kunoichi shook her head.
“I assure you that he’s not dead. Now as for my reason for being here. I am here as both a messenger and a guide to Monster Village in the Everfree Forest.”
“Wait there a village in the Everfree? Are you crazy? Why would anypony live in that dangerous place?” Applejack asked
“The forest is our home. Not like you ponies clammed it.”
“Back to the matter at hand. You said Blueblood was one of the six kings. Who are these kings and what does Blueblood have to do with it?” Luna asked, as the kunoichi turned her attention back at Luna.
“That’s classified.”
“By who?”
“By the kings, that’s who. Like I said before. I am nothing more than a messenger and a guide.”
“Well what is the message?” Rainbow Dash asked as she glared at the woman.
“You have been invited to the monster village hidden in the Everfree Forest. You will be able to visit the village in seven days. You are not allowed to bring your soldiers or any type of weapons be it of magic or steel. You will not attack anyone within the village or it’s kingdom. If anyone of you do, then you will be punish. Knowing these demands do accept these terms?”
“We accept.” Celestia said as the kunoichi bowed to the her.
“Then I will be waiting for you all in front of the Everfree Forest. Until then.” In a blink of an eye, the kunoichi vanish into thin air. Leaving behind piece of wood in her leave.
“She turned into a log!” Pinkie Pie said as she picked up the log. “You think she’s okay with being just a hunk of wood?”
“Pinkie that not her, she just used a spell to switch places with the log.” Twilight explained. “I’ve heard of some low level magic users who use this kind of spell, this is my first time seeing it.
“So… Why did you agree to go to this place princess?” asked Rainbow Dash.
“This is the first I’ve heard of this village of monsters before. It would be interesting to see why this place has appeared out of nowhere along with the monsters appearing out of the Everfree Forest.”
“There also the slim possibility that Shalltear may have gone into the village. If that is true, then we can inform their kings about her and talk about having her handed over to us.” Luna added. “Not to mention our nephew is one of their rulers so this will go along smoothly.”
“Right then.” Celestia said as she pulled herself up from the seat she was sitting in. “We shall meet with the kings of the monsters within seven days. Be prepare for when we go my little ponies.”
“Ugh...I feel like I’m going to throw up…” Veronica said as she slowly opened her eyes, finding herself in a open field of grass. “Where am I?”
“The monster village. Or to be specific, you’re in one of the six kingdoms.”
“Care to explain because I have no idea what you’re talking about?”
“Ugh, I’ll make this as short as possible for your pea sized brain of yours. In the everfree forest there resides a hidden village that is made up of six kingdoms within it. Each kingdom has their own ruler that runs his or her own kingdom. Seeing how I’ve been locked inside of a coffin for the past 1,500 years or so, I have no idea if this place is still the same or different.”
“You seem to be talking to me more then usual. Starting to be more friendly towards me?”
“Don’t get the wrong idea faker. The reason why I’m telling you this is because we share the same body. The sooner I can take control of my body, the sooner I can return to lord Ainz Ooal Gown.”
“Who’s Ainz Goal Brownie?”
“THAT’S LORD AINZ OOAL GOWN TO YOU FAKER! DON’T YOU EVER EVEN SAY OR MISPRONOUNCES HIS NAME LIKE THAT AGAIN YOU FAKER!” The voice said, causing Veronica to cover her ears.
“Alright, geez. You don’t have to yell you know?” The Countess said as she slowly removed her hands from her ears. “Wait a minute, where’s Trixie and the others?”
“Judging by the way that Tamamo performed that incomplete teleportation spell, I take it they must be either somewhere in this kingdom, or in another one depending. I would recommend you get off your ass and start moving faker.”
“And why should I listen to a meanie like you? So far you been nothing but a jerk for the past few second and yesterday, so why should I listen to you now?”
“Because you’re standing on top of a girl that was with you before you got teleported out of the forest.” The voice said as Veronica looked down to see that she was standing on top of. “Now who feels stupid yeah fucking dumbass.”
“Shut up.” Veronica said as she quickly moved off of Aqua, and quickly pulled her up from the snow. “You okay lady?”
“My name is Aqua kid.” The shark girl said as she pulled herself up from while brushing the dust off of herself. “As to how I’m feeling, I’m fine...despite having you fall on top of me.”
“Again sorry...so...where are we?”
“Well seeing how we’re in an open field of grass, and the sky is pretty much sunny with a mix of clouds. We’re in the Dokapon Kingdom.”
“Dokapon Kingdom?”
“You never heard of it before? Wait, are you new to the whole kingdom thing or what?”
“You could say that, yes.”
“Huh, so you’re new here then? Then it looks like I’ll have to get you Peppita.”
“Peppita? Who’s that?”
“In Dokapon Kingdom, there is a school for those that are new to this place. Mainly a mix of monsters that are new to the whole finding themselves in Equestria sorta deal.”
“You mean displaced?”
“What?”
“Displaced. It’s something that I learned from a pokemon that I met in the Everfree Forest. He said that those that are from a different world that used to be humans are called displaced. Or something along those lines. I don’t know, I was too busy cuddling him due to him being so cute.”
“Right...anyway, let’s head over to the guild and get you signed up so you can get a bit adjusted and stuff.” Aqua said as she leads Veronica into the kingdom. As the duo made their way towards the gate of the kingdom, they were stopped by a woman with demonic features wielding a lance standing in front of them.
“Halt! State your business here for entering Dokapon Kingdom or face the wrath of the Royal Knights!” She said as she aimed her spear at the Aqua and Veronica.
“Easy Ms. Shoot first ask questions later Knight.” Aqua said as she lowered the tip of the woman’s spear with her tail. “It’s me, Aqua.”
“Oh, sorry.” She said, placing her spear to the side. “I didn’t think we would be expecting to see you here again...Who’s your friend?”
“This is Veronica.” Aqua answered, as Veronica waved awkwardly at the woman. “She’s new around here, so I figure I take her to the guild so she can become more a custom the monster kingdom.”
“So she’s another one of those monsters that are new here huh? Very well, I’ll let you both through.” The woman said as she walked over to the gate behind herself and press the intercom on it. “This is Gabriel of the 12th division unit. I have a two monsters here requesting permission to enter the kingdom. The first one is the shark girl from before, while the other is a vampire.”
“As long as they don’t cause any trouble, then it’s fine to let them in.” said a voice coming from the intercom.
“Alright.” Gabriel said as she turned her attention back at the duo. “You may enter Dokapon City, but be warned that if you cause trouble, you will be punished for it.” She said as snapped her fingers, causing the door behind herself to open. “Have a nice day ladies.”
“Stay close Veronica, it easy to get lost here, trust me.” Aqua said as she and Veronica made their way through the gate.
“Is it that big of a kingdom?”
“Well no, but it kind of like a maze. But once you find your way around you get used to it.”
“I get the feeling that we’re gonna get lost.”
“No shit captain state the obvious. What give that away? Was it because you’re trusting a stupid fish to guide you through this place.”
“You know I can not wait to figure out a way to get you out of my head once I find Trixie.”
“Well then good luck finding her in this place then.”
“What makes you say that-.” Veronica train of thought was cut short as her eye widened upon entering the Kingdom. From what she could tell the village was something that you would see in a child’s fairytale, only it didn’t have a mix with magical anthropomorphic talking ponies, magical monsters girls, and a few floating buildings, shops, and item stores. “Well...this might be a problem.”
“Like I said, good luck with finding your slave faker.”
“Come on, the guild this way.” Aqua said as she motion Veronica to follow her down the street that lead to a building with the sign “Dokapon Guild” on it. “Welcome to the Dokapon Guild. Here you’ll be learning basic history of the six kingdoms, combat training 101, magic training, etc, etc.”
“It’s kinda looks rundown. You sure someone works here?”
“Of course, this place is where everyone who’s new here go.” Aqua said as she G in the guild sign fell off and onto the ground. “Okay, maybe it’s a bit old, but Peppita still works there.”
“Peppita?”
“The owner of the guild. Come on, I’ll show. Just a fair warning, she’s a bit of a scatterbrain at times.” Aqua said as she opens the door to the guild. Upon entering the build, Veronica could tell that this place hasn’t been kept up to date in quite some time. Mostly because of the cobwebs, dust collecting on the tables, and the broken pieces of floor board on the floor.
“....You sure this place is still open?”
“It should be, Peppita doesn’t go anywhere unless she’s busy repairing the building on her own somewhere. Peppita, you in here!?” The shark girl yelled as she made her way to the front desk.
“One minute!” Peppita yelled from upstairs. “Just repairing a window up stairs-.”
*Crash*
“.....Nevermind, I’ll be downstairs.” She said making her way downstairs by flying through a gaping hole in the ceiling.
“Welcome to Dokapon Guild for beginners. How can I help you-. Oh, hi Aqua.”
“Hi Peppita, I take it the repairs to the building are not going so well?”
“I wouldn’t say that. The repairs are...pretty good.” The harpy said as the chair Veronica was about to sit on, broke into pieces. “.....well at least the floor held this time.”
“You know I could help out if you just asked.”
“It’s not that I wouldn’t mind asking you for help. The problem is getting money to buy the materials to fix this place up. Lord know since the other kingdom haven’t open their doors up for me to visit them to get the stuff needed. Not to mention even if they did open up, I don’t have the money to buy it due to not having anyone join the guild anymore.”
“Well you’re in luck, I have your new member right here!” Aqua said holding her arms out to Veronica.
“Um...Hi?” Veronica said, waving awkwardly while smiling.
“....Question, does she have money to join?” asked Peppita, as Aqua looked back at Veronica niversly.
“How pathetic, how the hell did these monster last this long without getting killed.”
“You really need to stop belittling others like that. It might come back to bite you.”
“Whatever, it’s not like it’ll happen anyway.”
“Well then seeing how you don’t think that will happen. Do you have any type of money for use to join the guild?”
“Normally I wouldn’t bother with dealing with stuff like this. But seeing how you’re pretty weak and don’t have any knowledge, I’ll indulge in this for the time being. Now hold still for a second.” The voice said as Veronica felt it take control of her body. With a snap of a finger, a two gold bars appeared on the desk in front of Peppita. “There, let’s see how this turns out.”
“Oh my god…” said Aqua as her eyes widened in surprise at the gold bars. “Why didn’t you tell me you had stuff like this!?”
“You never asked.” The countess said as she felt herself being pulled into a hug by Peppita.
“Thank you! This somewhat enough to repair the floors and windows of the Guild!”
“C-Can’t...b-breath...losing….air.”
“Oh! Sorry!” The harpy said as she quickly released her grip on the vampire.
“Oh I’m going to enjoy seeing you in so much pain.”
“Shut up.”
“Anyway, I’ll have the Dwarfs and Carpenter ponies come by later on to fix the place this place up. But for now we need to get you settled in and issue your guild uniform.” She said as she handed Aqua the gold bars. “Mind heading over to the carpenter guild and place an order for me Aqua? I have to give our newest member the roundabout of this place.”
“Okay, have fun.” Aqua said as she headed off to the carpenter guild.
“So...what happens now?” Veronica asked.
“Now, we find something that fits you.” The harpy said as she flew into the back storage room for a split second before returning with a somewhat revealing outfit. “Now what do you think about this?”
“I’m not wearing something like that! I’ll look like something of a fat man’s perverted dream!”
“For once I agree with you on that one. Not to mention I have my standards on stuff to wear, and that is one of them.”
“Okay what about, this?” Peppita asked as she pulled out a sailor suit outfit. “All the young monster girls and ponies are wearing these.”
“No! You are not wearing that!”
“Why? What’s wrong with-.”
“YOU ARE NOT WEARING THAT!”
“Alright, alright, I won’t wear it. Geez, you really need to lower the volume on your voice.” Veronica turned her attention at Peppita who shook her head no.
“Alright, how about… This!” She asked, holding out a seat of red armor that surprisingly looks like it could fit her.
“Yep, that will do.” Veronica nodded as the Harpy handed the armor to her. “This is much better than the dress I’m wearing.”
“It embarrassing, but it better than nothing. And what wrong with my dress!”
“Really? You don’t remember what happen back in the forest with those six ponies at the ruins.”
“That… Was just dumb luck nothing more…”
“Call it whatever you want. But that dress was annoying to wear at the time.” Veronica thought as she headed to a room that she can guess was a changing room. “For now, let’s just change into our guild uniform and get this started.”
“This is going to be a long adventure I’m being forced to go on with you.”
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