The Tall prince
Chapter 3: Spar of the gods.
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I was humming to myself as I wandered around Equestria instead of taking a nap, in my ‘child’ form, when two things landed in front of me. One was a strange looking toy.
And the other was a neckless with a tooth on it.
“Huh… tokens.” I commented, interested. “Good thing I settled that debt I had earlier.” I muttered to myself, before picking the two tokens up.
When I picked them up, I heard two voices in my heads. The first, from the tooth, sounded like several voices talking all at once in different pitches. “I am Cabadath, call upon me if the battle seems lost, I shall be thy blade against evil."
The other sounded like Jim Carrey, making me chuckle inwardly in amusement. “I am Bob, the trickster who aids the tall prince, call my name if you need my help, or if you want to hang out, either one is cool.”
“Well… Come on over, Cabadath, Bob!” I called, summoning the two displaced, using a tiny bit of my power to make the ride smoother.
As the Tokens activated, the portals opened five miles above ground, spitting out Whom I assumed was Cabadath and Bob, and one other person whom I had no idea the identity of. I looked up at the three, putting a paw to my chin in a faux thinking pose, before summoning three mattresses next to me.
I grabbed two and set them perfectly, setting the third, before thinking it over, dragging it slightly more to the side, before stepping back to watch what happened.
The tall man pushed the other person, whom I realised was an anthropomorphic Deer woman, to safety while he and the green faced man free fell face first into the dirt, he then got up and saw that he landed next to a soft looking mattress “Oh, COME ON! REALLY?!”
The Deer woman, wearing what looked like a huntresses garb, smiled and hugged the Tall, slender being. “It’s okay, honey, want me to heal you?”
The tall man nodded “Yeah, me and Bob probably need it, Thanks Rose.”
The green headed man then picked himself up and inflated himself back into 3d. “Gah… Remind me not to travel with you again, the portals don’t like you.”
“Howdy!” I exclaimed to the three visitors, amused by their actions so far.
The green faced man smiled and waved “Hello goat son, where is goat dad, goat mom and murder ghost?”
“Murder ghost is in another world… I don’t know about the other two.” I told him, shrugging.
The tall man slapped the green headed man upside the back of the head “Knock it off, Bob, I know you just wanna beat sans to goat punning and flirting.”
Bob, now rubbing the back of his head, smiled “You know goat mom is sexy, Greg, I can’t help that I don’t have a sexy Deer wife to spend my nights with.”
“I’m right here.” I deadpanned. “Don’t make me go God of Hyperdeath.”
Bob shrugged “Hey, I’m just saying~” he then smiled “Anyway, I won’t flirt with your...mom, or whatever you’d call her… your other mother? Nah, too much Coraline stuff.”
“I’m tempted to fight you anyway on principle.” I said.
Bob smiled “I wonder what my soul would look like? Maybe green with hints of red? Cause I used to be a very determined individual before I was displaced as the mask. OOH! Wanna see something cool?”
“Like what?” I asked.
Bob looked to Greg and nodded, grabbing his hand and turning into a mask that Greg then put on, forming a green skinned slenderman creature wearing a suit of armor and armed with a powerful sword that seemed to emanate a strange energy that looked like TV static. He had a strange symbol on his… lack of a face that took up the entire facial area
In response, my form glowed as I shifted, turning into my God of Hyperdeath form, me blinking in surprise when I did. “Huh… strange energy, what is it?” I asked, not bothering to change back.
Greg’s voice responded “It’s antimagic, capable of neutralizing magical threats, if Toriel was here, I’d ask her to fling a fireball at me as an example, I’d make the flame go out without moving.”
“I can do that.” I said, flinging a weak one at him.
The fireball flew at him before the aura of TV static swelled and enveloped the fireball, turning it to naught but smoke. “When I’ve ‘equipped’ bob like this, I am capable of doing most of what he can do, and taking MUCH more of a beating.”
“Neat.” I said, smirking. “Want to spar?” I asked.
Greg shook his head “No, I’ve had enough fights, and fighting a literal GOD does not hold appeal, even if I’d get to hear Hopes and Dreams again.”
“Oh come on, it’s so easy a child could do it.” I said tauntingly, winking.
Rose looked to me curiously, then back to Greg “This is a god? Where is the rest of his pantheon?”
“I don’t need one.” I told her, shrugging. “I’m strong enough to do it all myself.”
Rose nodded “True, I can sense great power within you.” she then bowed respectively before smiling “I am certain our gods would love to meet you, if given the chance. The original, Father Ash would love to meet you for sure!” She then frowned “If only I could summon him here, but Father Ash cannot traverse the planes of reality, only observe.”
“I could come over some time.” I offered. “I can travel the void if I want… maybe even bring this ‘Father Ash’ here.”
Greg then removed Bob and tossed him into the air, only for him to land neatly on the ground, fully formed. “Hey, could we go to mt. ebbott? I’d love to get into a pun off with sans, or have an arm wrestle with Undyne.”
“I don’t know where that is, it isn’t in Equestria, at least.” I told them, before turning to Rose. “And I wouldn’t mind paying your world a quick visit to meet some other gods.”
Rose smiled and nodded “We have two gods currently watching over us, Praximus, who has ascended to godhood due to drinking a serum that gave him immortality, and the original Father Ash, who watches over the kingdom, and gives counsel to those who wear his helmet, normally his spiritual descendants, whom also are named as he, I am Mother Birch, another immortal being who watches over the kingdom, and wife to Father Ash Greg.”
“Well, we could do a quick visit now, I tracked where you came from when I summoned you, and it shouldn’t be too hard to make a portal that I can use to go back and forth.” I said.
Greg nodded and laughed “I like it! Another portal for Prax and Vic to study, and another God on our side. Makes our people that much safer.”
I snapped my paw-fingers, making a empty doorframe with a wooden door appear. Next, I concentrated a little, before I reached my hand out to the door, my paw being covered in a rainbow aura as I linked it to a similar door I made appear in their world.
“There.” I said, smiling. “Made a portal… want me to visit now? We can always come right back here.”
Greg nodded and walked to the door “I suppose, could I have Prax study one of our subjects souls, in case if we need to clone them. Deer… well, they tend to be a lot like Undyne, from what i’ve seen.”
“Sure.” I said, shrugging, grabbing the door handle and holding the portal open for them. “After all of you.”
Greg nodded and held Roses hand as they walked through, Bob running after them “WAIT FOR MEEEEE!” he then called to me “Asriel, you might want to come and see where you teleported us!”
“How did he yell through the void?” I asked myself, walking through, my eyes widening as I looked around. “Wow…” I was surrounded by a metropolitan area, made entirely by trees and other plants, lamps made from flowers holding fireflies and houses and buildings made from giant trees that resembled Golden Oaks Library in design and practice, the trees hollow but still alive, with amber forming the windows and beds made of cotton and bark, with giant leaves for blankets.
“This place looks amazing!” I exclaimed, stars in my eyes.
Rose smiled “Our people are known for their skill in being one with nature, and paired with the ingenuity of the Gremlins, plus the power of the Nefereldens, we have built a truly impressive kingdom.”
“It’s really nice.” I agreed, nodding. “So, where am I meeting these other gods?”
Bob smiled and pointed behind me to what was by far the largest castle I had ever seen, a large stone fortress in the center of town, glowing runes lined the walls as thorny brambles acted as a deterrent for those that would climb the walls. The entire building seemed to vibrate with mystical power. In the center of the castle grew a massive tree, larger than any I had ever seen.
“Nice… I think I should go Hyperdeath, just to make this more… fitting.” I said, staying in said form, us walking towards the castle.
Greg looked to me and smiled “How are you liking the kingdom? I can’t wait for Prax to meet you, he will be so excited, he almost never gets to talk to his fellow divinity.”
“It looks nice so far.” I told him.
Greg nodded before holding his wife's hand and Bobs hand, both of them reaching out to me “It’ll be quicker if we Slenderwalk to Praximus’ lab. Both Prax and Father Ashes helm are in there.
I shrugged, taking the offered hands. “Okay.”
Greg teleported us to what looked like a forgotten room from Alphys’s lab, full of high tech gadgetry and robotic bodies. “Welcome to Genesis Laboratories, where our motto is, ‘Think it, build it!’ What is… your…” Praximus stared at Greg, then to Rose, and finally to me “By the almighty builder! I’ve been looking for you two!” he then looked to Bob and smiled “Hi Bob, how goes the search for a life partner?”
Bob sulked in a corner “Depressing…”
He then looked to me and smiled “And I can see you are made from magic not native to Equis, mayhaps you would like to help me with some experiments? I have hit a wall in my research…”
“Part of the reason I bothered to come here.” I said, letting go of the hands I was offered. “Whatcha working on?”
Prax gestured to the mechanical lifeforms all around the lab “I am trying to breathe life into machines, for one, that is my first step in giving the first Father Ash a body fitting his glory.” He also gestured to what looked like a glass container filled with electricity. “I am also working on cloning, in case if we must go to war with the equestrians, or the minotaurs.” He then saw saw his last piece of tech was not hidden and covered it in a tarp.
“This might help you.” I started, holding my arms about shoulder length apart, paws glowing rainbow as a container appeared, a grey SOUL appearing in it, the SOUL not any specific trait yet.
Prax gasped as he saw the rainbow glow “Such powerful mana, this is amazing!”
“That… was one of my less ‘expensive’ abilities…” I casually mentioned.
Greg looked to Prax as he pulled down his goggles “Let’s see what he can do.”
Prax gently grabbed the container and hooked it up to what looked like a clockwork computer “Oh my, this is quite the impressive little number…”
“It’s a SOUL.” I told him casually, floating as if I was laying in a hammock, paws behind my head.
Prax paused then began hyperventilating “This is a soul?! Sweet creator!” He began typing furiously as he began staring at the soul “This data! This is what I was missing!” he then hooked up what looked like a gauntlet to the computer and held it out to the smallest of the machines, resembling what looked like a monkey. “Copy!” He clenched his hand and grasped a grey soul in it, the soul surrounded in blue electricity. “PASTE!”
He then launched the copied soul into the monkey Golem and it suddenly reared up on it’s hind legs and knuckles. The monkey looked to Asriel, then Prax “Is it… good?” The monkey thing walked over to Prax and nuzzled him “Good?”
Prax smiled and laughed “Yes, it’s good! It is very, very good!”
“You’re welcome.” I said, smirking, one eye open lazily as I watched this all happen.
Prax smiled and shook my hand ecstatically “You are so very thanked!” he then copied and pasted the soul to all the Golems save one “There! Now to finish the head casing for this one..” he took off the gauntlet and smiled as he leapt to the machine and set a deer skull shaped helmet into the empty crevasse in the head, completing the shape of the head as the eyes lit up and the machine rose.
“It is good to have a body once again, so that I may protect the kingdom.” He then looked to Prax “May I have a spear?”
Prax nodded and gestured to the wall as the machine walked over to it, a spear hanging from the wall that looked like it was made from pure chrome.”This spear is very well crafted, my thanks.”
“How you enjoying that SOUL?” I asked casually, amused greatly by all of this.
Prax smiled “It is great, with the data derived from this, we can make a starting soul for all our Golem AI’s, and as all the code in their core integrates with the soul, they will learn their jobs.”
“Word of warning.” I started. “Don’t treat them badly, with those SOULs they will become their own people eventually.”
Prax looked appalled “Why would I ever do that? I am… I am like a father to them!”
“I’m saying more for the general population to hear from you later.” I told him. “You might not do that, but they probably will, not really understanding your creations and all.”
Prax smiled “I do not plan to let the public know of them until their souls develop. When they can self advocate.” He then looked to Rose “Do I have your word they will be given citizenship?”
Rose nodded and smiled “You have my word, they will be treated with the respect any and all living things deserve.”
“So, anyone want to spar?” I asked them, stretching a little.
Father Ash nodded and grabbed his spear “I would quite like to try out this new body, I have had several special features added in.” he then looked to Greg “Would you mind taking us to the badlands? I would rather not damage the forest.”
“I know where those generally are in every universe.” I said, grabbing Father Ash’s shoulder and teleporting the two of us there.
Father Ash cast a spell that covered both him and me in a light green aura “This aura will undo any damage done to us once it reaches lethal levels, so no holds barred as it were. Are you ready for glorious combat?”
“I was just gonna offer to fix your body if I broke it.” I said as I teleported a decent distance away from him. “And yeah.” I said, cracking my ‘knuckles’ and smirking.
Father Ash brandished his spear as his eyes shifted from green to red, his right hand shifting to a rapid fire rifle the size of a small cannon. He then fired several bursts of energy at me, stabbing the bottom of his spear into the ground “Let us battle!”
I summoned my Chaos Buster, shooting the bursts of energy as they came at me, before I spun it, it filling with rainbow energy and shooting a beam at Father Ash.
Right as the beam reached him, he held out his hand and grabbed the beam, literally grabbed the beam, as he collected my beam into a now green ball of energy and swatted it at me with his spear, sending a massive ball of green energy at me. “Take this, Caprine!”
Since it was my magic to begin with, I just grabbed it and re-absorbed it. “Well, looks like range will get us nowhere.” I started, summoning my Chaos Sabers. “How about we get up close and personal?”
Father Ash nodded as he split his spear in half, the spear becoming two half sized spears “I am ready for close combat! Prepare thyself!” he then instantly was behind me, bashing the back of my head with the butt of his spear, his left-hand rifle now once again a hand.
I had been expecting him to do this, because people always appear behind you, rolling with the blow so fast that it stunned him for a second, slashing and cutting a deep gouge in his chest.
“Ah, a good blow! May I offer you a satisfying battle!” he then grabbed me and kneed me in the spine before leaping into the air, twirling with me before throwing me into the ground.
I smiled, not harmed in the least, infinite defense and all. “This is gonna be fun.” I said, appearing right next to him and slashing at him with my sabers.
He then looked to me before releasing his spears as they flowed into his body and grabbed my sabers mid slash, disarming me as he looked to the sabers “A good weapon, but I would recommend a two handed weapon, as dual wielding is the most difficult of combat styles.”
“Like this?” I asked, summoning the sabers back to me and combining them, forming a larger great-sword like weapon.
Father Ash nodded “Yes, it is easier to do damage with the two handed sword.” he then formed an actual cannon from his entire arm and fired it at me in rapid succession, sending car sized elemental balls at me. “I enjoy this bout, I only wish that my latest incarnation were here!”
“Who would that be?” I asked, getting in a batter's position, batting the elemental balls back at him, curving them, them going five times the speed they came at me with.
Father Ash laughed “Why, it is Greg, he is the latest ruler of the Deer. And he is far more powerful than I, a bout between the two of you, especially when he equips his sibling, would truly be momentous!”
In his talking, the spheres managed to hit him, me smirking “I could always teleport him here.” I offered, preparing myself for a attack from any direction.
The orbs simply absorbed into him as he redrew his large spear, the liquid like metal solidifying in his grasp “I would say yes, but,” He burrowed underground and appeared right beneath me, dragging me down to my head in the dirt as he appeared above me, several feet in the air as he rammed his fist into my head, basically whacking me into the ground “I am having too good a time by myself!”
It was revealed that all he hit was a after-image, however. Myself appearing above him, smirking. “Me too!” I exclaimed, raising a paw into the air and hitting him hard into the ground, the lightning being unaffected by his absorption, it not having been around long enough to.
Father Ash laughed heartily “You remind me of my son, young one, he too was quite powerful.” he then got up and saw that his left hand was broken “It seems I am wounded, well, time to switch to my stronger hand!” he then switched the spear to the other hand as he threw it at me, the spear liquefying in mid air and covering me before solidifying on me, the material seemed to sap at my magic, not dangerously, but enough to be noticed as he rammed me with his shoulder through a large boulder, creating a large hole in it before it collapsed behind us.
I laughed, breaking free from the spear and punching him straight in the gut so hard it launched him back out, re-opening the hole, I teleported in his path, summoning the great-sword varient of my Chaos saber and, just when he got close enough… sliced him in half.
Father Ash laughed as his body began to heal itself, repairing the damage it was dealt “Sadly, this is the only healing spell I can use, and it only restores you to the point just before it was cast.” he then reattached his legs and looked to me, holding out his hand “That was a great spar, I am thankful that you allowed me to do so.” He then looked toward where the Everfree Forest would usually be “Shall we return to my… er… Greg’s, kingdom?”
I took his hand, shaking it and helping him up. “Sure, and no problem, just knock on the door portal any time you need another spar.” I told him, smirking.
He then sighed “You really do remind me of my son… Dragons be damned for taking him from me…” his eyes darkened and turned blue, almost showing sadness.
“I… might be able to do something.” I told him. “When exactly was he taken?”
Father Ash shook his head “he is long dead, and at peace with it, I have spoken with him in the afterlife.”
“... where are the dragons?” I asked.
Father Ash tapped his helmet “I melted down their scales to make my armor, most of it was used to create this body, aside from my rings, which have been given to Greg, they give him a substantial link to the memories of the previous Father Ashes, which along with his future knowledge, grant him great wisdom. He then tapped his spear, which had reformed in his hand “I also ground up their bones to make this spear, giving it it’s unique magical powers.”
“Neat.” I said. “You know, if you ever need to get some… extra revenge on them, I can always take you to a timeline where they’re still alive and have still killed your son.” I told him.
Father Ash nodded “I would like that, but for now, we should return to Greg, they are most likely viewing you through my vision uplink, as all Golems are equipped with.”
“Cool, so they watched me beat you.” I said teasingly, smirking.
Father Ash nodded “Yes, they did, I have no shame that I lasted as long as I did fighting a God of your caliber, even if you were obviously holding back.”
“I wanted to have some fun.” I said with a shrug, giving him a ‘what can you do’ gesture, before teleporting us back to the others.
Bob ran to me and gestured for a high five “DUDE! That was awesome!”
Greg nodded “I must agree, it was most impressive, I think Prax almost had a fit over the sheer magic you were using.”
Prax blushed “H-hey… I’ve never seen that kind of power before, not even from Eris!”
Rose smiled at me “If ever we can assist you in battle, please, call on us, we will… how does Bob put it… take care of the small fry?”
“I’ll be sure to give you a call.” I assured, smirking, before making a small star in a container and handing it to Prax. “Here, magic sample. And if you want, I can show you your SOUL.”
Prax shrugged, nodding “Sure, I wouldn’t have any problem with that.”
I nodded, holding my paw out towards him in a grasping position, before I pulled back, a purpled, very cracked SOUL appearing, me frowning. “Your SOUL is PERSEVERANCE, but… it seems that you can’t PERSEVERE much longer with that many cracks… want me to fix those?”
Prax sighed ”I guess, would I still remember what caused them? I have a pretty good idea of what caused it, and… while bittersweet, I still cannot bear to forget.”
“You’ll still remember them, it’ll just take less of a toll on you.” I told him. “I won’t fix them completely, that’d require removing the memories, but I will lessen the impact to get your SOUL to a more… stable, level.”
Prax nodded. I put my paw spread out pointing towards him, purple magic gathering in it and trickling into the SOUL, lessening the cracks so it only looked a little cracked, before I cut it off, putting his SOUL back in.
“Anyone else wanna see theirs before I go?” I asked.
Bob and Greg raised their hands, wanting to see their SOULS. Bob excitedly smiling “Ooh! Pick me first!” I rolled my eyes, making the same motions I made with Prax, pulling Bobs SOUL out, it being Green with stripes of red appearing and disappearing in it while Green electricity pulsed around it.
“You are KINDNESS, you like to keep others safe and happy, with a subset of DETERMINATION, meaning you will do whatever it takes to do so.” I told him.
Greg then smiled, now showing that he had teeth much like the necklace I saw. Turning to him after putting Bobs SOUL back, I made the same motions again, bringing out a dark-blue and red colored SOUL with an aura of TV static.
“Your main trait is INTEGRITY, you always stick to your believes and keep yourself together, and will do anything to keep your family safe with your DETERMINATION.” I told him.
Everyone nodded as they waved goodbye to me “Farewell, friend, may we meet again soon!”
“See ya!” I exclaimed, before stopping and thinking for a second, snapping my paws-fingers and making a copy of one of my horns appear for each of them. “If you ever need me and can’t get to the door.” I told them, smirking.
Greg smiled and nodded as he held out his hand “Let me know if you need someone scared, I can do pretty good with that.”
Father Ash nodded and gave a thumbs up “Let me know if you need my gun at your side!”
Rose smiled “Or my bow.”
Prax laughed heartily, patting my side “Call me if you want some gadgets!”
Bob then leapt up and hugged me “And me if you need a party and Pinkie’s not around!... or a power boost with chaos.”
“You got it.” I said with a smirk, shaking Gregs hand and giving Bob a pat on the back, before setting him down and walking through the portal.
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