Twilight Sparkle's House

When morning came, sunlight came through the tree house's window and onto the sleeping face of Twilight who woke up from her slumber. She was irritated because she woke up from her dream where she was enjoying some private time with her coltfriend which made her blush furiously. It's has been a few days since Asura liberated the deer kingdom from it's tyrant King. Since Asura is living here in Ponyville, the relationship between Equestria and the deer kingdom have improved greatly as they look up to their savior and future King.

She stretched her limbs and got ready for another morning. When she came down, she saw her adoptive little brother Spike making breakfast. She smiled and said, "Good morning Spike."

Spike looked back with a sad face and said, "Morning Twilight. Take a seat. Breakfast will be ready soon." With that, he returned to making breakfast.

Twilight was taken back by his sadness which she might know something about. She took a seat and waited. When breakfast was ready, they began to eat quietly. She looked at Spike and saw that he was not eating his food, but simply stirred it with his fork. She then asked him, "Spike. Is everything okay?"

Spike shook his head and said, "Everything is fine Twilight."

Twilight frowned and asked, "Come on Spike. I'm your big sister. You can tell me anything you want."

Spike looked at his sister, then at his food. He stayed silent for a while, then sign. He said, "Okay Twilight. Everything is not okay."

Twilight asked, "What's not okay, Spike?"

Spike got angry and said, "Its Asura! He took away Rarity from me and you know that I love her when I first saw her."

Twilight was appalled at what she heard. She said, "Spike! Don't say things like that. Did you forget that he not only saved everyone's life, but yours as well when I didn't have enough magic to save your life."

Spike said, "I am grateful that he has saved all our lives and even mine. But that does not give him the right to take the one I love away from me. She's mine!"

Twilight gasped and said angrily, "Spike! How dare you say that. Don't treat Rarity like she is some kind of property that belongs to you!"

Spike said angrily, "But she is supposed to be mine. I worked hard for her every day and showed her how much I love her."

Twilight said, "Spike. Even if you do all those things, it does not mean that she will love you. She is a grown mare and she can love whoever she wants to."

Spike then shouted, "Then why not me! I was with her for a long time but why can't she love me then! And Asura who came here less than a week ago and she fall for him just like that!"

Twilight was silent for a few moments. She then spoke quietly, "Do you know what happened when me and my friends went to Canterlot when the princesses summoned us?"

Spike said, "What happened? Just your usual solving some problems or having tea with the princesses?"

Twilight sadly said, "No spike. That didn't happen this time, but I wish it was. This time the kings from the other kingdoms forced the princess to hand us the bearer of Elements of Harmony over to them or there would be war. The princess could not do anything and we were taken away as prizes for a tournament where our lives were in the hands of the winner."

Spike was stunned to hear that and said, "Then why didn't you tell someone about this or me. I could have done something."

Twilight quietly said, "What could you have done?"

Spike asked, "What?"

Twilight yelled, "What could you have done if I told you about our situation Spike! You would have entered the tournament and be killed by the fighters there!"

Spike shouted, "You don't know that! I am a dragon! I could have a chance to win the fight and save all of you!"

Twilight angrily said, "Oh really? You think that just because you're a dragon, you can win the tournament when you could not even win against the monsters?"

Spike was taken back by that, but said in his defense, "They took me by surprise! I would have been prepared in the tournament and expect any surprise from the fighters!"

Twilight shook her head and said, "Don't underestimate the fighters Spike. These fighters were well trained that could have won against the monsters. There was also a 50 foot dragon participating in the fight. What would you have done against him?"

Spike was beginning to lose this argument and asked, "Then how did you all get pass this. Who won the tournament and saved you all?"

Twilight smiled and said, "It was Asura. He heard our pleas and came directly to the griffin kingdom and participated in the tournament where he killed all of the fighters. He even defeated that dragon with ease. The griffin king was not happy with that and tried to stop Asura by releasing a dangerous Crystal Scorpion but he just squashed it and dealt with the king."

Spike was now astonished at what he heard. There was truth in what she said about him dying in the tournament if he joined it. Even if he won against the other fighters, he could not win against the giant dragon. Then there was the Crystal Scorpion that posses very lethal poison. He could not have won this tournament at all.

Twilight continues, "Do you understand what I am trying to say Spike? This was out darkest situation with no way out. We would have become property to some fighter that would have his way with us if it was not for Asura. He not only came to our rescue, but saved Equestria from future wars by threatening the other kings that he would destroy their city if they ever did something like that."

Spike was shocked at what she said about saving Equestria from wars. He could have never done anything like that because the other kingdoms are aggressive against Equestria.

Twilight also said, "This was just one of the things he did. Did you know that there was an entire kingdom ruled by a tyrant who enslaved every female, take their rights away and have the males violated them. He found about the kingdom's situation from two does who he rescued from a slave camp. He immediately went to the deer kingdom and killed the king and freed the females from their tormentors."

Spike's head kept getting lower as Twilight told him about Asura's amazing feat. He felt like he was hit by a meteor by what Twilight said next.

Twilight said, "Just imagine if Asura didn't arrive in our world. The monsters would have enslaved us. If by some chance we got out of that situation, then we would have become property to the winner of the tournament. And if the winner would have been from the deer kingdom, then we would not only would have become slaves to the males, we would have been violated as well."

Spike stayed silent as he now begins to understand the gravity of Asura's presence in this world. If he did not arrive here, then every bad thing that Twilight has said would have definitely happened. He could have done nothing to change that situation. He would have seen his friends being forcefully taken away and watch bad things happen to them and he could do nothing to save them. Asura has literally saved them and Equestria from their dark future.

Spike then quietly said, "I understand Twilight. Asura is an important person to have in this world. Even if it means Rarity falling for him."

Twilight face softens and got up from her seat and walked towards Spike. She hugged him and said, "Spike. Please understand that if Rarity really loved you then she would not leave you for Asura. Maybe that is a good thing. You can now find some other ponies to love."

Spike hugged her and cried a bit. After a few minutes of hugging, they ate their breakfast and continued with their day. After a while, they left the library to go to the market to buy some supplies.

Market Place

Asura was spending some time with Applejack and Apple Bloom at the market place with them as they sold their apples to the ponies. He then saw their next customer who was Twilight and Spike. He greeted them, "Hello Twilight. Hello Spike. How are you doing this morning?"

Twilight kissed him and said, "We're doing just fine. We came to the market to buy some food and supplies that have been running out. What are you doing here?"

Asura said, "Just spending some time with my lovers and also, I wanted to see this place and how the money system work." He then looks at Spike and said, "Hey Spike. How are you feeling?"

Spike sadly said, "I'm fine Asura" and turned his face away with a frown.

Asura became confused at his sad attitude until Twilight whispered into his ears about what happened this morning. Asura's eyes widen at the revelation and looked at Spike with sympathy. He knows what it feels to have someone who you love to have no interest to you. How will he be able to help Spike with this ..... Oh yeah! There is a solution.

Asura smiled to Twilight and said, "Twilight. Would you please spend some time with Applejack while I talk to Spike in private?"

Twilight said, "What kind of talk are you talking about?"

Asura smiled, "Oh. Just guy stuff and all that will lift his mood." With that, he took Spike behind a building where they were out of anyone's sight.

Asura then took a breath and said, "Hey Spike. What's making you sad?"

Spike averted his eyes from him and said, "Nothing. I am just fine. That's all."

Asura frowned and said, "Is this about Rarity loving me?"

Spike went stiff for a few seconds, then his body relaxed a bit and said, "N-No no. This i-is n-not ... she l-loves ..... you ... me .."

Asura sigh and said, "Spike. You do know that your relationship would have never worked out with her right?"

Spike looked at him angrily and said, "And what do you know about relationship! I have been spending time with her ever since I came here to Ponyville. I have worked for her, cleaned for her and dug up gems for her. Heck, I even made myself a pin cushion for her!"

Asura said, "Spike. It's because of the age difference between you and her. She is 17 and you are 12. Look at from her point of view."

Spike said, "What's that got to do with love! I love her with all my heart and would do anything for her! Why can't we be together. "

Asura then looked at the sky and said, "There is a saying in my world about the one's you love. If you love somebody, let them go. If they return back to you, then they were always yours. If they don't return, then they were never yours."

Spike listened to his words, but shoved them aside and said, "I don't care! I want to be with Rarity. I don't care how young I am."

Asura then asked, "Okay. Then let me ask you a question. What if you were 18 years old and a 12 year old filly wanted to be your lover. What would you do?"

Spike was taken back with this kind of question. To have a filly as a lover when you are an adult sounds just wrong. He said, "I would .... but .... that .... with .... her ..." but gave up. He then said, "I see your point Asura. With me being young, I could never be with her. My only love ..... and I can't be with her." He sat down and started to cry.

Asura quickly sat beside him and hugged him with one arm and said, "Hey hey hey. Don't think like that Spike. So what if you could not be with her. It does not mean that you will be alone for the rest of your life. Heck, I even think this is a good thing for you."

Spike said while crying, "What could be better than not being able to be with my love?"

Asura smile, "Spike. You have been focusing your entire attention on Rarity so much that you have failed to see other ponies around you who may have a crush on you."

Spike asked, "Who could be there to love me, a dragon?"

Asura said, "Oh, let me think. There this yellow filly that likes to kick apple trees. There this cute white filly that likes to hang out with her sister. Then there this orange filly that likes to fly around. Ring any bells?"

Spike was confused at the description of these ponies. He asked, "Who are they? Do I even know them?"

Asura looked at Spike with a deadpan expression and said, "Are you serious? How could you not know them when you spend some time with them? If you don't know then they are Apple Bloom, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle."

Spike stopped crying and asked, "How could you know that they want to be with me?"

Asura smiled, "When we were all at the picnic, I saw the fillies looking at you with dreamy expressions. Then at my welcome party, while you were talking with some colts, the fillies were looking at you from a distance a half lid eyes."

Spike said, "Are they really interested in me?"

Asura patted his back and said, "Believe me Spike. You got not one, not two, but three cute fillies wanting to be with you. So be happy that you're not alone in this world."

Spike became happy when he heard that. He won't have to worry about being alone. He then felt something rising from his stomach. He held his stomach with his hands while his mouth puffed out.

When Asura saw him like this, he became worried and asked, "Hey Spike. You okay? It looks like you're going to puke or something." He started to rub his back to calm him down.

Spike couldn't hold it anymore and burped out a letter from his mouth. Asura looked at the letter with a raised eyebrow and said, "You can spit out papers from your mouth? That's cool. Now you won't have to buy any paper in your entire life."

Spike shook his head and said, "It's not that. The princesses sent their letters to Twilight through me."

Asura then said, "So you can communicate with others from a long distance? OK, now that is cool."

Spike blushed and said, "No, that's not cool at all. Your powers are the cool ones." They both laugh at that. Spike then looked at the letter and gasped, "I need to give this letter to Twilight."
With that, they went back to Twilight and gave her the letter. She opened the letter and read.

My dear faithful student.

Firstly, I want to say how happy I am that all of you are safe. Secondly, I am very grateful for this new being that not only saved you all but may have stopped any future war with Equestria. I have been hearing many good things about this new being in Ponyville. I want you and the rest of the girls to bring him to Canterlot so we can finally meet face to face. Also, do not panic Twilight. This is simply a greeting and nothing more.

Yours sincerely

Princess Celestia.

After reading the letter, Twilight starts to panic about making preparation and other plans that her mane started to become frazzle. Asura again hugged her and said, "Twilight. It's just a visit. There is no need to plan for something like this. Why don't you just wait here and calm yourself down. I will go and gather the other girls and bring them here okay."

Twilight calmed down and nodded. Asura was about to go, but stopped when he got a little idea. He grinned and shouted, "Pinkie Pie! I have a favor to ask of you!" and just like that, Pinkie came out of a bush and in front of him.

Pinkie hugged him and said cheerfully, "Hi Asura. What can I do for you?"

Asura hugged her and said, "We are going to Canterlot and I need you to bring Rainbow Dash here. Can you do that?"

Pinkie smiled hugely, "Of course! You can count on me. But what about Fluttershy and Rarity?"

Asura smiled, "I am going to bring them here myself." With that, he used "Soru" to dash towards Fluttershy's cottage first.

When he arrived there, he saw that she had finished feeding her animal friends. He called out to her, "Fluttershy."

She turned towards him and gasped. Then she flew towards him and hugged him as he hugged her in return. She said, "Hello Asura. What are you doing here ... if you don't mind me asking?"

Asura smiled, "I wanted to bring you to Twilight because you, your friends and myself have been invited to Canterlot to visit the princesses."

Fluttershy nodded, "That's nice. I will come with you, but how are we going to get there in time?"

Asura smiled, "Don't worry about that. I got it covered." He wrapped his arms around her and then hold her up in bridal style which made her let out a cute "eep". Hhhhhggggggnnnnnnnn!!! Yup. He is definitely going to die one day from her overloaded cuteness. And he is okay with that.

Fluttershy became beat red and wrapped her arms around his neck with her face in his chest. Asura then use "Soru" and dashed towards Rarity's house.

While on the way, Fluttershy felt safe while being held in his strong arms. She hears his heart beats and the warmth of his chest, which made her calm. After a minute, they arrived at Rarity's house.

Asura gently put Fluttershy down on her hooves and knocked at the house's door. Rarity asked, "Who is it?"

Asura answered, "It's me Asura."

Rarity came out the door and hugged him. She then meets with Fluttershy and asked, "So what are you doing here darling?"

Asura said, "I am here to bring you to Twilight. You and your friends have been invited to Canterlot so that the princesses could meet me."

Rarity gasped with happiness, "We are going to Canterlot? Then I need to get ready and wear some fantastic clothes."

She was about to go back inside when Asura stopped her, "Rarity. You don't need to wear some fantastic clothes or put on make up to make yourself pretty. You are already beautiful in my eyes. And wearing those make up will simply cover your natural beauty."

When Rarity heard him say that, she had tears in her eyes and asked, "Do ... do you really mean that? Am I really beautiful without my makeup?"

Asura smiled and hugged her softly, "Yes you are. Each and every one of you girls have a natural beauty of their own. So If someone ever said something bad about your look, don't listen to them. Always remember that I will be there to support and love you. OK?"

Rarity was taken back by what he said. She had always tried to make herself beautiful by going to the spa and wearing expensive make up in order to woo some stallion. But here is Asura, who has looked past her mask and saw her inner beauty. Other stallions always go for the pretty ones, but Asura doesn't care how pretty she look or not. He just loves her. Never before any male has said such kind words to her.

Rarity hugged him and nuzzled her muzzle into his chest and cried softly. Fluttershy also hugged her to calm her down. After a few minutes, she calmed down. She then said, "Thank you Asura for saying such kind words to me. You really are such a kind and gentle stallion."

Asura smiled, "For you girls, I'll do anything. Let's get you two to Twilight." He then hugged both of them who hugged him back. He then used "Soru" and dashed towards the market place.

On the way, Rarity face was buried on the side of his chest. She also hears his heart beat and felt his warmth from his chest. She smiled and felt safe with him. His strong arm around her would protect her from anything.

After a minute, they arrived at Applejack's apple stand. He gently put Rarity and Fluttershy down on their hooves. He then looked around and saw Pinkie Pie with Rainbow Dash who was sleeping on the bed made of cloud. He asked Pinkie, "Pinkie. Why is she on a cloud bed?"

Pinkie said cheerfully, "Well, when I went to find Rainbow Dash in her house, I found her sleeping on her bed. You said to bring her here, but I didn't want to wake her up. So I got a great idea and brought her along with her bed without waking her up!"

Everyone looked at her and just shook their heads. Asura chuckled at her idea and patted her head and said, "Never change Pinkie. Promise me that, will you, that no matter what happens, you will never change that childlike attitude of yours."

Pinkie smiled widely, "I Pinkie promise you. Close your eyes, hope to fly and stick a cup cake in your eye" she said while doing a series of hand movements.

Asura again chuckled at that. Twilight then said, "Okay, everyone is here. We now go towards the train that will take us to Canterlot within a few hours. And someone please wake Rainbow Dash from her sleep."

Asura said while smiling, "I don't know Twilight. She looks really cute when she snores like that." This made the others laugh. He started to scratch Rainbow's ears which made her grab his hand and nuzzle her muzzle into his hand in her sleep. Now the others were laughing when they saw her cute display.

Applejack said with a grin, "Will you look at that. The great Rainbow Dash is doing something cute in her sleep. Ha ha ha ha"

Pinkie spoke, "Hey! I know how to wake her up." With that, she jumped high into the air and onto the cloud bed which launched Rainbow into the air who let out an adorable "eep" and fell down where Asura caught her in a bridal style.

When Rainbow Dash looked around and found herself in the strong arms of Asura, she blushed hard, but then used the situation to her advantage. She then hugged him and gave him a morning kissed. She then said with half lid eyes, "Hey big guy. How you got into my house? Want to have a taste of the great Rainbow Dash?"

Asura smiled, "Actually, it was Pinkie Pie who brought you to the market place with your whole bed without waking you. She then jumped onto your bed which launched you into my arms and here we are. And I got to say that you are so cute when you snore. Heh, you even grabbed my hand when I started to scratch your ear."

Rainbow was now beet red when she heard that. She got even redder when the others laughed. She then flew from his arms and said, "I am not cute! I am awesome" with a cute pout.

This made everyone laugh. Twilight then said, "Come on everyone. We need to get to Canterlot fast. The princesses are expecting us." the others agreed and started to walk towards the train station only to be stopped by Asura.

He said, "Girls. Taking the train will take a lot of time to reach Canterlot. Why don't I just send us all there. It will be much faster than the train."

Rainbow Dash said, "Oh yeah. Like you did with us after you saved us at the tournament. What exactly was that? We reached your house all the way from the griffin kingdom within a few minutes. Even I could not fly that fast."

Asura smiled, "I simply used my voice to cover all of you girls with sound and send you to my house at the speed of sound."

The girls and Spike's jaws were on the ground when they heard that, especially Rainbow. She needed to dive from the sky in order to reach the speed of sound, but Asura can simply achieve that speed by covering himself with sound. She then asked, "How can you do that? You can't just use sound like that. I need to fly high into the sky and then dive to reach that level of speed."

Asura said, "It's one of my abilities the Gourmet Demons gave me. I can control all kinds of sound. I can hear a needle dropping from tens of kilometers away. I can send out attacks using sound from afar or even defend myself with it."

Spike said with awe, "Wow. You can manipulate sound to your liking just like that. That is so cool."

Asura smiled, "It may be a very useful ability, but it consumes a ton of energy whenever I use it. So I had to learn other skills if I ever run out of energy. But thankfully I possess a large amount of energy that hopefully never runs out during any fight."

Everyone was amazed at what they heard. His powers were unique and it also cost him a lot of energy to use. They wonder what kind of other powers he may possess.

Asura then said, "Well, shall we get going?" The girls came out of their shock and nodded. He looked at spike and said, "Spike. Why don't you help Apple Bloom with selling apples and spend some time with her." He also winked at him which made him blushed.

Spike nodded and said, "Sure I'll help her. Have a fun trip to Canterlot." With that, he went behind the apple stall and started talking with Apple Bloom who had a little blush on her cheek.

Asura smiled at this. He then turned to the girls and said "Sound Orb" which covered them all with sound and send them off to Canterlot at the speed of sound. Asura then jumped into the air and shouted "Jet Voice" and flew to Canterlot at the speed of sound.

Canterlot Entrance

When they all arrived at Canterlot within a few minutes, Asura saw the city from above and was impressed by its unique design. They all landed in front of the city's gate. The girls were coming out of their shock at the speed they all traveled to hear. When they got their bearings, Twilight said, "Well Asura. I would like to welcome you to Canterlot ."

When they entered the gate, he was admiring the city. He looked around and saw many different buildings and saw the inhabitants, which made him scoff at them. These ponies were wearing some high class clothes which their noses in the air. They gave off an air like they were better than everyone else. His anger already started to raise, but kept his outer demeanor cool. He did not want to get angry when the girls were having a field trip.

They walked through the city and towards the castle while the girls told them about the city. As they were talking, he saw that many of the onlookers looked at him with disgust, like he didn't belong here. He used his "Superhuman Hearing" to hear what they were talking about him which only made him angrier.

"What is that horrible thing doing in our fine city?"

"Who let this thing along with those commoners in our beloved city?"

"The guards should just throw it in the dungeon?"

"Those commoners are now trying to bring their pets here?"

"Don't let that thing near me honey."

"I won't let that thing near you my jewel. I will show it what nobles like us can do to disgusting things like it."

Asura was pissed at that comment, but was more angry at what they were saying about his lovers. He wanted to smash that noble prick into the ground repeatedly, but he didn't want to ruin the girls' time. So how will he get rid of all this anger building inside of him? A grin made its way to his face. He extended the index finger of his right hand and used his "Poison" to first create paralysis poison and then solidified it into a needle that came out of his finger. He also put a lightning spell on the needle for some extra fun.

After finishing his creation, he swiftly swung his finger in the direction of the noble which made the needle flew out of his finger and towards the noble. The needle buried itself into the noble's leg and immediately started to spread. The noble first became paralyzed and then the lightning shocked him, which made him fell onto the ground on his back and started to spasmed violently and foaming from his mouth. This made the noble's mare shrieked and tried to help him, but could not find what was happening to him. The lightning didn't harm her as the spell was only meant for that prick.

Asura was satisfied with that and had a huge grin on his face. His lovers turned his attention to the screaming noble mare and saw the stallion on the ground twitching and foaming. They then looked at Asura with a questionable look. He said, "He was talking bad about you girls. So I gave him a little punishment for bad mouthing you all."

The girls smiled and hugged him for protecting them even if someone says bad things about them. They continue to walk towards the castle and Asura punished many of the rich snobs on the way for saying bad things about the girls. After walking for some time, they finally reached the castle's gate.

The girls went through the gate but when Asura walked, he was blocked by two guards. One guard said, "Halt creature! What business you have here?"

Asura answered, "The princesses have invited me to meet them."

The other guard said, "Likely story. Where is your invitation, then?"

Asura raised his right eyebrow and said, "Are you blind? Didn't you see the girls I came with?"

The first guard said, "They are the Elements of Harmony. They can come and go whenever they want. And why would they be with something like you?"

Asura was now getting angry at what he was implying. He said, "Why don't you ask your princesses yourself about who I am?"

The second guard scoffed at him, "Why would our beloved princesses waste their precious time seeing some freak like you?"

Asura's veins started to bulge on his face. This guard must be from a noble family who feel all high and mighty. If that is the case, then he will treat them the same. Under his boots. He said with a warning, "Watch what you say. Don't get cocky with me."

The first guard said with a smirk, "Or what? What you gonna do? We are the royal guards and we can-gaak?" The guard did get to finish his sentence as Asura grabbed him from his throat and slammed *Crash* him into the wall and buried him in it.

Asura then slowly looked at the other guard who quickly drew his sword, pointed at him and said, "Halt creature! You are under arrest for assaulting a royal guard!"

Asura let go of the unconscious guard and walked closer to the guard. As he drew closer, the guard started to tremble when he slowly looked up at Asura's face as he walked closer to him. Asura stopped right in front of him and glared down at the guard who was trembling with fear. Asura said demonically, "You dare look down on me for being a different specie."

The guard was screaming inside his head. What made him think that he could talk down to this being. Why didn't he just let him through. He was just messing around and now something has come to punish him for his wrong doing. He felt so tiny against this behemoth and just wanted to run away for his life. His sight began to become darker and soon he lost his consciousness due to immense fear coursing through his body.

Asura looked down at the unconscious guard with pity and disgust. He then walked through the gate and joined the girls. Rainbow asked, "What took you so long?"

Asura said, "The guards were being jerks to me and saying things like the princesses won't waste her time to meet a freak like me."

The girls gasped at that and were angry at the guards. Applejack cracked her knuckles and said, "Just wait till I get my hands on those no good varmints."

Rainbow Dash flew beside her and said, "Count me in Applejack. No one messes with our coltfriend."

Asura smiled that they deeply cared about him. He said, "Don't worry about them girls. I have already dealt with them. I'm pretty sure that they will change their attitudes from now on."

Applejack asked, "What did you do to them?"

Asura smirked, "Oh, nothing too much. Just buried one guard into the wall and knocking out the other with immense fear."

Rainbow Dash grinned and hugged him, "That was awesome what you did to them. Ain't no one messes with our coltfriend and gets away with it."

Asura smiled at her, but then frowned. Twilight looked at his face and asked, "Is everything okay Asura?"

He said, "I am just disgusted with these guards attitudes Twilight."

Rarity asked, "What do you mean darling? They are the royal guards that protect the princesses."

Asura sigh, "It's the way they think Rarity. They believe that just because they have a high position like being the guard of the princesses, they can do whatever they want. Just like the griffin king. If I was a prince from a far away kingdom and came here to extend a friendly hand and then those guards did the same thing they did to me. Then where I come from, there would have been a full scale war with this country."

The girls were shocked to hear that. Indeed, what the guards have done was unacceptable. They could have started a war if he was a prince from another country. Maybe Twilight will have a talk about the guard's attitude with her brother later.

They continued their walk towards the throne room which was taking them some time. It's just that the castle was so big that they got lost. So Asura used "Echolocation" and mapped out the castle's entire interior. He then escorted the girls to the throne room.

When they arrived, there were two guards beside the huge double door. They stopped him and said, "Halt. No weapons are allowed in the throne room. So remove any weapons you have on you before you meet the princesses. Especially that huge metal cross."

The girls looked at Asura as they worried that he would not let the guards touch his possessions. They were surprised when they saw him smiling.

Asura said, "Yes. I have two weapons that are on me, but I don't think you would be able to lift them."

The guards and the girls became confused at what he said. The guards narrowed their gaze and asked, "What do you mean that we won't be able to lift them? Do you think we are weak?"

Asura nodded, "Exactly what I mean. You won't be able to lift them as they are extremely heavy."

The guard scoffed and said, "Stop lying to us. You look like you're fine with them."

Asura smiled, "That's because I am strong enough to hold them. But if you want proof, then here you go." He held "Haven" in his right hand and dropped it on the floor.

When the pistol met the floor, there was a loud *Crash* echoing throughout the hall. What everyone saw made them gasp with shock. The pistol has made a 10 foot wide crater in the floor. They stared at the creature with wide eyes and jaws on the floor.

Asura bends down and grabbed the pistol in his right hand and put it back to his waist. He then said, "Do you understand now? These little things are called guns that weighs 20 tons each and the big metal cross on my back is called "Punisher" that weighs 100 tons. I have made my weapons, heavy because I don't want them in the wrong hands. Especially in the hands of a tyrant."

The girls understood what he was saying. They saw first hand what the guns did to the monsters that attacked Ponyville. If the guns can kill a monster with a single shot, they didn't want to imagine what the big metal cross would do.

The guards let him through as they found out that they could not take his weapons away from him who has enough strength to wield them with ease. Asura let the girls entered first who thanked him for that. After the girls were through, he followed them inside the throne room.

He was amazed to see such an amazing architecture of the room. Windows and banners that depict the sun and the moon. Guards were stationed at the side of the room and two guards beside the throne. He then saw the princesses sitting on the throne, who smile at him, to which he smiled in return. They still look beautiful.

The girls walked in front of the princesses and bowed to them. However, Asura didn't do that. He just stood there looking at the princesses with a smile. The guards look at him with anger for not bowing to the princesses. One guard came from behind him and said with authority, "Bow to the princesses."

Asura said while still smiling, "That I cannot do. For they are not my princesses." The princesses looked at him with interest while the girls looked at him with stun expression.

The guard behind him got angry, "You will bow to the princesses freak!" and hit his leg with the butt of the spear .... only to get dented by his muscles.

The guards look at the dented spear with disbelief while the princesses and the girls were shocked to see a guard harming someone in the princesses name.

Asura's smiled disappeared and said, "You should really look at who you're messing with." He then swung his left leg backwards and towards the guard, hitting him in the gut that launched him into the wall *Crash* and buried him in it.

Everyone looked at the wall where the guard was buried. The guards were shocked to see one of their guards launched into the wall with a simple kick. They then came out of their shock and surrounded him while pointing their spears at him. Asura quickly spun around in a circle with his right arm extending and using his wires to cut *Shiiiing* the spears. As soon as he stops, the blades of the spears separated from the rest of the spear and fell to the ground *Clink* *Clink* *Clank*.

The guards were shocked to see their spears being dismantled while the princesses looked at him with a calm demeanor but inside they were impressed how he took her guard down with non-lethal method.

The guards were about to attack him with their fist when the princesses said, "Stop attacking him when he simply defended himself."

The guards stopped as they look at him with anger. One guard spoke, "Why should we when this thing is not bowing to you!"

The princesses were about to say something, but stopped when they heard laughing. They looked around and saw that Asura was the one who was laughing. One of the guards yelled, "What's so funny freak!"

Asura said while smiling, "I think I know why your kingdom have several enemies who despise your kind. With arrogant pricks like these guards looking down and treating other species with hostility, its no wonder the other kingdoms targets your kingdom."

This shocked everyone at what he said. The princesses were also surprised to learn about their guards' treatment towards other species. It's all make sense now. Whenever some other specie came to meet them, they were always in a bad mood because they were harassed by the guards. They were then taken back by what he said next.

Asura said, "You guards represent the princesses who are kind and benevolent. However, by harassing other species, you show them that your princesses are nothing but cruel and a tyrant ruler. You all smear dirt in the princesses good name." This made the princesses smiled at his words, but also looked at her guards with distaste at what they did behind her back. Even the girls smiled as he praise the princesses.

Asura then became angry and shouted, "Shame on all of you! How dare you disgrace your own princesses name, you bastards! I don't know how long this has been going on but I can safely say that because of your attitudes towards other species, you have made many enemies with species who could potentially be your allies if you had just put aside your pathetic pride and treated them like a friend rather than an enemy! Don't look down on others because they look different than you! You spoiled brats!!"

The guards were taken back by what he said. Even the princesses and the girls. Maybe if she had focused her attention on her guards, then she would have noticed their attitudes towards other species. She would indeed have made some allies with their neighboring kingdoms. She really needs to change things about her guards and the one who train them as well.

How dare these pathetic guards dirty the princesses name. Who the hell they think they are! Asura then said in a demonic voice, "If I were in your position and have done these despicable things, then I would have taken my own sword and cut open my stomach and die with dignity. That way, all the filth and disgrace you all have brought to the princesses name would then be cleansed away."

Everyone gasped when they heard about the killing part. The guards were trembling with fear and appalled at what he told them. The princesses would have suspended her guards from their position, but to remove the disgrace they have brought to their names by having them kill themselves was unheard of.

Silence took hold of the air as no one moved from their positions when Asura finished speaking. After a while, the princesses looked at her guards and asked, "Is what he's saying is true? Have some of you treated different species with hostility? Answer me."

The guards started to fidget uncomfortably and tried to deny what he said, "N-No princess. H-he is l-lying. W-We w-would never something l-like that. We treat e-everyone like an e-equal."

The princesses narrowed their eyes. Clearly the guard was lying. Asura scoff and said, "Oh yeah. Equal my foot! Just like those two bastards in front of the castle's gate."

The princesses turned their attention to Asura and asked him, "What did they so to you?"

Asura said, "Oh, nothing much. Just said things like I was not welcomed here and that you won't waste your time to see a freak like me."

The princesses gasped when they heard the things he just said. This was beyond harassment. To treat someone who looks different, like dirt was going to far. They then glared at the guards who flinched under their gaze.

The sun princess stood and said, "I want all of the guards to gather at the barracks along with yourselves. I'll deal with you all later. Now leave."

The guards looked at each other. One guard spoke, "But you will be alone here with that freak."

This made the princesses angry that the moon princess shouted, "Do you think we are weak!? Leave this room now!"

The guard ran out of the room with fear that they may have pissed off the princesses. They were also afraid that the princesses now know what they have done behind their backs and what they are going to do about it.

After the guards let, the princesses took a breath to calm themselves. They then sat down on their throne and looked at Asura. The sun princess said, "I am so sorry about my guard's behavior. If only I noticed this sooner, then I would have done something about it. Please forgive us."

Asura just smiled, "You have nothing to apologize for princess. If I didn't tell you then someone else would have. Better late than never right."

The princesses and the girls smiled at his kind words. He did not hate the princesses for what the guards did. Only the ones who made the guards.

The sun princesses cleared her throat and introduced herself, "I am Celestia, princess of the day and co-ruler of Equestria."

The moon princess said, "And I am Luna, princess of the night and co-ruler of Equestria."

Princess Celestia then asked, "May we know who you are?"

Asura smiled and said, "I am Asura. I am a monster hunter from another world."

The princesses were shocked to hear that he was from another world. They may have theories about other worlds, but they could not prove them until now that is. Also, they could not travel to another dimension as they don't know how to.

The princesses came out of their shock and asked, "Is it true? Did you really come from another world?"

Asura nodded, "Yes, I did. I left my world and came here by chance."

Princess Celestia asked, "But why would you leave your own world? What about your home? your family?" This made the girls sad at what he told them about his home world.

Asura's face became sad, "I left my world because my happiness was taken away from me. I had nothing but hate and anger in my life. I left my world to find myself a new home. A new family that I could love with all my heart." He then looked at the girls and gave a gentle smile, "And I am glad that I made the right choice." This made the girls happy when he said that which made them smiled at him.

The princesses looked at him and the girls and understood that they had fallen for him. This made the princesses smile. They were first sad that he lost his happiness, but smiled when he found a home. A family he will love and protect them no matter what. An admirable quality for a benevolent king.

Princess Luna asked, "Asura. Can you tell me why you didn't bow to us? Do you have something against us?" Celestia and the other girls were stunned at her question and were about to say something but Asura beat them to it.

He simply smiled and said, "I have nothing against you princess. It's just that I am a human and we were brought up to not bow to anyone or let others bow to us. Unless they are our enemies. Heck, we don't even bow to our own rulers."

This greatly shocked the princesses and the girls. To find a species that do not bow to others or allow others to bow to them was unheard of. Almost every specie would bow to their rulers, but here is Asura who does not bow to others, but also deny others to bow to him as well.

This made them smile to find a specie who the princesses can talk to normally. Celestia then said, "I am glad to hear that you have finally found what you were looking for."

All of a sudden, they heard "Grrrrrooooowwwwwwwllll" echoing around the room like a beast was roaring. They looked around a saw that it was Pinkie Pie's stomach that was growling. Rainbow Dash and Applejack laughed at her while Rarity looked a little disgusted, Fluttershy was hiding behind her mane with a blush and Twilight was spluttering at her stomach.

Rainbow Dash said, "Oh Pinkie! Your stomach seem to growl bigger every time I hear it! He he he"

Pinkie patted her stomach and said cheerfully, "I know right. We came here so fast that I didn't even get to eat my second breakfast."

Applejack asked, "What second breakfast?"

Pinkie said, "You know. The one where you eat cakes and cookies after eating your first breakfast."

Twilight said, "Pinkie. There is suppose to be only one breakfast. The food you eat after breakfast are snacks."

Pinkie then said, "Well to me they are my second breakfast." Her stomach growled again. She said with a cute pout, "I need to get something in my tummy or I will become slower."

The princesses smiled at their behaviors which was refreshing to them. Celestia then said, "Why don't we all go to the dining hall and have something to eat."

Pinkie immediately raised her hand and said, "I want to eat some sweet juicy food!"

The princesses nodded and took them to the dining hall where a huge table was present at the center of the room with several chairs surrounding it. Everyone took their seats. Fluttershy and Rarity sat beside him and the rest of the girls sat near their friends. The princesses sat on the other side of the table, in front of Asura.

A female pony then came in wearing some waiter's clothes. She came to each of them and wrote their orders on a notepad. Well, as for Pinkie pie, she ordered too much that the waiter had to write everything on five pages. This made the others laugh along with Asura. He ordered what Fluttershy ordered, a flower sandwich with hay on the side. He wants to test out his stomach so he ordered this.

When everyone ordered their food, the waiter went out of the room to get their food. In the mean time the princesses were asking him about his world which Twilight explained. The princesses felt sad about the human's dark time, but were amazed with what they achieved through it. They also asked Asura if they could have the Gourmet Cells but what Twilight told them about that only horrified them.

Asura kind of felt bad for not giving them strength or powers, but there may be some other thing he could have given them. He got a brilliant idea of what he can give them.

Asura said, "Princess. I may no be able to give you the Gourmet Cell, but in its place, I can give you something else."

The princesses and the girls became intrigued. Rainbow asked, "What are you gonna give them?"

He said, "I have seen your guard's armor and weapons that are made from gold, which is a very poor choice of metal."

The princesses agreed with him, "Yes. We have used this metal because it was plentiful. We have not found any other durable material to make armors and weapons out of. Can you help us with that?"

Asura smirked and snapped his fingers. He created a hologram in the middle of the table. The hologram was that of a turtle with fangs. He said, "A large sea predator that can devour fishing ships with a single bite. The Crush Turtle. Capture level 60."

Everyone was taken back by what they saw. A large sea monster that can cause great amount of destruction. Equestria's monsters failed in comparison against this behemoth. They know that he hunted monsters, but to hunt beast of this caliber was mind blowing for them. They were trembling with just the image of the beast.

Asura said, "The huge shell on its back possess one of the highest durability and strength in my natural world. There are very few things that have the capability of piercing this near-impenetrable shell. I give to you a piece of its shell." He created a part of the shell with his reality warping and gave it to the princesses who look at it with wide eyes and jaws hanging.

He continued, "You can duplicate the shell with your magic and then give them to your blacksmith and craft powerful armors for your guards. This armor can resist all manner of punishment. Just make sure who you give the armor to. Don't want it to fall into the hand of a traitor or a tyrant."

The princesses nodded and took the shell. Celestia said, "Thank you for this wonder gift Asura. With this we can defend ourselves to some extent."

The girls smiled at his gift. He cannot give them the Gourmet Cells but he can give something of equal value. Well almost.

Asura said, "I am not done with your gifts yet princess. That was only the armor. Now I will give you a weapon." This surprised everyone that he will give them two unique gifts.

He snapped his fingers and the hologram of the Crush Turtle disappeared. A new hologram took its place which showed two creatures in it.

Asura said, "One of the giant predators of the ocean. This one lives thousands of miles beneath the ocean and search for big prey to fill its belly with. When it spots a suitable prey, it strikes like lightning and never lets it's prey go until it has been completely devoured. The Leo Dragon. Capture level 68."

Everyone gasped at what they saw. The image showed the Crush Turtle was being attacked by an even bigger creature. They saw how it easily tears through the Crush Turtle's strong shell with its teeth. Dear Faust. How big can these monsters get and did he say that it's only one of these gigantic beasts and only in the ocean! What other monstrosities must there be beside these two. Just the sight of this behemoth has been enough to send shivers down their spines.

Asura said, "Its teeth made of highly durable material and the strength to pierce through the Crush Turtle's sturdy shell. I give you a masterpiece sword made from the teeth of the deep ocean hunter, Leo Dragon. I call it the Leo Blade."

Everyone stared at the magnificent piece of art in awe. A sword that looks like it was made for a ruler. It's beauty alone was enough for them to faint but then they remembered that it was actually a weapon made for the royal guards.

Asura gave the blade to the princesses who kept staring at it with wide eyes and their jaws on the ground. Even the girls could not take their eyes away from that piece of art.

Asura said, "You can duplicate this sword and give them to the ones who are worthy to wield it. Do not let it fall into the wrong hands." He also cast a location spell stealthy on the gifts just for security reason.

The princesses smiled and accepted his gifts. Celestia said, "Thank you so much Asura. With these two gifts, we can finally protect Equestria and push the monsters back." Everyone thanked him while the girls hugged and kissed him for his generosity.

The waiter then entered the room with their food and put their order in front of everyone and left. They started to eat their food. Asura ate his flower sandwich and found that he could eat it with no problem at all.

Asura saw that something was bugging Twilight and asked, "Twilight. Are you okay?"

Twilight said, "Oh, I am fine Asura. It's just that there is something that I wanted to asked you about the monsters you have shown us."

Asura nodded, "Twilight. You can ask me anything you want and I will tell you about it the best I could. So don't hold back."

Twilight smiled and said, "When you said the name of the monsters, you also said something about capture level. What was that about?" Everyone was interested about that as well and turned their attention to Asura.

Asura nodded, "For me to answer that, I will have to explain this from the beginning. As you know that there are almost infinite types living organisms in my world. These organisms are actually ingredients we eat. Every day some new kind of ingredient sprouts somewhere on my planet. So in order to find these new ingredients, evolve humans go around the world in order to find these new ingredients."

Twilight interrupted, "But didn't you say that the evolved humans were monster hunters."

Asura nodded, "Yes. But they also go by another name called Gourmet hunters. As the name implies, they explore the lands and find any new type of ingredients. When they do find a new type of ingredient, they bring it back to the International Gourmet Organization or IGO. This is the global organization that is responsible for maintaining order in the Gourmet Age and also defending civilians from dangerous monsters. The origination will then study the new ingredient and see what type it is or is it even edible or not. Also, the one's who brought in new ingredients are paid handsomely by the origination."

Everyone was intrigued by this origination that determines whether or not new ingredients are safe for them to consume or not. And that they also reward the one's who work hard to find new ingredients. Twilight was having a field trip with this new information that she just keeps writing it on the papers.

Asura continues, "The organization is also the one who determines the Capture level of the ingredients. For example, if there is an ingredient that a normal human can get their hands on without any injuries, then those types of ingredients are given the Capture level 0. If a human cannot get an ingredient that cause harm or even death then a Gourmet hunter is sent to capture the ingredient. These types of ingredients that are above the normal humans, are given the Capture level 1 or 2. Level 1 means that the ingredient will require one Gourmet hunter to capture it and Level 2 means that two Gourmet hunters are required to capture the ingredient. Also you must know that the greater the Capture level is, the harder it is to capture them. However, the higher a Capture level is, the more tastier the ingredient is and becomes more expensive if you want to sell it in the market."

Everyone was fascinated by what he told them. His world is indeed blessed with all kinds of food, but at the same time, there are dangerous monsters roaming his world that is capable of destroying Equestria. This thought scared them, but were thankful that Asura was here. If one such monster ever came to this world, then he will be the one to take it down and save Equestria.

Applejack asked, "Wait a minute. You said that the Capture level of the Crush Turtle was about 60. Does that mean it takes 60 Gourmet hunters to take down that behemoth!?"

Asura nodded which shocked everyone. Celestia said, "If that is true, then I can certainly say that even 1000 of my guards won't be able to take down that beast."

Asura said, "Maybe with my gifts and a little bit of training, they might be able to." This made the princesses smile.

Rainbow Dash then asked a question that gained the attention of everyone else. She asked, "Asura. The highest Capture level you have said is 68. Can you tell me how high the Capture level can go?" Everyone was waiting for his answer, but what he said blow away their minds.

Asura said, "The Capture level can go from level 1 to maximum level 9999."

This made everyone's jaws hit the ground with their eyes bulging out of their eye sockets. If the Leo Dragon was a powerful gigantic predator at a level 68 then what can those monsters are capable of doing who are at the level 1000 or above. However, what he said next shocked them to their cores.

Asura said, "Also, I forgot to mention that since there are plentiful ingredients in my world, other monsters feed on them and become stronger day by day. There are exactly 8 powerful monsters in my world that we have given the name Eight Kings. These are 8 different 'King' species of animals and they each are regarded as the most powerful beings in my world. They each have their own territory which they rule and other monsters stay away from them."

They could not believe what they were hearing. To have some kind of powerful monsters ruling some part of his world baffled them. They can't even properly fight against the monsters of Equestria. What will they do against monsters such as these?

Fluttershy fearfully asked, "What are they ... if you don't mind?"

Asura nodded and snapped his finger and made a hologram about the Eight Kings and what they saw scared the daylights out of them.

He said, "I'll start with the weakest to the strongest. Monkey King Bambina. Capture level 6000."

"Bird King Emperor Crow. Capture level 6000."

"Horse King Heracles. Capture level 6200."

"Snake King Mother Snake. Capture level 6310."

"Deer King Sky Deer. Capture level 6450."

"Wolf King Guinness Battle Wolf. Capture level 6550."

"Dragon King Derous. Capture level 6590."

"Whale King Moon. Capture level 6600."

Silence reigns in the air. Everyone was so shocked and scared that they even stopped breathing for a while. They continued to hear things that have literally blown away their minds. They cannot think of anything to do. Their bodies were trembling with unbridled fear. They tried to stop their bodies from shivering, but they just couldn't do it. Why were they fearing so much when they just saw images of the Eight Kings. The truth is that even their images carried their intimidation.

Asura looked around the room and saw that the princesses and the girls were trembling with fear. They were trying to calm themselves down, but were failing at it. Maybe he should have avoided that information. He then saw Fluttershy whose fur became white with fear. He immediately stands from his seat and went over to her and hugged her. Her trembling stopped in a few seconds when she realized that she was being hugged by Asura. She hugged him and buried her face in his chest and started to cry a little. This broke Asura's heart. He did not want to see her like this. He then looks at the other and saw they were in no better shape as well.

To ease their fears, he said, "You don't have to worry about the Eight Kings. If I use my full strength, then I can fight one on one with them and win." That's true. With his full powers he may have a chance against them. Also, his powers increase during strong battles, so in the future, his powers will grow to such limit, where he be able to fight the Eight Kings at the same time.

This greatly eased their fears by a lot. Him fighting with those Eight Kings was something they would have never thought but him winning as well was something else. They took some breather to calm themselves. After a while they calmed down while they were processing the information Asura have gave them, which they could never forget as long as they live.

Twilight then asked, "Wait Asura. What did you mean by your full strength? How strong are you?"

Asura while still hugging Fluttershy said, "At the moment, I can only access 10% of my full strength. I have suppressed the rest of my powers. I used 20% of my strength during the tournament."

Now everyone was even more shocked. To be this strong, even in his weakened state amazed them. Just what is he capable of if he decided to use the rest of his strength. They weer really grateful for having him here.

After their fears were put to rest, everyone finished eating their food and talked for a while. Celestia asked, "So Asura. How are you feeling being here in Equestria? Do you like it here?"

Asura nodded and smile, "Yes I like it here. I have six beautiful girls who love and I love them with all my heart. I feel-"

"Aunty Celestia! Aunty Luna! I want you to punish this commoner for spilling my tea on my expensive clothes!" came the voice of a snobbish person.

Asuras smile turned to a scowl and said, "like I want to bury this prick 50 feet bellow the ground!"

Everyone turned their attention to the obnoxious voice and gasped. He turned around to see what made them gasped but what he saw really Pissed. Him. Off.