Edited by Fawkes

Arrival

Where to begin? Well I suppose the beginning would be best. I grew up in a bad part of California, never knowing my mom or dad. See, they abandoned me when I was just a baby, but a man found and raised me. Over the years I made a few friends and lost several to gangs and drugs. I even lost the woman pregnant with our baby girl. Despite all this, I was given a second chance at life. I was at comic-con where I came across a lone vendor. I walked up to him, and found that he had every weapon from the Hellsing series, along with Alucard’s signature red jacket.

“How much do you want for all of this sir?” I asked the man.

“You sure you want all of it son? It’s not going to be cheap.” I figured it couldn’t cost more than the five grand I had on me, so I nodded my head.

“Well ok then son, that’ll be four thousand dollars.”

I handed him the cash before putting on Alucard’s jacket as well as Walter's gloves, with the man putting everything else in a bag.

“Oh and son? Don’t go starting anything you can’t finish, and try not to die eh?”

The second he said that I found myself enveloped in a blinding light. When I opened my eyes I saw I was in a swamp at sunset, with the bag gone. I looked down and found all the weapons laying before me, the same as I remember them, yet somewhat different. I walked over and picked up Anderson's bayonet, feeling as though it was heavier than I remembered the prop being. Running my finger down the blade, I was shocked to find that a small cut was there, staining the gloves’ finger red.
“Holy shit!”

I jerked my hand away in shock, but what I saw was both awe inspiring and terrifying. The blood from the wound appeared to flow back into my wound, closing it as though there was never a cut.

“Alucard’s Regeneration? That's… mildly disconcerting.”

Deciding to find out if anything else changed, I reached up to feel my face. I had a more rounded chin then I remembered and my facial hair was gone. My hair was longer and jet black, and I noticed Alucard’s seals were imprinted on the back of Walter’s gloves. Realizing that if Anderson’s knife was real, the other weapons may be too, I quickly checked and found they were all loaded and appeared to be in working condition. Hearing voices approaching, I quickly packed everything away, finding built in holsters and knife sheaths in my jacket and belt, and keeping Seras’ rifle slung over my shoulder.

“Are you sure she’s around here? We haven’t been here since the hydra incident.“

I froze dead in place and slowly turned my head to find an unbelievable sight. Twilight Sparkle herself, or rather an anthropomorphized version of her. She stood before me on her own two legs, with lavender fur and hooves in place of feet. Behind her stood the Mane Six themselves. Staring at each other for a few moments, I saw a flash of movement within the bog.

“Get away from the water now!”

Giving them no chance to react, a large reptilian hydra head came rising out of the water. We all simply gawked at it for a moment, before Pinkie gave out a shout, shattering the silence.

“The hydra is back, run!”

Thinking fast, I brought the rifle up to my shoulder and aimed at the hydra, shocked by how light and natural the rifle felt in my hands. The second it looked at me, I pulled the trigger. The beast’s head exploded from the impact of a 30 mm round to the forehead. Four more heads along with a body rose from the bog, staring at me in anger and shock.

“Leave now and survive, or stay and be obliterated. Your choice.”

The beast turned with surprising speed and ran, dragging the headless stump behind it. I turned back to look at the Mane Six and made a quick decision not to let them know I know who they are.

“I think it best you leave, no telling what the sound may have attracted.” yet even after saying this I had to dodge a pink blur. “The hell?! You’re nearly as fast as Anderson!”

“Thank you for saving us! I should throw you a party! Feel free to bring your friend Anderson!” I decided to go with the charade of being Alucard and told them,

“Anderson is no friend of mine, he is a psychopathic murderer who, along with the rest of his organization, took some of my closest friends.”

“Why would he do that?”

“They saw me as an abomination, and murdered my friends purely because they were allied with me.” Looking angry and sad, Pinkie walked over to me and tried to hug me. I took a quick step back, and saw the reflection of my red eyes in her large pools of blue.

“What, don’t like hugs?”

“No it's just not something people do often.” Rainbow flew over and looked at me with a sad, yet cocky smile.

“What about your mom and dad dude?”

“Never knew them, the man who raised me spoke of how he found a woman running away from a bundle in the woods. He walked over and found she had left a baby boy on the forest floor.” She stopped midair and fell to the ground landing on her butt. She looked at me with shock. “You looked shocked, guessing abandonment isn’t as common here?” I could see the disgust on her face and the others as well.

“No it’s not, foals are either given up for adoption, or other family members take them in.”

“Well I saved six girls and learned something new, so I’d call this a successful little chat. Now then, if you will excuse me I need to find myself a place to stay.” I walked passed Pinkie and Rainbow, but I was stopped by Applejack looking at me in pity.
“Hold on there partner, I can’t just let you leave like that without saying thanks for saving us. How about some Apple family cider? It’s the best in Equestria.” She finished with a smile that I did not return.
“Miss if you wish to repay me, then allow me to leave in peace. My only wish is to return home so I can kill Anderson and his allies.” Her smile disappeared and a look of shock came over her.

“Why do ya want to kill this guy so badly?”

“How would you feel if every friend you made was killed, just for allying with you? Every weapon you see save one belonged to a friend who that bastard murdered.”

Twilight walked up to me and, like Pinkie, tried to hug me but I once again just stepped away. She seemed to be a little hurt that I didn’t want their hugs.
“I’m sorry to hear what happen to your friends, but killing Anderson won’t bring them back.”

“You think I don’t know that? Anderson had no right to take them from me, so I’m going to take his life as payment. Do you have any idea what it’s like to tell a mother her son died? How it feels to tell a child their father is dead? How it feels to hold the one you love and feel their life fade along with the life of your unborn child?!”

Twilight pov

I don’t know what to say to him. How can one living thing take should hardship and pain?

“You’re right, I don’t know what that's like, but what will the rest of the world think of you if you succeed?”

“They already see me as a beast that must be put down.”

I could hear the sadness and resignation in his voice. I can’t just let him suffer, it wouldn’t feel right if I did. “Hey, can you tell me your name? I’m Twilight Sparkle, the white unicorn is Rarity, the cyan one is Rainbow Dash, that’s Fluttershy, and the pink ball of energy is Pinkie Pie.” I looked at him expectantly and waited for him to tell us his name.

Roy pov

She wants to know my name huh? “My name is Roy, it’s a pleasure to meet you. Now please leave me alone.” I began to walk away, but felt someone grab my arm. I turned and saw Applejack holding firmly onto my arm, a determined look on her face “Yer coming back the town with us, the least I can do is give you a place to sleep. If yer hungry, I can whip up some famous apple homecooking.”

“Why are the cute ones always so stubborn?” I saw the rest of the girls at laugh a little.

“Look, yer coming with me either way. When's the last time you ate anyway?” I thought about it, I hadn’t eaten much in two days at least.

“About two days, three if I count today.” As soon as I uttered those words she was in my face.

“Three days?! Why in tarnation haven’t you eaten in three days?!”

“Lets see you find food when you’ve been fighting for two days straight! Hell, I was beaten so bad I couldn’t move for a full day.”

“What do ya mean couldn’t move?”

“I had internal bleeding, 12 broken ribs, and another 3 cracked on top of that. Whenever I moved I would cough up blood and I nearly died from the shock.” She looked at me with disbelief and shock.

“By faust, how are ya still alive Roy?”

“I’ll die as soon as that bastard Anderson burns for his crimes.” The look on her face told me there was no getting away. I could feel her hand on my arm tighten. “Do you think I can get my arm back?”

“Come with us and I’ll be open to discussion.”

“Well let's get moving then.” The girls smiled and we began to walk down the path. After an hour of walking, we made it to a small town and the group broke up. “So which way are we going?”

“This way Roy.”

As we walked I realized I had an important question. “Say, do you have somewhere I can sleep where the sun won’t get on me?” She stopped to look at me with a coy smile.
“Why, afraid of waking up early?”, She turned and started to walk again. I thought about it for a second and decided to be straight with her.

“No, I don’t want to be burned alive.” She stumbled and nearly fell but caught herself.

“What do ya mean burn alive Roy?”

“Remember how I told you that I was different from Anderson and my friends?”
“Ya I remember.”

“Good. You see I’m what’s known as a Nightwalker. We are few in number after having been hunted to near extinction by a race known as Sunwalkers. My friends and Anderson are among this species. Once, we lived alongside each other in peace, before a war broke out and my race lost. I, alongside many other able-bodied 18 year olds were drafted into the war. That’s where Anderson and I first met on the battlefield. Our blades clashed and he felled many of my allies, so I responded in kind. Anderson is however, a less than honorable man.”

“What do you mean Roy?”

“He would kill women and children, even the unborn and innocent, like my dear Seras and our child.” I could feel the pity coming from her. “To answer your question however, both my skin and eyes are extremely sensitive to UV radiation.”

“Sounds similar to Bat Ponies.”

“Similar to what? Is that a species here?” Maybe they have a way to protect themselves against the sun?

“Yeah, they’re the night guards that protects Princess Luna.”

“I may have to look into that, thank you for the information Applejack.” She smiled and gave me a nod. We continued walking and before long we came upon a barn. She took me in and showed me to a room with no windows and a bed. I thanked her and set my weapons in the corner before laying down. I found myself unable to sleep that night but began to drift away come morning, hearing faint voices before I finally succumbed to sleep.

Luna Pov

“We have come investigate this new creature Applejack.”

“Wait, there are some things ya need to know.”

“What is it?” She told us all that Roy had spoken of. Despite the element she embodies, we found it difficult to believe that any one creature could live through such hardship. This Anderson had committed unforgivable crimes and we must watch for him. “Lady Applejack, do you believe all he said to be truthful?”

“Yes I do princess, I could see the sadness and pain in his eyes, nopony could fake that.”

We nodded before walking to the door and knocking. The door opens and we found our self looking up at Roy, who was a few inches taller than us. He had blood red eyes and hair as dark as the night. He seemed to be well built and I could feel the power coming from him, stronger than us, maybe even stronger than our sister.

Roy pov

I decided to finally take inventory and find out if there was anything else that came with me. I felt my pockets and found my phone and earbuds. “Thank god for the little things.” I heard a knocking coming from my door, so I put down the phone and walked over. I felt my heart jump as standing in front of me, albeit a little bit shorter than me, was the Princess of the Night. I couldn’t let them know I knew who she was, but I could still have a little fun. “Hey Applejack, who’s this hot chick?” Luna’s face became beat red and started to shift on her hooves.

“Roy! This is Princess Luna, show some respect!”

“Applejack, my respect is earned not given.” She was left slack jawed at, what she perceived to be, my disrespect while Luna simply looked shocked. “So to what do I owe the pleasure of having such a gorgeous lady here?”

“W-we are here to speak with Sir Roy. Our sister wished for us to learn what we can about thou, but Lady Applejack has told us much already. Please forgive us if we offend thou but why was thy mate and child killed by this Anderson? “

I felt my blood run cold and I saw her take a step back in fear. “He killed her because I am a Nightwalker and she is a Sunwalker. He saw our relationship as an affront to his god and people. Our closest friends Walter, Lady Integra, and Pip tried to stop him, but he slaughtered them just like he did her.” I grabbed the bayonet off the floor and held it for her to see. “This is the weapon Anderson used to slay them all. He tried to use it to kill me too but failed.” I looked at her and I could see she knew pain like I did, maybe worse.

“Why did thou keep it if it has taken so much of thee and thine? We would also like to know what may a Nightwalker be?”

“I am a Nightwalker. The last of the Nightwalkers. We were a race that lived beneath the moon and the stars that light the night sky like millions of fireflies. I kept this blade so that the last blood it tastes will be Anderson’s.”

“Lady Applejack was not wrong about thy determination to kill Anderson. We cannot blame thee for thy wish of revenge against him but what would thou do if thou cannot fight this beast again?”

“I do want to kill him but we’ll be seeing each other at the end no matter what.” After hearing this both of them looked confused by what I said. “In the end, both Anderson and I are going to Hell, a place where the evil and wicked burn for eternity.” Applejack had a horrified look on her face, while Luna simply looked at me in pity.

“How could such a place exist and why would you go there?! I know you weren’t lying to us, you’re the good guy right?”

Applejack asked in outrage and concern.

“Murder is murder Applejack, no matter how righteous. I'll pay for the sins I’ve committed, but so will Anderson.”

Luna Pov

We think this one's a keeper. The way he speaks of the night, it is if he knows it’s true beauty. We would like to take him with us and get to know him. “Sir Roy would thou like to accompany us back to the castle for the day and we can speak tonight?”

“I‘d like to but the sun is rising fast, so if we are going anywhere far, we need to go now.”

“We understand, please get thy things and follow us please.”

Roy pov

I gathered all my belongings and walked out of the barn to see the sun coming over the mountains. I turned and saw Luna climbing in a carriage being pulled by what I assumed to be Bat Ponies. I nodded to them and they nodded back. I entered the carriage and sat across from Luna who was smiling at me. The carriage began to move so I spoke to Luna. “Well, may as well talk until we get there. What do you what to know Princess?

“Well, Lady Applejack said thou fought in a war, may we ask how long this war was?”
I sat there thinking about what to tell her when I got an idea. “The war lasted a little over two hundred years. You should know I’m a little over five hundred years old, but that's a mere blink of an eye to one as old as yourself is it not?”

“How did thou know this Sir Roy?” She asked in a somewhat scared tone.

“Power. I can feel it coming from you and I’m willing to bet your sister is the same way. My kind can life to be thousands of years old so I’ve to felt power much stronger than yours. You know now that I think about it Anderson is on or a little above your level.”

“Your kind live so long and your ability to sense power is incredible.”

“If you want I’m sure I could teach you and your guards to sense the world as I do.” She smiled widely and bounced in place.

“Oh, Tia is going to be so jealous when our guards are stronger than her’s.”

“Oh trust me, they’ll be strong. Onto more pressing matters, are my eyes that pretty or do you just like the colour red? You haven’t stopped looking since we got into the carriage.” Her face was now blushing madly and she spoke nary a word. “So Luna, what’s going to happen when we get to this castle?”

“Thou shalt be given a room and allowed to stay for as long as thy wish.”