Fabled Warrior v Prince Shining

Xavier POV

The sun slowly hit my skin. I rolled over, and a full attack of sun's rays hit my face. My eyes slowly opened, and I gave a big yawn before rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. I slowly pushed myself up and looked around. My ears picked up the sound of Flame's snoring. I looked over to see him sleeping on his back scratching his belly with his paw. Drool slowly rolled down his chin onto the covers. My eyes then went up to Moon sleeping peacefully. My mind began to click together everything that happened last night.

Right, I had my date with Twilight. After it was over, I went to find Flame, and he was in Twilight's room. Twilight then asked me to stay with her. So that means I'm in Twilight's bed. So If I look over, I should find a lavender unicorn in the bed with me. My eyes looked over to see Twilight snoozing away peacefully. I could feel a hoof kick now and then. A smile spread across her face. I wonder what happy dream she's having. I moved my feet over and placed them on the floor. I could feel the cold marble through my socks. I stretched out my body and went over to Twilight's bathroom.

After doing what I needed, I came out to see Twilight stretching. I looked her over as she stretched. Her shirt was moving up, showing her nice soft stomach. I felt my face start to blush, and I quickly averted my gaze. Why did I blush up like that? She did look beautiful, and it is the first time I'm seeing her like that, not mentioning she is a beautiful mare. What am I thinking!? Twilight is just friend and nothing else.

"Please Xavier, Twilight is a lovely mare. Your body was doing the only rational thing it can."

"She's just a friend, and that's it."

"Oh please Xavier, I am hooked to your mind, I knew that you thought she was cute looking. You shouldn't deny your feelings. It's natural to find your friends attractive."

"I know that I did it to plenty of my female friends back on Earth. But Twilight is a pony, and it just doesn't seem right for me to feel that way towards her."

"Oh how simple minded you are Xavier."

I just rolled my eyes at her comment. I perked up when I heard Twilight's voice speak up to me.

"You ok Xavier."

I turned around and looked at her. Her mane was a complete mess. But it made her look that much cuter. I felt my face once again go flush. Stop this, she is a friend and nothing else.

"Xavier." She said

"Oh sorry Twilight, I was lost in thought for second," I said

"Sure you were."

"Don't start with me."

When I heard her clear her throat, I went back to her, "I wanted to thank you for that date last night. I haven't been out on a date in a long time. I hope we can do it again."

"Sure Twilight, it was a nice way to spend some time with you," I said

"Also thank you for spending the night with me. I know it was a strange request, but I still thank you for doing it." She said

"Hey, no problem Twilight," I said

She giggled, "Well we should get ready to meet the others at the dining hall. I'll get Moon and Flame up if you want to head back to your room and get ready." She said

"Thanks, Twilight," I said

I stepped out into the hallway and went down to my room to get ready.

***

After Twilight and Moon had finished up, we walked down to the dining hall. Flame was still asleep, which allowed Moon to carry him. It was cute to watch her carry a sleeping Flame. He would mumble now and then about something and snore. We reached the dining hall as everypony was eating. Twilight, Moon, and I took our seats. I took Flame and slapped a plate of food in front of his nose. This morning it was french toast. His nose smelt the fresh cinnamon bread fried to golden brown and delicious with a nice amount of maple syrup on it.

His eyes shot open and took the plate from my hand and began to consume the food. By the time he realized everything, giggling had already started up. He looked back at me as he threw another piece of bread in his mouth. I shrugged my shoulders to him like I did nothing when I did it all. It was just too easy to play around with Flame. He licked his paws as he took another plate full.

"You sure are entertaining Flame." Said Cadance

"I guess it's the cat in me." Said Flame

He stayed on my lap as he ate. I never minded as I was able to eat over him.

"So how was the date darling?" Asked Rarity

Twilight froze in her tracks. A slight blush, coming across of her cheeks.

"Yeah, I was wondering the same thing." Said Cadance

The rest were all nodding at Twilight. She just in her seat, frozen. She swallowed the lump in her throat as she tried to talk. I could see she was uneasy about saying a thing. I should get her out of this problem. Before Twilight could say a thing, I spoke up.

"It was a lot of fun. I will say I have been to many night clubs back on Earth, but the night club here takes the cake. It was just a lovely time spending it with Twilight, dancing like crazy." I said

"I'm glad you enjoyed it." Said Shining

"Thanks, brother and thanks for not beating down Xavier." Said Twilight

"Oh, that's for later today. You still up for it for the duel Xavier." Said Shining

"You know it," I said

"You boys and your swords." Said Cadance

"Oh come on Cadance, let me have this." Said Shining

"As long as you don't go crazy." Said Cadance

"Ah please let him go as crazy as possible. As far as I can see, I can handle anything." I said

"You say that now."

"You stay out of this."

"Well after breakfast we can get right over to it." Said Shining

"Wait, I went all over this castle with Cadance and Moon yesterday. I never once found an arena." Said Flame

"Easy, we fight outside. The fresh air always is better than the air inside this palace." Said Shining

"Sounds like an exciting fight. Though I'm not sure that you want your citizens to see me beat their Prince Shining." I said

"I'm not too sure that was such a great idea."

"Will see about that, get ready to lose." Said Shining

"Will see about that," I said

Shining and I were getting pumped up, and everypony in the room just sighed at us. We didn't care as we were to pump about our fight.

"You'll never stop surprising me, Xavier."

***

We stood outside on a large rectangular field. White chalk lines marked the border lines of our fighting arena. Guards stood around watching the castle and our fight. A few citizens stopped to see what was happening. They took some seats on a set of bleachers that sat adjacent to the field. Shining and I was stretching in each of our corners. I cracked my body and readied for the fight at hand. I was wearing the shirt with my mark on it that Rarity had made for me and a pair of sports shorts, for the fight.

"You sure about this Xavier." Said Flame

Flame stood next to me looking up at as I stretched out.

"Flame it's just a friendly match," I said

"I know that, but you've never fought anypony, I guess in this instant, who can dual wield swords." He said

"Then it's a good time to learn. If I'm going to get stronger to beat Stray Wolf, then I have to take on any challenge that comes my way," I said

"I hope you know what you're doing." Said Flame

I took off my coat and handed it to Flame. He walked where everypony was sitting. I stepped forward with Shining doing the same. He was wearing a white tank top t-shirt and a pair of sports shorts. He had a nice set of muscles, but I still beat him out in that area. At least it will be somewhat of a fair fight. His hands tightly wrapped in white bandages. Two sabers sat on his waist. He smirked at me as he looked at me.

"I now understand why my sister likes you." He said

"So not cool Shining." Screamed Twilight

"Well, who can blame her," I said

"Smooth."

A male guard came up to the middle of the arena. The male guard looked at us both. We both nodded to the guard

"The battle between Xavier, the Fabled Warrior, and Prince Shining Armor will begin. First the rules, each competitor may only use their primary weapons. These include their swords and body. They may not use any magic. Now, will the competitors come forward and shack hands." Shining and I stepped forward and shook each our hands before returning to our sides. After the guard had sawed we had returned, he continued, "Now draw swords." Shining and I drew our swords. His saber was about the same length of my sword. But he only drew one and not both, "Now, FIGHT!"

The guard left the arena, and Shining and I looked at each other. It was silent till we ran each other. Our swords struck each other hard. A giant clank moved across the air.

"You ready Shining," I said

"Yeah, so don't hold back." He said

"You can count on it, as long as you do the same," I said

"You know it." He said

We both flipped back, and I landed on my feet with a slight slide. I gripped my sword tight in my hands.

"I hope you're ready for a tough fight."

"Please Crystal, this is what I need. So watch as I mop the floor with him."

"We'll see about that."

We ran forward again, and that's how this fight began.

***

3rd Person POV

Xavier and Shining once again met with a quick strike from each other. Each time their swords hit each other, they made clank and clinking noises. But every time Xavier hit and attacked, his muscles would move. Mares just looked at him and formed blushes across their faces. Flame looked around to see the mares were staring intensely at Xavier.

"Man, he sure can attract the ladies." Said Flame

"Who are you kidding Flame darling, just look at those muscles." Cooed Rarity

"I do agree." Said Celestia

"Yes, sister." Said Luna

Xavier jumps back from Shining and sticks the landing. He rushes at Shining. Shining raises his sword and feels Xavier's crimson sword strike his sword with a tremendous amount of power behind it. It easily pushes Shining across the ground. Damn that was a strong attack. He put a lot of pressure on that attack. If I'm not careful, I'll lose my sword. Shining decided to sweep kicked Xavier, which caused Xavier to fall on his ass as he leaped back. I will have to watch him more carefully when he comes in for attacks like that.

Xavier leaped back to his feet and gripped his sword. He smirked at Shining as he ran at him again. Now with both hands on the handle of his sword as he went in for the attack. The clank and clinking noises echoed around the area as two continued. Shining had to hold his sword with both hands as Xavier continued his onslaught of attacks. Each stronger than the last. Shining barely had time to think about each attack that came at him. That gave Xavier his shot to land a blow on him. After a quick swipe with his sword, Shining blocked it as Xavier knew. Time to see what he's got. He picked up his right foot and dropping his sword slammed his foot into Shining's face. Shining was sent tumbling away. The crowd just let out a gasp. The guards had to blink to make sure they were watching the same fight.

"Oh, my." Said Fluttershy

"Awesome!" Said Dash

"Usually, Shining keeps a good guard up, even without his magic. Xavier is something else." Said Cadance

Shining breathed in fresh air at a fast pace as he looked at Xavier who was standing breathing in fresh air but at an average speed.

"What's Xavier doing, he has his chance?" Asked Rainbow

"Xavier believes in a fair fight. Xavier's mother taught him that in fights like these that it's honorable to allow your enemy to get back to normal before fighting again. One rule about Xavier, he never goes against his mother's teachings." Said Flame

"That must have been one interestin' mother." Said Applejack

"Yeah, she sure was." Said Flame

"I would have thought you would have come to finish me off." Said Shining

"I would have if you were an enemy, but you aren't. My mother taught me that allowing your sparring partner to get themselves back together is the honorable thing. So get yourself back in the fight Shining, I can wait." Said Xavier

"See, told you." Said Flame

Shining wiped his nose and saw his white bandages were becoming stained red with blood. He got me good, it was enough to draw blood from my nose. He has power. I think it's time I show him mine. Shining got himself back together. He took the handle of his second sword and removed it from his sheath. Shining now had both swords out.

"I guess I finally get see how well you dual wield your swords." Said Xavier

"Oh yes, you do." Said Shining

"Now time to see how Xavier does against Shining when he has both swords out." Said Cadance

Shining rushed Xavier with speed that he was using against him. Huh, so flipping the tables are we. Xavier raised his sword as watch Shining jump into the air. Xavier raised his sword as Shining's sabers met his. Again clank and clinking sounds filled the area, except this time, Shining was on the offense and Xavier on defense. He's fast, watching two sabers is much harder than watching one. Xavier kept blocking and moving to an offense when he could.

"Go XAVIER!" Screamed Rarity as she stood up.

She was to engross in Xavier to care what anypony thought of her. But the mares were also having problems trying to control their bodies. Fluttershy, Celestia, and Luna could feel their wings wanting to spread out. Even Applejack wanted to scream out as Rarity did. The mare's blushes had grown even more with watching the fight.

"You mares sure can be strange at times." Said Flame

"Seems like you got some fans." Said Shining

Shining and Xavier were now at a stalemate as they pushed their swords against each other. Xavier just smirked at Shining's comment.

"Who can blame them?" Said Xavier

They pushed off against each other. Xavier ran forward and bashed his sword against Shining's sabers. That was it for the Fluttershy, Celestia, and Luna. They each made a poof sound as their wings went stiff. Their faces fell into a much deeper shade of red. Everypony in the stand looked at them.

"Oh my," said Fluttershy hiding her face behind her mane, but still keeping her eyes on the fight.

Celestia and Luna looked at each other as Cadance looked at them and giggled.

"I think somepony has finally made the perfect moves on my aunties." Said Cadance

"Sister." Said Luna

But she saw Celestia just watching Xavier. Celestia then did something that no pony would have ever thought that the royal princess of the sun would do.

"Go XAVIER!" Screamed Celestia

"SISTER!!" Shouted Luna

Cadance just began to laugh her ass off. The noise caught Xavier's and Shining's ears as they were at another stalemate, yet again. They looked at each other, and Xavier felt a slight blush come to his face. Shining just chuckled at Xavier's expression.

"Oh man, you know how to attract girls. I wish I had your looks when I was trying to ask Cadance out for the first time." Said Shining

"What can I saw, I just seem to attract mares." Said Xavier

They leaped off each other as Xavier heard Rarity's and Celestia's screaming his name, even though Luna was trying to calm down her sister with her wings still out. He could see only Fluttershy, Celestia and Luna's wings were open and stiff. Rainbow was fighting her urges not to make her wings spread, but they went poof for Xavier to see. I wonder what's up with the wings. Xavier shrugged it off and gave a wink to all the mares. It made them all blurt out his name. I feel like an anime guy with this fan service.

Xavier ran at Shining but with a new plan in mind. He returned his sword to its sheath. Shining raised his eyebrow to Xavier. He ran at Xavier, but Xavier slid under him and appeared behind him. Shining swung around with his foot, but Xavier blocked it. Xavier smirked which caused Shining to raise his eyebrow. What is he smirking about? Shining felt Xavier grab his leg and felt the hard ground hit him. Xavier had taken his foot and smashed him against the ground.

"Ok, that one hurt." Said Shining

Xavier just laughed as he waited for Shining to get up. He cracked his jaw as he looked at Xavier. So he wants to go hand-to-hand combat, then so be it. Shining smashed each end of his blade into the ground and cracked his knuckles. Xavier removed his sword and broke the blade into the dirt. He had broken in his knuckles before the two were running at each other. Now they were duking it out with their fists.

"AWESOME!!." Said Rainbow

"GO!" Screamed Rarity

Shining must see Xavier as an honorable opponent if he's going with hand-to-hand combat. Cadance looked back at the girls. She had to giggle at how red their faces had become. She was impressed that Luna had decided to join. A smile formed on her face as she looked back down at Xavier and Shining fighting each other. Cadance pushed a small amount of magic through her horn and scanned Xavier. She could see some faint scents on his cheeks from Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Twilight. She could tell that his heart was big enough to love them all and even more. I wonder what his love life might be here on Equestria. After this fight, I should talk to him about how he feels towards mares. I don't want him hurting any mare's feelings since he probably doesn't understand the customs of this world yet. Cadance stopped her spell as Shining and Xavier each hit each other in the face pushing each other back in a daze.

"You a great opponent Shining." Said Xavier

"Same here, but only one can win." Said Shining

"I couldn't agree more." Said Xavier

The two ran each other and began to throw punches at each other. Xavier was mostly on the attack, while Shining stayed on defense. But at times, Xavier would take up to a defensive stance as he readied for Shining's attacks. Xavier and Shining interlocked hands as they pushed against each other. They were breathing heavy from the fight as their exhaustion had grown more and more. Xavier slammed his head against Shining's, staggering him. Xavier then went in and started to send punch after punch against him. Each knocking back Shining. Time to end this fight. Xavier after giving a punch to Shining's stomach, he delivered the final blow. An uppercut to his face. Xavier brought his fist up and with a hard hit to Shining's head, he was sent flying into the air of which, he landed a few feet away on his back.

The crowd was silent as they all waited for Shining to get up. But Shining did nothing, so Xavier went forward. He stepped on Shining's chest with his foot. He smirked down at Shining as he looked up at him.

"Game over." Said Xavier

The guard came forward and looked at the two before turning back to the crowd.

"The winner is Xavier, the Fabled Warrior."

The guard rose Xavier's hands as the mares in the stand went crazy. Xavier just chuckled as he had a slight blush across his face. I sure do feel like an anime character now.

***

Xavier POV

I stepped out of the shower. I needed it bad after my fight with Shining. I rubbed the towel through my hair and gave it a quick whiff. Man, these towels smell great. I went over to my bag and opened it up. I threw on a new pair of boxers and pants. The last thing I pulled was a fresh shirt when I heard a knock on the door. That's strange, I wasn't expecting anypony. I walked forward and opened it to see Cadance.

"Hello, Prince Cadance," I said

"Oh please Xavier, Cadance is ok." She said

"Well, no point in keeping you out in the hallway. Come on in." I said

"Oh thank you, Xavier." She said

Cadance walked in as I closed the door behind her. I went over to my shirt and threw it on.

"So what's up Cadance, I didn't end up hurting Shining to bad," I said

"Oh no, not at all. I came to talk to you privately. Shall we go out to the balcony." She said

"Sure," I said

We stepped outside to the balcony. Cadance closed the doors with her magic. But her horn didn't die down but flashed with her aura. The flash of magic went all around us. I stepped forward and touched the air outside, and a magic bubble surrounded us. I looked back over to her as she stepped up to me.

"It will make sure that no pony hears our conversation." Said Cadance

"Why would you worry about that?" I asked

"The reason is that this conversation is more for you than anypony us. So I must first ask, have you done any reading on gestures that mares make." She said

"Sadly no, after getting out of the hospital, I dealt with my training. Then we came here. I was going to look into it while we were here. But I guess I won't be doing that either. So I was going to look into when I got back to the library." I said

"Thank you for being honest, but you won't have to anymore. For I'm going to tell you." Said Cadance

"Why?" I asked

"You may have seen how the mares reacted today when you fought my husband. Not mentioning it was much easier for me, since I am the princess of love, to tell you." She said

"I did notice it, but I can't understand why. I mean, I hardly resemble a stallion of Equestria." I said

"That would be true if my spell didn't come back the way it did." She said

"I don't understand," I said

"I used a love spell on the mares. Now before I go into that, I must know if any mares have nuzzled their muzzles to your face." She said

"Well, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy did it while they visited me in the hospital. Is that kind of like the wing thing with Rainbow, Fluttershy, Celestia, and Luna." I said

"Yes, you see when a mare nuzzles you, it means that they are attracted to you. The wings on pegasi have the same concept. They only poof out and go stiff when they are attracted to somepony." Said Cadance

I froze where I stood. My mind just seemed to stop. They are attracted to me. I shook my head to get myself back to normal.

"But why me, I'm human?" I asked

"That doesn't matter. Interracial dating has been widely accepted in Equestria for years now. So the idea of them falling in love with you is not impossible. The reason though is their own." Said Cadance

"Well, this is interesting," I said

I ran my hands through my hair and pushed up my glasses, which I was happy Twilight placed with a magical spell onto them. Now they wouldn't break. I walked up and leaned on the railing of the balcony. I looked out at the field. Could this be real. Do they love me? But the bigger question is, do I love them. I feel a hand touch my shoulder and look at Cadance. She had a worried look on her face.

"You ok Xavier?" She asked

"Yeah, just a lot to take on all at once," I said

"So now I ask you, what are your feelings towards them." She said

I was silent as I looked out at the area in front of me. Everything was silent, even though the empire was lively. No air passed over me inside the spell. I gave a heavy sigh as I kept looking out at the Empire.

"I'm not sure. I haven't thought much about it. I know that I won't find a human here, so finding a relationship with a pony isn't that far off. But what gets me is the polygamous lifestyle that Equestria has. In my world, you found one girl, and you loved that girl for the rest of your life. Here I can enjoy as many girls as I want, but it just feels so wrong to me. I guess my answer is that I'm not sure what to do." I said

"Xavier, you're overthinking. You may think that because you can form a herd or harem that you're cheating. But it's entirely different. If a male has the heart to love more than one female, he should have a right to do so. With a stallion population much lower than the mare population, it was a way to bring up the stallion population. In the beginning, males just built for nothing but sex. Nowadays, ponies create them out of love. Your world may have been monogamous in relationships, but I can sense something about you. You have a generous, loving heart. If you listen to it, you will find that you can accept forming a herd or harem. It may take you time, but you will see that you can do it." She said

"Thanks, Cadance," I said

"You're welcome Xavier, now one last thing. Don't push them away because of their attraction to you. That's a sign to mares that you don't like them. If you feel, you can't build a herd or harem. Then gently let them all down and pick the one you want to live with the rest of your life. But I recommend that you give your heart some time to tell you what you should do. The heart is a better guide in times like these than your mind is. Now, I must return to my duties as a princess. Please do give this some thought Xavier. Who knows, you might find something about you that you never knew." She said

She turned around and headed for the doors, but I stopped her as I still had one question on my mind.

"Cadance." She looked back at me, "Tell me, how does Twilight feel about me."

She smiled at me, "She is also attracted to you."

She opened the door to the balcony and went back into my room. I watched her as she left through my door. After she had left, I felt the wind pass over my body. I gave another sigh as I went back to the staring out at the empire. I leaned my elbows on the rail. I gave a heavy sigh as I ran my hands through my hair. My mind was going crazy with thoughts after Cadance had told me that some of the mares, I saw as friends, were falling in love with me. I knew it was a nice gesture. The problem is that I hadn't fallen in love with them yet. I gave yet another sigh.

"Xavier."

I stopped when I heard Crystal's voice fill my head. "Crystal, you've been quiet."

"Yes because I have been watching you. That was one amazing fight you had. I was going to congratulate you on the win. But Cadance came in. I know can tell that your mind is not at peace with that talk."

"You got that one right. I just learned that the mares I have been friends with are falling in love with me."

"Is that such a bad thing."

"Well no, some are cute and nice looking. But the problem is that I don't want to hurt any of my friends' feelings. I guess it's more to the idea of this polygamous lifestyle I could have here. It doesn't feel right to me. Plus I'm not sure if I love them yet."

"I see that does seem to be a problem. But Xavier you shouldn't let your mind get too heavy with thoughts about it. Love isn't something that comes from your mind. It originates from the heart. Cadance it right to let your heart tell you what to do. When the time is right, your heart will tell you everything you need to know. You may never know. Perhaps your heart will be big enough for you accept a polygamous relationship.

"Thanks Crystal for coming and calming me down."

"Your welcome Xavier."

I stood there leaning on the balcony. My mind still heavy with thought, now from Cadance and Crystal. I was still uneasy about everything, but they were right that I should let my heart tell me the route I should take. I got up and gave a quick sigh before heading out of my room to find my friends. In time my heart would tell me if I loved them as they love me and if I will ever accept trying a polygamous relationship. In time was the exact answer to my problem.

Author's Notes:

So Xavier and Shining finally got to prove who was the best swordsman is, even though it did kind of end in a fist fight, but who says that a sword fight can't end in a fist fight. But we also got to see that Xavier has some admiring mares. But the only question is that if Xavier will be able to fall in love with them and create a polygamous relationship or will, he chose one and gently let down the others. Time is the answer for this.

I do hope you all enjoy this new chapter. Comment, like, follow, share and tell. Also, I would like to thank you all for 50+ followers. I forget to talk about it, so here it is. I'm so happy. Well, this attractive man has to leave now. To Mars, I go!