The savior
Chapter 26: Chapter 26: The Assassins move
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A cool dry breeze brushed against my skin awaking me, I was dawned in my Assassin's Robes. An all to familiar sight, a sight to which I despised. It has brought nothing only pain... and sorrow.
"Where am I?" But unsurprisingly I heared no response, the sky was clouded and snow gently fell from the sky, all was grey and their was nothing but rocks and a breath taking castle.

"It almost seems familiar, maybe it has something to do with my robes?" I questioned. Before I could take a step my shoulder was struck with an arrow, I looked to see where it came from only to see a bald man wearing heavy armor and a fur pelt. Then hundreds of Templars with weapons at the ready, I was surrounded.
I went to take out the arrow only to find it gone, a sharp ring flooded my ears causing my to grip my head then my vision gone white.
It was only for a few minutes until my vision came back to me, but I was no longer in my body. I stared down a few feet in the air watching myself snap the arrow off my shoulder then another flash of light.
I watch another assassin's eyes as he traveled while writing to his sister, he seemed wise and full of power. I was soon then met with the same castle as before, and once again I was struck in the shoulder. I looked on to see the same man along with his Templar soldiers, I snapped the arrow and dropped my shoulder pad and cape as the pawns rushed me.
I sprinted up a small rock and kicked down a man stabbing him while doing so, another came towards me with a sword raised, I stabbed him in the throat and rolled over him before catching a halberd then jabbed my hidden blade through his chest. I ripped the halberd out of his grip then spun under another attack, I buried the heavy weapon in his gut letting go as I did to catch the sword slash coimg.
I grabbed his arm mid raise and twisted it blocking a soldiers halberd, I kicked him away allowing me to dislocate the mans arm and stab him with his own sword. I spun around and ducked down when the other soldier recovered and I broke his strike then I broke his neck in one swift motion.
As I fought my body grew tired slowly, I began breathing heavily but it was then after slicing a templars throat open I saw a man. Pure white robes, a red cloth belt with metal over it and a four fingered hand with a hidden blade.

I watched as he walked past the Templars like a ghost, I snapped back to reality soon after. A soldier ran towards me sword raised and I barely had time to release my hidden blade to stop it.
But the weight was to much and the blade snapped off the gauntlet and I was pushed down by the shock of the weight. I grew dizzy as I laid prone, but I took notice of all the halberds, swords, bow and arrows, blunt objects and crossbows pointed at me.
I had no choice but to surrender, another flash past by my eyes and I was inside the castle. At the very top is where we stood, three openings had large planks to support a person or two over the side of the mountain.
I ripped myself out of the Templars grips and made all them draw their weapons, the bald man stopped them and they watched me walk onto the platform. I heared an eagle cry out to my right causing me to look and their was the assassin again walking on the same thing Im on.
I soon began to realize that, that was Altaïr in a ghost like illusion. The man looked over and groaned in annoyance, I soon stoped at the edge of the plank and looked down. I closed my eyes and inhaled before I felt my hood get pulled off and bringing up my head with it.
I looked old and tired, I was not in my body but in someone elses. I took another breath as I felt the rough exterior of a noose wrap around my neck, another eagle cry out and passed by just as thr man tightened to noose.
'Now!' I thought and as fast as possible I punched the man in the face and wrapped the rope around his neck then jumped off the plank. I stopped midway and I quickly began ripping the noose off, after a few seconds I got it off my neck and a templar cut the rope around the mans neck letting me fall down and super hero land on some a platform. I rose up and looked up before smirking.
'While your up their, Im down here' I thought to myself chuckling while doing so, I brushed myself off and began walking not before I tossed over my hood hidding my face once more.
"You take after him very much" I spun around releasing the blades only to find a black void and Altaïr. "Welcome back, I have noticed how strong you've become Steel, we are proud of you"
"We?" I asked and my hood was pushed forward and two kids giggledbas they floated past me. I groaned and took my hood off and saw the Gemini brothers, Ryle, and Conner. "Oh, it's been awhile since I've seen y'all"
"Hi Foxy!" A loud sqeaky voice shouted making me jump a little and turn around. It was Lily and Magnus, "Its been forever since you've talked to us, I was thinking you forgotten about us. Magnus started getting lonely" Lily said and the man just groaned.
"Well theres now way I would forget you guys, but why are you two here including you five here. Is something happening that Im not aware of?" I asked, Ryle chuckled and came up to me.
"Stop worrying so much, look we're all here because we saw your dream. The person you were controlling was another Master Assassin his name was Ezio Auditore Da Firenze" Ryle said and suddenly they all turned their heads to their right. "He's here, quicker than I thought"
"Wait... who?" I asked and turned as well, a flash passed my eyes blinding me for a few moments until I saw a man wearing my Assassin Robes on the floor, he groaned before standing up and rubbing his eyes.
"What is going on, where am I?" Ezio said putting his hand down, his voice smooth and his accent carried with his words like silk. He finally looked around and humed. "Is this the afterlife, well from the blood that I've shed this is no surprise" Ezio muttered to himself then caught us in his veiw. "Who are you people? Are you also those sent here in death?"
"No my fellow Assassin, we are in a young man's mind. More specifically we are in his mind" Ryle spoke up, he pointed to me and Ezio gave a confused stare. "Don't worry, we will explain everything for now Im sure you're not fully adjusted to this place so please relax"
"The wicked dont rest, and neither do I. Please enlighten me who this young man is and I will do the same" Ezio said his voice clean, stern, and to the point.
"... Alright, his name is Steel Fox. Your descendent or one of your descendents I might say" Ryle said and turned me around then lifted up my shirt to show the assassin's symbol burned on my back.
"Da Dio, who has done that to you?" Ezio asked.
"Your creed... or rouges from your-our creed. Things were different I assure in the future many things, like Templars disguising themselves as members of our allies" Ryle said and Ezio's face crunch up in disgust. "Much like Steel I to have gone through that pain and to make matters worse we were forced into it because of our unique breed"
"Breed? Are you not human?" Ezio asked and Ryle nodded at this.
"I am as well, but I dont know my other half all I know is that Im a saiyan human. Thats mainly about it for that margin, but anyways now tell us a little bit about yourself" I said and Ezio humed for a while then thought of something.
"As you already know I am an assassin, I come from a ling line of them, I had no initial intent of ever joining until my brothers and my father were hanged by a man we once called friend. From their I found a piece of eden hidden away in Roman Catholic church where said man was residing and eben became pope, after that I began searching. Finding our why I was chosen for this and who else would have to after I pass, then I learned of my ancestor Altaïr behind you." Ezio said. "During my travels I met my wife, Sofia and after finding out all I could from Altaïr and the archive I found. I hid the apple with his and setteled down never to hold a blade again. Until I met a young assassin female, I was terribly injured after one final mission, lucky for me she came out alright and now she travels searching for whats next while I... died waiting for my wife and daughter to finish shopping, it was... peacefull to finally live without worries, but it breaks my heart knowing my family is broken now" Ezio finished and that story cut deep.
"We all have had our fair share of losses... Connor lost his tribe along with his mother by the hand of his templar fathers goons. Altaïr had to witness his own son be murdered by a corrupted brother hood and I was alone for my whole life only finding salvation with steel and his step-parents... Steel on the other hand" Ryle said and everyone but Ezio looked at me with sad eyes. Ezio gazed at me curiously wondering why they all seemed so sad.
"Surely nothing can compare to losing family, what has the boy gone through?" Ezio asked. I shifted my eyes slightly before sighing and rolling up my sleeve to show the numbers branded on my shoulder, just like the Assassin's mark.
"I... had no one, I was born a bastard and was treated like garbage my entire life. I was cut open, snapped in half, had my bones broken everywhere, life on the brink of death after days upon days of tests to see how long I can hold out. I was the 'special' kid that got more attention than anyone, I went insane at a young age but found sanity as I was thrown to my new friends and family in that hell." I said and stared off into the black void my eyes blank. "I've... seen to much, I've killed so many, I've been waiting for death half my life and I've been fighting my whole life just to see the next day all because I was an alien" I growled and my hair rose slightly. "Day after day, night after night... I was beaten profusely, I fought in a bloody war filled with children, teenagers, men, women all just to have them leave us alone and live in peace" I said through gritted teeth and clenched my fists tighly. Little flashes from that horrible time flew past my mind, one after another, it felt like I was back in the war.
My hair slowly flashed its golden color and my eyes flashed its blue lightly, the small sparks of electricity bounced off my body and my wings. Before I could go into a fit of rage, Ryle planted a hand on my shoulder calming me down.
"*Sigh* Sorry... its a touchy subject, all to painfull long story short I'm not a very sunshine and rainbows person. I have had my fair share of fights and witness death, but even so I moved on cursed with those images and my emotion... Lux" I said and Ezio humed.
"You have been through much, I can honestly say worse than I have and anyone else here... how you have no become insane is beyond me, but who is this... Lux?" Ezio asked only for us to hear chuckling echo in the black void.
"Why that my good man... would be me" Lux said appearing above us, his grin was as sadistic as ever, everyone in the place drew their weapons and held them towards Lux. "Whats the matter guys its just lil ol' me, I cant harm you guys I dont have the heart for it... Is the bullshit working?" Lux asked and laughed himself silly.
"That's Lux, my evil self aka... my little brother" I said and felt Lux wrap an arm around me.
"Aw c'mon Steel no need to be jealous just because I met one of our ancestors and scared him" Lux said then looked at Ezio who looked a bit annoyed. "Huh... what crawled up his ass?"
"Show atleast some respect Lux" I said and he laughed.
"Never heared of it, is that a food cause it sounds tasty" Lux joked and chuckled slightly. "Anyways, who's this guy?"
"My name is Ezio Audi-"
"I was yankin your chain man I know who the hell you are" Lux laughed then was met with a sword point at his face by Ryle. "Oooh scary, what does it do I wonder? Oh oh, I know. You want to run it through my head to kill me huh?" Lux said and bit onto the blade. "Here ya go, give it your best shot"
"Alright put the sword down, he aint a harm anymore... well for the most part that is" I jumped in taking out Ryles sword from Lux's mouth.
"I dont know Steel I dont trust this guy, he could become dangerous again" Ryle said and looked at Lux only to find a halo over his head. "Okay its highly possible he will become evil
"What! Lil ol' me? Why I never good sir I have found salvation in the ways of good. And its all thanks to-"
"Foxy?" Lily interrupted causing us to turn to the girl, she pointed to her right and we looked only to see Faust and Stardust themselves. Everyone but Ezio, myself and Lux bowed to the Two goddess entites.
"Who are they?" Ezio asked me.
"They are goddess their names are Faust and Stardust, Queens of equestria" I said and Ezio humed a bit and bowed his head slightly with a fist over his heart. "Faust, Stardust what brings you to my mind?"
"We came because of him" Faust said and pointed to Lux, he was floating and picking his teeth without a care in the world. "We've come to banish him from your mind Steel, he maybe be strong but his is no match for us"
"Are you sure about that?" Lux jumped in and his voice was contorted his eyes glew a faint red and his facial expression grew blank. Yet he still picked his teeth. "I wanna see you try"
With that little comment thrown at Faust and Stardust. Lily, Manus, Ryle, Connor, Altaïr and the Gemini Twins all surrounded him with their weapons. "We do not wish to fight you, but we will if the need arises" Stardust said summoning a blue katana with a pitch black grip and a full moon at the base.
"Bring it, I'll finish this with ease" Lux retorted and turned super saiyan blowing the group back slightly. Stardust glared at the man who only grinned and landed back on the floor, with just a slight flinch of a finger they had launched at eachother disappearing from the untrained eye.
Stardust tried to throw fast thrust at Lux but his used a finger to block them all, noticing that wasn't working she channeled her magic on the sword and went a downwards slash. Seeing this move come to play, Lux quickly twisted his body around the dull part of the blade and focused his Ki in his left fist to deliver a fast and hard blow to Stardusts side.
A small grunt hissed through her teeth and quickly moved back and cluched her side. Lux grinned slighty at his handy work but it soon flatered as he saw the Queen smirk then snap her finger, with wide eyes Lux turned around to see his back and noticed his shirt had a rip and some of her purple magical aura on his skin.
The aura traveled up his body enveloping him fully and began electrifying his body. An agonizing scream ripped through Lux's throat and he was unable to break free of its hold. Stardust chuckled to herself slightly and slowly walked back to the man being electrified, she stood infront of him and raised her sword up ready to cut him down.
"Got ya bitch!" Lux laughed through the electricity, he grabbed the mares face and headbutted her with enough force to make the aura dissipate and rendering Stardust in a daze, he focused his Ki in his fists and sent fast jabs some hitting her face and her chest. After a few good punches she wobbled in her stance giving Lux a wide opening, "Sorry but... I win" Lux said and kicked her back to Fauts almost unconscious and bleeding slightly.
"Are you alright m'lady?!" Ryle asked rushing over to the alicorn mare, he checked her injuries and only found a scratch and a few brusies and a brusied rib. "You seem to be alright, only minor injuries"
"Minor? Ha... I felt like I faced my husband when we met for the first time" Stardust replied and winced as she sat up. She gasped and before she could tell Ryle to move Lux choped him in the neck knocking him out, Lux moved him to the side and kneeled down in front of Stardust.
"Do you see now? Queen Stardust, you cant beat me at this level of strength... if you want me dead, then dont half ass your attacks let them have murderous intent" Lux said and raised a hand to her head, he used his magic to heal her injuries fully and went out of his super saiyan form. "But I didn't want to hurt you to bad since, well Im gonna have your daughter" Lux said and the two queens raised an eye brow to this then looked at me.
"He's not talking about Luna... sorta" I answered. "He means Nightmare Moon"
"WHAT?!" They shouted and he laughed at their shock.
"I don't understand? Nightmare moon, the evil entite inside my Daughter Luna?" Stardust asked Lux and he nodded. "Why my Daughter I gave Steel permission to date her but I will certainly not allow you, why not the others like that griffon Gilda or Trixie? What about our little sister and her twin they're both of age a little small in some areas but she's old enough litteraly" Stardust pointed out getting up while doing so. She got lookes from the other inculding myself wondering why she would set up her sisters with Lux.
"Sister did you really just try and make Lux go after our own sisters!" Faust yelled at the mare who sheepishly nodded. "No sir, if you touch those two I will burn you alive understand me!" She screamed at Lux who was unfazed.
"I kissed your daughter Faust" Lux plainly said and the fire in her eyes was as intense as the sun. "And just so you know stardust, I do want to have nightmare moon and she wants me as well... but I'll take your sisters as well, along with Crystal and maybe The assassin twins" Lux grinned slighty. "We are gonna have the time of our lives"
The Queens blushed slightly at the thought of it but quickly shook them off. I was laughing a bit at their reaction, hopefully they would like Lux down the line but for now I guess this is fine. "Steel?" Ryle called out and I turned my head to him to see bim sitting up and rubbing his head.
"Yeah whats up?" I asked.
"Well I'm just wonder about something, have you found any members for the brother hood in your group?" Ryle asked to which I nodded. "I see, then we have some news for you... in the city of canterlot the Templars have been trading rather frequently but the strange part is, they do it night. Something is off about this and I want you and your group to go find out whats going on, gather info and stop them"
"I see... where will this trade take place?" I asked.
"It's supposed to happen in the second fanciest party in Canterlot, they will be meeting their with someone to assess their trading goods. Hopefully it's not to dangerous, but we cant take any chances are you ready?" Ryle asked and I nodded. This will be my first mission back in the brotherhood, though I guess it's my brotherhood now so it wont be that insufficient to let fake assassins in. I'll tell the guy's and Brigid whats up, I hope whatever they are selling it's nothing more than just weapons... let me hope to god its not people" I said, I heared a slight ding ring in my head and everything was getting hazy. "See y'all next time" I said then everything went dark.
(The real world)
I awoke to being alone in my bed, Twilight was studying in her library and Luna along with Frost headed to canterlot for official royal duties aka court. I rose out of bed and stretch a bit getting joints to pop at this act.
I did my morning duties of brushing my teeth, washing my face and showering. As I got out of the bathroom I had made my way to the closet and grabbed a black shirt with a white cross in the middle, my shoe's and my white hoodie.
"Well on with the day, I need to tell the guys and Brigid about tonight. But for now I guess I should train a little after getting something to eat" I said to myself before continuing my trech through my house. As I neared the living room, I heared hushed voices coming from their but I couldnt make out what they were saying.
I quietly sommoned my assassin gauntlets and pulled my hood over my head, I climbed up the side of my wall and shimmied my way to the. I noticed that it was still dark outside so no one should be here right now, the voices grew louder and soon I could finally hear them.
"So are you sure its here?" A stallion said, I couldnt make out what he looked like but he was tall and a bit large with muscle. I jumped to one of the pillars then a hook that were supposed to have lanterns, I climbed forward till I was ontop of them.
"Shh we have to be quiet, Steel is probably asleep right now we dont need him to wake up. We grab what we need and quickly get out alright" A mare said, it was almost familiar, but I couldnt tell from the whispering.
I watched as the shadowy figures walked all the way to theedge of the stairs, thats when I spread my wings open and silently descended. I took one step and was right behind the stallion and elbowed the back of his head hard causing him to cry out and crash to the floor.
"What the-Aah!" The mare screamed as I grabbed her arm and held my hand close to her kneck. "W-Wait what are you-"
"Shut up! Who are you and what are you doing in my house. Who sent you and I want a straight answer if you dont give me the right answer" I released the blade and the tip touched her kneck slightly. "You die"
"W-Wait... d-dont kill me I-I c-came to retrieve something for my friend!" She said trembling in my hold.
"Who is this friend?" I asked again.
"I-It's T-T-Twilight!" The mare stammered out and I tilted my head to this, I put the blade back and released her. With a loud snap the candels surrounding the stairs lit up and I saw Cinder and a unconscious Spike. "STEEL!!"
"Gods almighty Cinder you could have sent a letter or texted me, I know phones arent common but c'mon!" I yelled at the mare yanking my hood off. She looked terrified and was still shaking in fear, I gave a low sigh before calming down. "That was very dangerous, I could have killed you... and Im sorry for scaring you" I apologized and helped her set spike down near the couch.
"We thought you were asleep so we came in without thinking, Twilight had left a book here containing some of her notes for a spell she was dying to trying out" Cinder said and I knew exactly what she was talking about. I summoned said book in a flash and looked it over to see if it was okay, "Hey uh... Steel do you think you can take that book to her yourself, kinda need to be here when spike wakes up and you know... explain what happened" Cinder asked and I nodded.
I got up from my couch and walked towards my door, with a small wave of goodbye.
(Golden oaks library)
I walked into the tree house and quickly heared the mumblings of an egg head pony. I followed the sound and was brought upstairs and it lead me to Twilights room, I looked to my left and saw that spike had marked my old room as his when I moved out. Luckily I moved all my stuff out before he could find it, I turned my head back to the door next to me and gave a few knocks.
"Mmmmmmmm....." A mumbled hum was all I got, with another knock I was greeted the same way.
"Okay Steel, get ready for Armageddon" I said under my breath then reached for the door knob. With one quiet but quick turn, I opened the door and entered the room. Everywhere I looked it had books, and scrolls, pens, pencils and quills, I then saw the alicorn mare wearing an under shirt, no bra, and short shorts. Her hair was tied up in a ponytail and had glasses on which kinda made her look a bit cute.
"Now if I tried to mix the Transformation spell with the Gene spell I should be able to contort the spells and make a whole new spell all together. But I have to be careful if I use it and mess up I could cause something very dangerous, hell worse case scenario I lose my magic for a few days.... damn, but it takes two ponies to do it and these weird images dont help at all" Twilight mumbled. She had a small brown note book with sticky notes poking out of it with something written on them.
"I should probably see what she needs or what she doesn't need" I said and thought for a second and saw little cups of noodles here and there. I shook my head and snapped my fingers summoning some left over fruit salad I made, I quietly walked over to the mare and when I was just close enough behind her. I slowly moved the salad infront of her making her tilt her head slightly and adjust her glasses, she soon noticed my hand and sighed utterly exhausted with a hint of happiness.
"Hey Steel, when did you get here?" Twilight asked as she closed her book and tossed it to her bed. I Rested my head on her shoulder and booped her nose, "Is that for me?"
"Yes miss Noodles, now eat up" I ordered and sat her down at her desk with said salad. She took a few peices and chomped down on them and humed with delight, "So what are doing anyways Twilight. I just heared you mumble something about a Tranformation and Gene spell mixing?" I asked the mare.
Oh! Sorry, but I was working on a new spell that I found in starswirls journal, it was a very old page that was ripped out and hidden within the cover. I looked over and found this" Twilight said pushing her glasess up more and used her magic to levitate the scrap of paper to my hands.
I looked over the spell and noticed how odd the spell was, the spell had strange name. Nothing I ever seen before. And it just gets stranger and stranger the more I look.
"The name itself is strange I barely figured out how to say it. My best guess was euqinhcet noisuF" Twilight said almost like she spoke in another language, "Strange isn't it?"
"Yeah, but I dont get these images either it looks like some sort of dance like water ballet" I said and gave her back the paper. "Ah yes, that reminds me, I almost killed them on accident, but Spike and Cinder came to get this for you" I said pulling out the book from my pocket.
"Oh thank you-wait what do you mean almost killed them?" Twilight asked.
"Well if you have had a fucked up life such as mine and been to war, fought demons, put through tremendous suffering, pain and hell then you would understand at night Im a bit, how do you say, jumpy" I answered and she gave me a small look. "They're fine Twilight I swear, just a bit of a scare is all. I apologised and everything"
"Well good, next time be a little less stabby and be more talky" Twilight said and opened her book. I rolled my eyes and grabbed her glasses, "Hey I need those!"
"I thought you had fine vision twilight, why were the glasses?" I asked and was tackled by the mare onto the bed. She glared at me with a faint blush and grabbed her glasses, "I gotta admit though, you look more cute with them on"
"S-Shut up, anyways I should be getting back to work" Twilight said but I stoped her by wrapping my arms around her. "Steel... we cant do it now, what if Spike or Cinder walk in?"
"Ok, but let me ease your tension a bit" I said and sat us up, I turned her around and cracked my knuckles.
"Steel what are youuuu-oh my goddess!" Twilight moaned as I massaged her shoulders and I can feel all the tension and knots in them. She became like putty in my hands, with every hard press she gave a low satisfied moan.
"Man Twilight, ever heared of a break before, " I said. "I know you like to study but atleast have yourself a nap once in a while" I pointed out and pressed a bit hard in the middle of her back making her wings pop out. "Oops, sorry"
"Its fine, and yeah I guess I should take a break. I've been up for three days straight trying to figure this spell out... I guess... a small *yawn* nap would help" Twilight muttered before passing out on my chest, I snorted softly and removed the mares glasses then set her gently down on her bed.
"Sleep tight Twilight... how long have you been watching Brigid?" I asked my sister as she took her camouflage spell down. "Let me take a guess, when we were talking about the spell and beyond huh?" I said to which she nodded.
"Yeah and I have to say, this is kinda confusing. I mean look at this, it doesnt even say what to do its all just movements and some old writting thats just one word" Brigid said holding said paper in hand.
It was true, the spell itself would take more than just a mixture of the Gene and Transformation spell. "Something about these movements are simple, yet... difficult" I said and looked it over more, I spread my legs out a bit and moved both arms to my right matching the first part.
I then shifted my left leg over my right making my hips move to the right but my body stay straight, my arms went to my left with balled up fists matching the second part. And finally I stretched out my body bending my right leg and leaving my left leg out stretched, my arms shifted to the right letting my right arm bend slightly and my left one going over my head with both pointer fingers out.
"Steel.. what did I just witness?" Brigid asked trying to hold in her laughter. "It looked like you did some weird water ballet" She said letting out a giggle. I rolled my eyes and fixed myself and thought for a minute.
"Hey... did you notice how strange that all fit altogether when I did those movements?" I asked making Brigid stop giggling and hum.
"Well now that you mention it... yes, it look like it was some sort of technique but from the looks of this it needs two people" She said looking at the paper to see another image doing the same thing except flipped. "Its like the two people are like a reflection in a mirror, copying the movements simultaneously and the end just shows them with their fingers touching"
"Hmm, I think I know someone who might be able to help us" I said and grabbed the spell from her hands. "Meet me back at my house with the others before sundown got it?" I said, she nodded and I quickly teleported to canterlot.
(Canterlot castle, throne room)
The court room was full of nobles trying to get petty requests from the Royals. Each one had a line that lead to the back of the door and beyond, the look of boredom was on their faces as they said no to a request to get rid of an orphanage because they dont belong. The royals didnt take that so lightly and sent him off with one warning never to ask such a thing again or else. You dont want to find out about the 'or else'.
"Sister, I grow bored of court as are the others" Luna said with a tired look. Celestia had to agree, she wanted to end court early just to be with Brigid but her duty calls and that goes for all royals.
"Its just a few more hours Luna, we can make it... though I wish something would- I dont know come crashing through our doors" Celestia dramatically said and sighed.
"Agreed" Frost said.
"Steel! You cant barge in their the royals are-" a soldier said and a the doors besides the thrones were opened and I walked in with cinders partner Spearhead. "Steel c'mon man you gotta wait for them to finish" he said turning me to him
"Sorry spear I just gotta ask a question or two from them. Ill be quick" I said turning around and all these nobles just stared at me.
"Why is a monkey in the castle, someone call the guards"
"Dont let it touch you, he might have a disease"
"This vile creature is disgusting!" The nobles cried out and all gate glares from the royals, especially from Luna and Frost.
"Calm down Luna, Frost. Its ok I can handle this, watch" I said and cleared my throat. "So, I want to know one thing and one thing only" I started powering up and gave a low growle, wind kicked up and knocked some of the nobles on their butts and backs. My hair rose up and my eyes turned blue, I gave a powerfull cry and the sheer force from it blew them all away and left me with a small creator in the ground.
My arms at my side, hands balled up and a relaxed slant of my shoulder was shown. My golden spikey hair and a terrifying evil grin with my glaring eyes dug into their souls, and topping the sundae was my super saiyan aura. "Who wants to die?" I asked and immediately they all ran out screaming, a couple of guard outside were spooked by this and ran inside to see what was wrong. The Royal Family held in their laughter when they saw the nobles rush out. "Guess they thought I was easy pickings" I added and went back to normal.
"Steel, what brings you here is something on your mind?" Celestia asked, I nodded and brought out the paper from my pocket. "What is that, looks like some old parchment"
"It is and Twilight found it in starswirls journal through a small tear" I said and walked over to her. "She could only get the name but even that has a mystery itself" I continued and showed her the paper. Celestia might have been old and wise but even she couldn't understand what this meant, she never seen anything close this.
"Are you sure starswirl made this spell, because it doesnt look like it involves magic" Celestia said and handed me the paper. "Could you show us what those poses look like perhaps?" She asked and I nodded.
I went back a few feet and like before I did the same poses like in the library, the other princess's giggled quietly while Celestia observed until I was done. "This is quite a doozy, it looked like you were doing some kind of incomplete dance like how it takes two to tango kinda deal" Celestia said and went into deep thought. "What was the name of it Steel?" She asked.
"euqinhcet noisuF" I answered.
"You were right, the name is also another problem left unans-"
"Actually Princess, I know that name and its called 'The Fusion Technique', very old and very powerfull" A low voice ran behind me, it was Bellator but he seemed small and more... humanish.
"Bellator? How are you human?!" I asked in shock, he gave a slight chuckle seeing my expression.
"Its just a small spell I created awhile back, I made it just for my daughter because she wouldnt be used to seeing other Frost mights as giant human like wolfs, so I just quickly made a spell and I hid the wolf gene enough to make me human" Bellator explained then walked over and took the paper out of my hands. "Hmm, ah yes I remember now!" He said as his eyes lit up.
"Well what can you tell us about it?" I asked him.
"Their was an old story long before faust and stardust became rulers I believe that a mere mortal was fighting a fierce battle with a powerfull and evil being threatening to destroy his world" He said. "He was the only man alive brave enough to face the being one on one, but bravery doesnt give you strength... on the brink of death, his body beaten and drenched with blood he cried out to the gods for help.... and only one came. The god had enough of the evil man and decided to help, he gave the brave warrior his power to use for a special technique that will help him win his fight" He said then looked at the paper. "What he taught him was the fusion technique, two people of equal power must do a certian set of movements that will allow the two to become one. This story is called the fusion of the mortal god, for his power became the most powerfull in the universe, with the will of man and the strength of god nothing stoped him and he defeated the evil being with one blow"
The room itself was full of shock and awe, one technique couldn't have existed. And yet here it was right infront of us, I began to wonder what will happen if I were to fuse with someone.
"To conclude this story, the man and the god soon split appart and the god asked him if he wanted to become a god so that he can protect others without a second thought, unimaginable strength, skill, speed, knowledge and techniques. The man quickly agreed because he ever only wanted to help others no matter what. But it came at a price, the god will be his fusion partner forever and it was forbidden... but he knew the cost because just like the man, the god wanted to help others no matter what" Bellator finished and handed the paper back to me.
"I see, maybe this will come in handy one day if a tough enemy comes and I wont be able to beat him alone I can fuse with someone... only question is who?" I asked.
"Hey maybe you can fuse with Brigid!" Celestia sakd excitedly but I shook my head at the thought.
"It cant be done, me and her have to have the same power levels. Im sorry to say but she's a bit weaker than me, it'll take tons of training to get her on par with me" I said and celestia got a little sad. "Hey I didnt say it was impossible surely she could catch up and when she does I'll fuse with her"
"Oh! I know, what about Logan!" Crystal threw out, she had a point Father is a strong as I am and since we have the same power we could blow away any enemy that trys to defeat us.
"I think you're on to something Crystal, Father is as strong as me and I believe if we trained enough we could pull it off. But it will be a last resort ok" I said and they nodded. "Bellator, could you teach me and my father how to fuse?"
"It'll be a long process, but its not impossible... to be honest I dont know what your name would be after you fuse" Bellator said scratching his chin. "Maybe... Stelan or losteel, the second one would fit fine I suppose"
"Um, why do I need a name for this?" I asked slightly confused about the name changing.
"Well what would we call you two?" He asked. "You both will be one person so we have to make a name that has both your names together"
"Well I think we should hold off on names for awhile, we still have to make sure we can actually pull this off first. And we need his permission to see if he even wants to fuse with me" I stated to which Bellator agreed, I looked out the window then at my phone to check the time and it was half past four. "I've been here for awhile, I should head back and check on the others" I said putting my phone back, before I was about to teleport away I grabbed from behind by a few set of arms and dragged to the throne.
"Look... Steel, we understand that your busy but.... do you think you can stay with us for court just this once, its so boring rejecting the nobles one after another for petty things and out right ridiculous demands" Luna asked and I became a little uneasy. Never thought I'd sit on the throne in my life, and I cant really handle these nobles without trying to kill them. "Please?" Luna begged as did the others and tried to use puppy dog eyes on me.
"I've seen cuter, but if y'all really want me to stay then fine... but I dont have a throne so where would I-" before I could finish I was picked up by celestias magic and Luna summond a onyx black throne with my cutie mark at the top like the others and placed right in the middle.
I was almost thrown onto the dang thing but I was stopped by crystals magic from falling over. I blinked a few times as I was sitting on my own throne made specifically for me, that was a tad bigger than celestias and luna's, smack dab in the middle.
"Oh" was all I could say, I looked around a bit and soon got comfortable enough to relax in my throne. "This is quite, strange to say the least"
"Now court shall commence once again, though I think Steel should turn super saiyan to make him look dominate so they sont get any funny ideas or speak badly about him" Frost said.
"Frost Im not gonna do that, Ill look like a jerk. I'll just stay in my normal form and just sit quietly until I hear a stupid request and just turn it on then off, sound good?" I asked, the girl pouted but nodded. "Alright... bring them in"
(Hours later, midnight canterlot city)
I sat atop a building wearing my robes and disguise ring waiting for my tem to get into position. As I did I thought about today and how I sat in court with the other royals, I felt a little out of place. Especially when the people came in, they all gave me dirty looks save for the ones that needed real help those brave souls walked up to me and asked for my help.
I would give a warm smile to the ones asking for help and help them I did no matter how small or big. It was from curing their ill family members, rescuing pets, finding lost ponies, giving wisdom to the ones who need it and something I enjoyed was just talking to the elders.
Gave me a warm vibe when I talked to them, almost like we had known eachother for years. But putting that aside, I have to focus on the task at hand and thats the giant party going on across town.
"Steel me, jack and spike are in postion" Brigid said through a walkie talkie I snagged on my last visit to earth.
"Same here me, edge, coal, and strings are in postion" Mint added, I stood up and jumped down from the building a few blocks from the party.
"Alright, once Im inside I'll try to spot as many templars as I can, I'll send you all a small vision once done. During your time assassinating them I will search for the cargo and either destroy it or take it understood?" I ordered.
"Got it and steel be careful alright Luna will kill me if she found out you got hurt" Brigid said and I smirked a little.
"Dont worry, she likes tending them" I lied, and turned off my radio before making my way towards the party. From what Ryle said, the templars gather here to trade their goods from one place to another sometimes slaves to break their minds and join them forcefully.
As i walked infront of the entrance I saw a long line heading litteraly behind the gate surrounding the small castle like mansion. They each had a silver ticket with bigs words sayin invite, I had to think of something quick so I can get in undetected.
I can try to bribe the Guard upfront and get in through that way, steal a ticket, or sneak inside by climbing up the building and through a window. I didnt bring my money and I dont really like crooked guard so that was out the question, dont wamma hurt anybody other than templars either. "*sigh* Guess we're doin it the hard way, now lets see" I mumbled lightly and looked around.
The gate was was tall well over my height and it had spikes on the tips. Im not sure if I'll be able to climbs those without getting a getting from doint it, I continued to look around the building and spotted something between the bushes. It looked like the bars in the back were a bit old and untaken care of so it was rusty and fragile. "Bingo" I said and ripped two bars out then squeezed passed.
I immediately started scaling the building and I gotta say, it wasnt easy. The building was tall yes, but sime of the bricks were loose and slippery to grab onto. Though it was hard, I made it a good height up and soon spotted a windos to climb in.
I shuffled my way towards it and quickly hopped in before anyone saw me. It was quiet, the sounds of the party were muffled but still loud enough to hear, I made a small flame in my hand so I could see where I was going. I took notice of all the bits and clothing up here all of it was pretty old like old fashion 50s, but it looked brand new ina plastic bag over it.
I soon spotted a suite that consists of a black tailcoat worn over a white starched shirt, marcella waistcoat and the eponymous white bow tie worn around a detachable collar. High-waisted blacktrousers and patent leather shoes complete the outfit, and a top hat.
"Well then, lets get fancy"
(Few minutes later, downstairs)
I walked passed the crowds of ponies all as fancy as the others. I had put the suit on and blended in with the crowd, as I walked I used my eagle vision to spot out the Templars and boy their was alot. It was difficult for the others to kill them off, fortunately the others were to ditracted by the party to care so they were dealt with ease.
"Now then, where would I be able to find the trade... better check the back" I muttered and began going for the back doors. But I was stopped by a couple of ponies then suddenly I got a faint chill up my spine, I slowly turned around and viewed the crowd with my eagle vision.
"Oh... my... god" I said, they were all red. Each and everyone of them and they all stared at one person.... me. 'How did I get spotted so easily?!'.
The music was cut off and we were left in silence, it was then that I realized. This whole thing was a trap, their was no trading, no selling others for profit they planned for this and pretended to sell random ponies but it was their own.
"It's rude to crash a party you werent invited to assassin" A man called out and I turned to see a man dressed in the fanciest suit I've ever seen it was gold and black with diamonds on the shoulder and tie. He was a red earth pony stallion with a monocle over his left eye, a black and silver cane, and a grey colored tail and mane. "Im suprised you fell for something like this, at first we did have trading good, but they were of no use to us so we tossed them away. Thats when we noticed someone spying on us, we devised this whole thing just for you... are you proud assassin?" He asked.
"Not really, but I have one question" I said. "What kinda goods did you get since, you know, I'll be dead in a few seconds" I asked and he was gullible enough to answer.
"Might as well... it was something called guns, they started popping up and those dainty little things can barely peirce through armor, but we decided to keep atleast some for us then chucked the rest for scrap metal. We practiced for three weeks with these weapons and I have to say, its not as hard as it looks" The stallion said pulling out a familiar weapon.
It was a black m1911, how it came into this world is beyond me but I dont think I can focus on that right now. They soon all pulled out their guns some were glocjs and some were the marksman pistol, I chuckled and turned on my radio.
"Thanks for the info, now any last words?" I asked pulling our my phone. They looked at eachother confused. "Well, Im waiting" I said pulling out my sword, they all cocked their weapons and I grinned. "Maybe I should try the spell here" I thought to myself and charged my magic in one hand then threw it in the air, the ball of magic crackled in the air and they all waited for something to happen. And it did.
Lighting struck half the templars in the party and once the ball went away, the electrocuted ones looks at themselves then at the other half and I smell the blood lust take over them. It was quiet at first then in a matter of second, I looked at my phone again and hit start.
Thats When All Hell Broke Loose.
As the song barely started everything was slow, as if the world was going at a few miles per hour. The hypnotized templars pulled out their guns to their own and let the bullets fly hitting a few, I watched as the bullets flew towards the other templars. Their 'Brothers and Sisters' Returned fire flipping over tables and using anything and anyone as a sheild from the bullets.
Some of the hypnotized ones charged forward and started fighting them, punches to make even the strongest man cringe and full intent of killing eachother. It was turning into a blood bath, Thats when the music picked up and I shot into gear.
I ran towards the fighting and joined in, I grabbed one of the templars and broke his kneck then tossed him towards two hypnotized templars. I was punched in the side hard by a Hypno-Templar who received one even hard, as he fell back I took his pistol and shot one running towards me then elbowed another breaking his face.
I heared three shot behind me so I grabbed the man and spun him around making hom take the shots. I ran forward with the dead body and shot one on my left, then to my right right in the head and twice in the middle. One after another they kept coming, I was then tackled to the ground with the woman trying to beat me to a bloody paste.
I held my guard up until another man came up from behind and stabbed her in the back. I kicked her off and punched the guy in the throat behind her. I ripped the knife out of her back and swung it across said stallions neck and ripped his gun from his pocket letting off more shots to the ones behind me.
I continued forward as fast as I could jumping over tabled and people, each one getting shot in the head. I was then shot in my should and kicked to the ground by a half beaten man, he went to finish me off but I spun kicked him on the floor and stompped his neck killing him. That victory was short lived when I was stabbed in my arm by a mare, I grabbed her threw her out the window then ripping out the knife and charging towards more people.
I ran up to one stallion and shoved the knife up the bottom of his mouth then shot him dead in the face, I then tore the knife from the side of his face cutting the griffion he was fighting before across the face then dug it into the mans chest before snapping his neck.
I was jumped by two drakes and a griffion causing me to fall to the floor. They began to beat on me until I transformed and blew them off of me, I gave a loud and rage fuelled scream.
"BY THE GODS I'LL KILL YOU ALL, YOU WILL NOT SEE THE END OF THIS DAY!"
(Pov, Brigid a few minutes before)
Me, Jack and spike were sitting on a hill far from the giant mansion wating for Steel to pick up. We just talked for awhile and took turns looking at the place, we had already killed the templars coming towards the party to pick up whatever they came to get, even took their weapons from them along with food.
For some odd reason they had guns from my world, I dont understand where they got it, but now we know and now we have them. "*Sigh* What is taking that man so long?!" Jack groaned.
"Give it time Jack, Im sure Steel is coming out with cargo. Hell maybe he didnt even get hurt like I told him too" I said, I had meant what I said. Luna and the others think were out for a few days to go train, apparently Luna asked me not have steel get hurt even though it we said we were going to 'Spar'.
I told her no promises and she glared at me, I couldn't care less if Steel got hurt just not fatally. But luna wants him without a scratch, but whatever for now we wait for my brother.
"I alright Im gonna call in" Spike said grabbing the radio and turning it on. I smacked it out of his hands and smacked him. "Ow what the hell Brigid"
"You call him, and he gets killed understand. Just sit and wait. Got it" I growled andhe nodded his faster than he ever could before. After another few minutes had passed we decided to take turns dozing off, first it was Jack, then Spike and me. Now it Jacks turn again and I kept watch while spike sat by the radio. "Damn this is borning, nothing to do but wait for my brother" I said and sighed.
Though as soon as I finished that sigh, the radio crackled on and I snapped my head to it. Spike looked at me then to the radio, he turned up the volume and we listined.
" "Thanks for the info, now any last words?" Steel said and there was the sounds of multiple guns cocking. Jack woke up and listined in with a daze, after a few seconds we heared the sound of electricity then nothing.
Until we heared a familiar song tbat only me and Steel know, It was Freebird. We listined in on it then as soon as the music picked up it sounded like all hell broke loose with screaming and the gun fire going on.
It then sounded like Steel had joined in as well, as this went on we heared something get tossed out of the window from the mansion. We turned to see a dead Templar mare, we hurried over and peeked inside.
"Oh my god" Jack muttered as he saw Steel firing his gun in three directions in a matter of seconds then slid under a table being thrown chucking the gun at a griffion and slit the throats of two dragonesses. He picked up another gun and fired off more shots, the place was a bloody Massacre, one after another Steel took every single one of them on.
As Steel killed another man I saw something black on his hand, more specifically his fingertips. It left a streak behind as he swung his fists and it started to grow.
"Uh, Brigid should we... help Steel?" Spike asked and we ducked dodging a dead Templar with a Knife in his head and gunshot to his heart.
"To answer your question spike. No. No I dont think we should help him" I said as we watched more. I kept my eye on Steels hand, as the fight went on the chaos lowered and a total of Five Templars remained all beaten and drenched in sweat, tears and blood.
We looked at Steel who was tired, beaten, covered in blood, stab wounds, a bullet wound on his shoulder and arm, and finally a bloody nose. We all cringed at how painfull all of that had felt.
"Damn and I thought Twilight loosing a book was a monster, he looks like he's been in Tartarus and came back with head of the Demon king" Jack said in awe. The song had ended and all that was left was the panting breaths of the few who remained.
(Third pov)
"So Assassin. Argh! You think you've won just by killing off this part, making us fight eachother and coming out like a pile of shit. Well bad new boy, we Still have some juuce in us while you are out." The middle stallion said and snapped his fingers causing the remaing five pull out guns and take aim at Steel.
"Quit with the bullshit would ya" Steel said spitting some blood out his mouth and wiped whatever was on his lip away, he was dog tired at this point and felt like passing out. Tired and wounded yes, but Steel has had far worse than these minor injuries.
He stood up straight causing his height to climb up an inch or two, he took off his disguise ring along with his hood showing them who he was. He gave the Templars the hardest and coldest glare he can ever make, this caused the remaning few to tremble slightly.
"So..." Steel started his head down, he removed the top of his robes showing his bare chest and all the injuries he's gained. He had a look of nothing in his eye, once he was staring right at them he transformed into his Super Saiyan form. "Take your best shot" he said and got in a stance holding his hands together.
The Templars took aim at the man and got ready to pull the trigger, but they were soon blinded a bright yellow flash and when it faded Steel and the Templars were in a protection feild cutting off anything that wasnt inside the bubble.
"Wha... What is this?!" They cried out and snapped their attention to Steel.
"Ill be sure to visit your graves... GOD PIERCING LIGHT!!!" Steel shouted and sent the blast towards the group of men. They all screamed in agony as the blast hit them dead on, a loud boom shook the ground and broke the barrier kicking dust up doing so.
(Pov Steel)
I panted heavily as I stood with my hands out, my body was tired and beaten badly. I dropped my arms to my sides and fell to my knees, I had reverted back to my normal form and almost fell over due to my exhausted state.
"There... its done" I weezed out, after a few minutes I stood back up and pulled back out my disguise ring, slipping it on I grabbed my robe top and painfully put it on flipping the hood up with it.
"Steel!" I turned to see my team running over.
"Hey guy's where were yall... missed all the fun" I said chuckling.
"By Celestias fat ass ya look like hell" Greenie commented getting a painful laugh from me. I told them I was fine and I had much worse than this, I had asmed if they checked the supplies in the back but they havent checked yet.
"Alright, stay on your guard I may have killed the majority of them. But that doesnt mean their arent any left" I said as we walked towards the back room, I kneeled down grabbing the glock on the floor and checked the clip.
Seeing it still full I cocked it and grabbed the handle of the door, I looked over my shoulder and nodded. My team took out their weapons and I swung the door open running in first pointing the gun forward with the others following suit.
"By the gods..." I started and lowered my gun seeing all the different kinds of species in this room. They were alive, nearly starved and dirty they all shook in fear as we looked at them.
"What kind of savages does this to people?" Coal asked, we heared someone fall to the ground causing our necks to snap towards the noise. We saw a female Griffin holding a small filly in her arms, I began to walk over to the Griffin slowly but she quickly began to scurry away holding the filly even closer.
"Its ok... Im not going to hurt you, and neither are my friends. The Templars are dead, you're safe now" I said stopping, we heared the whispers of the other prisoners and they all stood up. "Please, let us help you get you somewhere safe, with food, water, clothes a place to take care of your young" I said holding out my hand to the griffin.
She stared at me for what felt like days until she slowly, but surely, reaches out and grasps my hand. I helped her up and was immediately embrassed by the woman, she cried on my chest and kept thanking me over and over again.
We escorted everyone out of the hell they had to call home, we began our walk through the empty streets of canterlot until we made it to the castle gates. Two night guards were sitting down playing cards, I took this chance to disappear from the other and quickly switch back to my original form and change clothes.
I walked out to the front gates were I saw the freed prisoners being held back by the night guards.
"Get back, what business do you have here?!" The mare on the right asked, thats when I stepped in.
"Thats enough for now Lilly, stand down" I ordered getting the two to jump.
"Sir Steel, we are sorry if we awoken you. These people came from nowhere and say they were brought here by their hero's" Lilly said and I humed, I looked over them to make the two guards buy the shtick.
"Please, Mr. Steel sir we have no where to go. We have children who are hungry and sick, so please!" The griffin from before begged and got on her knees. "Help us" she cried.
"Let them in" I said pushing the gates open, they all gave me a look of shock. "Come, you are all welcome to join me for dinner" I said and the prisoners all got teary eyed. I was then brought into another embrace by the same griffiness, I chuckled and showed them all inside.
(Later, canterlot hall ways, Lunas tower)
I havent seen that many smiling faces in years, it gave off that warmth I felt speaking with the elders and helping those other ponies from court. I gave them each a room to sleep in and headed off to hear an ear full from my Moon princess.
As I stood infront of the door the night guards looked at me with a small giggle escaping their mouths. "How are you today sir?"
"Im feel amazing today Pepper, how about yourself?" I asked.
"Oh Im just fine sir, we heared from Lilly you let in people whole looked like they were in Tartarus inside" Pepper said and I nodded.
"Geez if Princess Luna wasnt dating you I would have jumped you by now" Lula said giving me a wink and small lick of her lips. "But, I cant defy the princess so I'll let her handle it... for now"
"Sure Lula, is she still awake?" I asked receiving a nodded. I pushed against the door and closed it as I walked in. "Lulu Im-"
"Steel... we need to talk about this... problem" Luna said wearing only her pink panties and blue pajama shirt. She sat on her bed with her legs crossed and a stern look on her face.
"Pink tonight huh never thought you'd like pink" I said chuckling as I watched the mare turn the same shade as her underwear.
"Thats not the problem Steel... *sigh* look, I know what you did and I love that you helped those people but who gave you permission to disregard mine or my sisters consent" Luna said, I gave a low sigh. "And... werent you with brigid and your friends away for a couple of days?"
"Ya see, thats how we found them... Luna I couldnt just leave them their, they were dieing. You have to understand that authority cant overrule whats right" I said.
"But what are we going to doafter tonight?! Huh have you thought of that!" Luna argued back.
"They have their talents Luna, they can find jobs they just need to have shelter. Hell they can even work here cleaning around the castle or cooking" I stated.
"Steel... I love you, but you cant go around offering the rooms and a meal to people we dont even know" Luna countered, she stood up and walked over to me. "You have to understand... we cant help everyone"
"No... but I'll give it my best shot, I've seen to much death in my life luna and I didnt wantto see those poor people starve to death. They have children Luna I couldnt ignore that... Im sorry that I didnt tell you but I knew you would have said no" I finished and walked over to her bed sitting down.
"Steel Im... Im sorry, I shouldnt have said any of that. Of course I would help my subjects, Im sorry" Luna said coming to me and sitting down.
"Yeah... Im sorry too, next time I'll come ask... forgive?" I asked and she hugged me.
"Yeah"
"Also... Im kinda in pain from those sparing lessons mind help me" I asked taking off my shirt and Lunas eye twitched.
"BRIGID!!!!"
Next Chapter: Chapter 27: The Tree of What? Estimated time remaining: 4 Hours, 19 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
Yeah this took a long, long time but its done. After all the tests and the laziness and the studying its done
Dont worry I will be working on this during the summer and Arctic flower so I hope you guys enjoyed and I see yall later
Stay frosty
