The Equestrian Anti-Magic Knight
Chapter 24: Time for a Trip Girls- A New Friend arrives
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Oh boy, we had a time when we came in the door a few days ago. Surprisingly, Ymir had gotten along with Angel Bunny for the most part. They had been at each other's throats for the longest time now when no one was watching but they seemed to have worked out a truce while we were gone. That ended about an hour after we came home and cleaned up the warzone that had once been Shy’s house. I mean it now resembled what happened at the end of one of those old 1950’s Tom and Jerry cartoons. It was safe to say that Shy would be staying with me until we got her place up to codes again. Good thing Wood Worker and I are on good terms with the local contractor Hard Hat. He said he’d have the place finished before our return from the Savanna.
Speaking of the plan to free the ponies. I planned on having Ymir coming along with us this time around for a few reasons. First being to keep my still new house in one piece. Second, what would attract more attention than a six-foot black dragon pulling a cart into town. The more attention I get, the more wood I can sale for exotic prices for more funding to buy the mares and fillies in bonds. Money is going to be the key factor in this mission.
Shy and I got up and headed into the kitchen to begin the task of fixing breakfast for ourselves and all our animal buddies, Angel Bunny not included. ‘Dirtbag of a freaking rabbit.’ He decided he didn’t like me enough not to put up living under my roof and went to stay elsewhere on the property, still close enough to keep an eye on Fluttershy though. I think Ymir trying to eat him again was the deciding factor in it for the most part but I’m not complaining.
I decided that I wanted to fix banana pancakes. While I started on our breakfast Fluttershy went out and put a plate of carrots for the asshat rabbit and then she went and gave Ymir a plate of steak cubes. She had been through a rough patch thanks to Sombra stabbing me but nothing too extreme, thank the gods. Speaking of the garbage king and Ymir she and I have since gained access to a variant of crystal magic. Nothing dark like Sombra’s but still nothing too extreme like making pillars of crystal from nothing. We’re keeping it on the down-low, for the time being, only Shy knows about it outside the animals and can't speak to anyone else.
After we ate and fed up the rest of the animals Shy and I went out to the garage, Yes, I put a garage on my house. The main reason was that I needed a place to store tools and my wagon that I used to haul lumber, apples, and other things for Wood Worker and the Apples. Second, was for Ymir when she gets too big to stay in the main house. She was already six-foot from head to tell. Also, she seems to be practicing her magic now. I hooked Ymir up to the harness while Shy went over our luggage before it was time for me to load it into the wagon.
I opened up the garage door and as I did Fluttershy pointed out Spike and Twilight coming up the road. I waved for Ymir to come into the garage and hooked-up her to the wagon and finished up as Twi and Spike walked up.
“Good Morning Asta,” Twi smirked as she walked over to me. I got to my feet and dusted myself off. “Morning Twilight. Hey Spike.”
Ymir nudged Spikes back with her nose. “Alright, I know what you want,” Spike pulled out a good-sized emerald and tossed it to Ymir who gobbled it down in one bite. “Good morning Asta.”
“I still don’t understand how she can eat gems,” Twilight scratched the back of her head. Just thin Nero flew in and landed on my head.
“I don’t get it either but she says their like candy for her Twi,” I scratched Ymir’s back. “Nero will be joining us by the way. She’s been enjoying her freedom since her wing is now fully healed.”
“Cool,” Spike said as he climbed into the wagon.
Fluttershy came up with Angel in her arms. “Good Morning Twilight, “She turned to Spike. “Good Morning Spike. Ready for our trip?”
“Oh yeah, can’t wait to help Asta with freeing ponies,” Spike fist-pumped. “Gonna crack some Caribou skulls in the process.”
“No, we aren’t big guy,” I crossed my arms and raised an eyebrow. “I told you this is about legal means. The slaves are going to be bought by us. The Shadowbolts are the ones who are going to be running a black-ops while we do that.”
“The poor ponies,” Shy muttered under her breath but only I caught wind of it. She then looked to Dirtbag Bunny, “Angel, you look after everyone while we’re gone and don’t, '' she glared at him with her ‘Stare’. “I repeat Don’t trash Asta’s house.” He nodded in understanding. “Good bunny,” Shy patted him on the head and set him on the ground for him to hop away.
“Come on girls,” I jumped in the driver's seat while Spike sat next to me and pulled out a manual of some sort. “We need to hit the road. We still have to get Applejack and load up the rest of the goods at Sweet Apple Acres.”
“Coming,” The sang in unison and hopped in the back of the wagon.
“Onwards if you would please Ymir,” I said and she huffed at me before shaking her and pulling out.
‘You owe me a big exotic dinner for pulling this thing for you,” Ymir grumbled annoyed in my head.
‘I know but when we get there, okay,’ I answered as I rolled my eyes as the wagon moved forward. We were off to Sweet Apple Acres and to pick-up the last of the crew.
Sweet Apple Acres
We arrived at the farm in about ten to fifteen minutes. Aj and Big Mac were already outside taking care of their morning chores. Everyone piled out of the wagon and chipped in so things would move along. With a group of six, we had everything wrapped up in about thirty minutes. The next thing we had to do was load up the Timberwolf lumber, which was actually was going to be a bit more difficult than I had originally planned it would be as there was more lumber leftover than I remembered.
‘Hey, I can’t keep track of all the creatures I killed that day, the only thing on my mind was killing to protect Ymir and the CMC.’
Luckily, we had the master mage, Twilight Sparkle, with us. Twi cast a size reduction spell on the timber and what had easily been at least five or six acres of lumber was now about thirty to forty small wooden crates of easy to transport stock. Aj, Big Mac, Spike and I all started to load the crates into the wagon while Twi and Shy help Granny Smith make some snacks for the journey.
Big Mac pulled me off to the side after we’d finished with loading everything up. He had a strong stern air about him. I like the guy I really do. Strong, easy to get along, and brotherly to boot but when he says stuff you better listen and listen well.
“Asta, Ah really don’t like the fact that Aj, Fluttershy, and Twilight are goin with ya on this trip,” We walked around as he explained. I could feel the deep concern in his voice. “The Caribou are male dominant in every way and wouldn’t think twice about disciplining a female of any race. Slave or not. They beat women just for fun ya know.”
“Sounds like every bit of the bastards that Aj said they are,” I crossed my arms feeling disgusted. I hope I can keep my impulses in check while in their cities.
“I know how ya are when it comes to treatin folks right and your friends,” Mac sighed. “Keep my sister safe by any means you deem necessary. That goes for the other girls too.”
“I won’t let anything bad happen to them in any way shape or form,” I placed a hand on my big friend’s shoulder.
“You mean a lot to us here Asta. We all consider part of the family ya know,” He smiled as we approached the wagon. “But Aj, you really mean a lot to her. Please don’t lead her on. Try and talk with her while on this trip.”
I jumped into the driver’s seat. “I won’t let anything happen to the girls Mac and I’ll definitely talk with Aj about her feelings about me. I’ve promised her we’d talk after the house was done but then we got summoned to Canterlot and well, this and that happened.”
“Things beyond your control will always happen,” Big Mac nodded. “But as long as ya work things out with her, okay.” I nodded. “If ya don’t wanna date her then that’s okay but please let her down gently as to not break her little heart as little as possible. She’s still my little sis and you’re still one of my best friends and a mutual thing would be best on both sides if you can swing it.”
“I agree with you Mac, but I think we need to be on our way as we still have to head back into Ponyville to catch the train to reach Equestria’s borders,” I held my fist up and he bumps it. “We’ll have to catch a lot of trains from here to the borders of Equestria and the Savanna.”
“Hold up Asta, Ah forgot Ah found this in the fields while A was plowin the other day,” Mac pulled out a yellow gemstone that resembled a chaos emerald from Sonic but it had a big X, made from two black rings, on it. He hands it to me. This was obviously a token of some kind.
“Thanks, brother, find anything else like this give it to me right away,” I placed the gem in Grimoire and then looked to Ymir. ‘Let’s head out.’
“On it,” Ymir got to her feet and we head off to town to catch the next train out of town.
Ponyville Train Station
We arrive in town with the next hour and waited for the next cargo train to show up. Oddly enough though there were no ponies to seen anywhere. I shouldn’t be surprised though as most of the town had never seen Ymir in her current size or period for the most part.
“Good grief, ya’d think this place would be a ghost town if it weren’t for the occasional shadow passin in the windows,” Aj tilted her head as she rubbed the back of her neck.
“It’s not that unusual for ponies to hide from something that they don’t even know existed Aj,” Fluttershy explained. “I would definitely do the same at first.”
“Yea you would sweetheart,” I walked up with the tickets. “But ponies a very xenophobic towards new things. And very quick to judge based solely on appearance. A perfect example of this is what happened when I first arrived here.” Shy and Aj’s faces went flush with embarrassment. “And I’m not just referred to our first meetings but my first encounters with the princesses too. Now,” I pulled out my Grimoire and then pulled the yellow gem Big Mac give me back at Sweet Apple Acres. “Who do you belong to?” I looked it over and wait to hear the phrase attached to the token.
“Summoning a new friend Asta?” Twi looked up from a book she’d been reading on a nearby bench.
“Was planning on it as we have a while before the train arrives, but I haven’t heard the creed for this thing yet,” I gave the gem a once over.
“A creed, what’s that mean?” Aj walked over and leaned over eyeing the gem.
“It’s a saying we Displaced put on the objects that we use our summoning charms that gives a base description of us to other Displaced when they pick up the token that we hear in our heads,” I explained as I held the gem in my hand. “It’s usually only heard by the Displaced but from time to time others can hear it too. Especially if the Displaced the token is connected to is extremely powerful. Like on the verge of becoming a Void Dweller powerful.”
“So, somepony like your big brother,” Spike added with a raised eyebrow.
“Yea, I guess so,” I plopped on the deck of the station. I felt a sudden surge of pain ran through my head with a voice that sounded like a deep and dark.
"To any Displaced out there, if you wish to summon me, merely shout Chaos Control, and I, the Ultimate Lifeform will come to your aid, but if you bring pain and misery to the innocent, PREPARE TO DIE!"
“Are you alright Asta?” Shy looked at me worried.
“Fine Shy, it’s the norm for this type of thing,” I shook off the pain and minor headache. “Here goes. CHAOS CONTROL!”
Then lightning appeared out of nowhere and big flash blinded everyone, when it died so did the lightning, what appeared to be a humanoid looking Pikachu, he had a red bandana around his neck, wild hair with a large bang on the right side of his head, strange gauntlets, along with a pair of shoes that seemed somewhat cool, a belt, and bandages around his arms, and is with a pony version Sweetie Bell, both sleeping.
“The hell,” I raised an eyebrow. “You look like a Pikachu did a fusion dance with a Sonic character. And why do you have a pony with you?”
"Huh?!" he looked around, before spotting me, "Oh, a summoning. And to answer your question, apparently my Cloaker might have malfunction, so I kinda got stuck being an actual Pikachu, which has an effect on the girls, causing them to hug me until I can't breathe, and I was sleeping when this little one started doing the same thing." he said carefully putting Sweetie Bell down, "And for the record, it's not my fault that I think Sonic would be cool with some of Pikachu's abilities."
“Ah what is that thing?” Aj looked at the Pikachu up and down. “It kinda looks like a yellow mouse.”
“Be nice Applejack, I think he looks adorable,” Shy rushed over and began petting him.
“Sorry about that,” I walked over and pulled Shy off the Displaced. I held my hand out. “Names Asta, Asta Ferris. Nice to meet you. This is my girlfriend Fluttershy,” I placed my free hand on Shy’s head causing her to blush as she hid her face behind her hair. “That’s Applejack.”
“Howdy,” Aj tipped her hat.
“That’s Twilight,” I pointed to Twi who was pulling out quills and scrolls.
“And the green-haired kid s my buddy Spike,” I moved my finger to Spike.
“Sup,” Spike waved.
"Yo, names Pikachu, my real name is Rick, either one is alright, so you're Displaced as an anime character, I'm guessing," he asked,
“Yea, I went as Asta from the Anime Black Clover. I won a game of Black Jack against a guy calling himself the Gambler, friendly dude. Any way, won myself a one-way ticket here and have been living here for a few months,” I explained as Twi came over. “Just got back from the Crystal Empire a few days ago now we’re headed to the Savanna.”
"What exactly are you? What are the gauntlets' purposes, or are you anything like Asta?" Twilight asked, with many more questions to come,
“Twilight,” I looked over to the young mage out of the corner of my eye. She shut her mouth, “I summoned the guy so your questions for him can wait. He can ask his first. Oh, and one last person to introduce,” Ymir raised her head into view from where she’d been laying on the other side of the station. “That’s my dragon partner, her name’s Ymir. She can understand you but she can’t speak with her voice just yet.”
"Oh, never seen a dragon-like this, let me guess new species or Displaced?" he asked,
“She’s my partner. I received her egg from a Dragon Rider Displaced when her egg reacted to me being near her,” I smirked. “She’s called a sky dragon and is the equivalent of a pegasus in her homeworld. In this world, she’s the only actual dragon. Every species here is technically human.”
“Technically I’m a dragon too,” Spike butted in proudly puffing out his chest. “But we're called Drakes.”
“Then there are your sub-groups within the Drake race,” Twilight moved back in and started making notes on Rick’s appearance.
‘Easier to call the guy his real name instead of Pikachu.’
“Spike is classed as a Salamander among his race. They’re the most common of the Drakes, but Spike here is a little bit special case.”
“Hehe, I’ll say.” Spike scratched the back of his head. “Trap by Twi on her audition day for her acceptance into the best magic school in Equestria. I was hiding in the testing room from the kitchen staff and guards for stealing a shank of ham. I thought the guards were here so I jumped out when a big boom caused Twi’s magic to go haywire. She incased my in crystal, turn her parents into ice sculptures, and turned the guards into her personal cheer squad.”
“Safe to say one of my most embarrassing days ever,” Twilight hid her face in her notes.
“But one of the best days of our lives. If you hadn’t done it all we wouldn’t have met my mom,” Spike hugged Twilight. “I wouldn’t have a family or you.”
“Hmmm… Nice to hear a piece of your history guys,” I was shocked by the sudden reveal of Spikes past. “But back to you Rick. What you do exactly?”
"What he does? That's easy!" Sweetie Bell said, "I'm currently hiding him, he's a wanted criminal known as the Thunder Demon, but it's all a misunderstanding."
"Yeah, I was Displaced during the time before Nightmare Moon, helped out with a lot of things, like fighting Discord, trying to take back the Empire, getting severely wounded and losing the Empire to Sombra when he banished himself and the Empire. Then Nightmare Moon came along, after the fight, Celestia had this crazy idea about me being evil, then stoned me. Sweetie Bell then helped free me, now I'm hiding out with her." Rick said, pointing to Sweetie Bell,
“A wanted criminal aye,” I crossed my arms as I squinted then chuckled. “I would have been stone if I hadn’t gotten a handle on my emotions at the time when I first arrived here. This was just a few months back though. Not that I would’ve worked thanks to my anti-magic.I’m guessing, from the timeline you just gave me, you’re around three thousand years old? Give or take a few hundred years.” I pointed to the Pokemon who just stared at me with eyes wide and mouth agape. “What? Why are looking at me as if you have just been hit with the ugly stick?”
"Dang man, no need to state my age like that, you make me sound old," Rick said in mock hurt, with one hand on his chest,
“Eh, I learned from my big brother that time means jack outside our homeworlds unless you actually accomplish stuff and gain experience from living,” I shrugged. “ But if it makes you feel any younger, my brother is way older than you.”
"Anyway, what do ya need help with, or did you somebody to talk to?" Rick asked, "By the way, I sense 8 energies, when there's only 7 of us here, the eighth right next to you Asta." Rick said pointing to my satchel. "Rather dark too. Whatcha got in there, a demon Crystal or something?"
I pulled out my Grimoire and show it to Rick. "The show Asta comes from deals with magic. Everyone is given a Grimoire that only responds to them and only them. The books act as both a catalyst and memory bank for someone's magic and spells." I opened my Grimoire and it began to glow with my anti-magic. "And what you're sensing could either be my demon or Sombra. They're both trapped in this thing. But unlike everyone else, Asta has no magic power whatsoever so he trained to become strong without it. But since he can't use magic that means he’s perfect to wield anti-magic.” I reached into the Grimoire and pulled out the Demon-Slayer sword. “I can channel and use this anti-magic via the use of my swords and other items I have stored in my Grimoire. I can also use my Rider’s mark on my left arm in the same way. The drawback to this is I can’t use my ancient and crystal magics. At that time, Ymir can channel it due to our bond. Ya following so far?”
"Yeah, I'm following, so this Grimore, can others read it or something because I would love to see what else it can do."
“Anyone can read the Grimoires but only the one it’s attuned to can make it do anything,” I looked off to the side out of the corner of my eye. “And not everyone in this world has a Grimoire either. Only the main six, Spike and I have them. You should also be aware of the rankings of the Grimoire vary like their magic,” Rick nodded as he was staring at my book intently. “See weaker ones range from a one-leaf to two leaves on the cover and are the most common for people. Three leaves are common but the more powerful of common Grimoires. Then you have the top tier Grimoires they are ranked above all others in terms of power and rarity.” I pointed to the five-leaf clover on the cover of my Grimoire. “Mine and Spike’s Grimoires are the exceptions of this. The saying in the Clover Kingdom goes like this, “The three leaves of the clover represent faith, hope, and love. Within the fourth leaf dwells good luck.” I paused and darkened the tone in my voice quite a bit. “Within the fifth leaf dwells a demon.”
"Huh, interesting, and the fact that the fifth leaf represents a demon, it's frightening, I'm guessing five-leaf bearers are extremely rare," Rick asked,
“As far as I know they are. Five-leaf Grimoires have only ever been created from existing Grimoires in the manga, “I explained as I looked over to Spike and then back to Rick. “Spike is the only case where a barrier was gifted a Five-Leaf Grimoire from the very start, except for the original Asta but even his was a four-leaf that started off with the elf Licht over five thousand years in the story. It changed due to Licht using forbidden magic on himself.” I walked over to a nearby bench and took a seat.
"Interesting, so any chance I might get one, if not that's cool," he said with a shrug, sitting next to Sweetie Belle.
I looked to the Pokemon and pony. I took in a deep breath before letting out a sigh of annoyance and began to explain, “I’m the only being in this world that can give others a Grimoire of their own. I use a unique magic spell I call Publishing Magic with a blank book, ink, quill, and a small sample of fresh blood of the individual that I’m using the spell on. This is all done in tandem by the way,” I noticed Sweet shutter at the mention of blood.
"Oh, dang, so it's basically a ritual of some sort, freaky," Rick had a nervous look on his face, that's when I sensed dark energy right above Pikachu,
“Yea,” I looked to the area above Ricks's head out of the corner of my eye as I leaned my head back and facing the sky. “It would be classed as blood magic. But it only requires a drop. But the Grimoire is attuned to the wielder because of the blood. Drawbacks of the spell are that not I or the person that it’s cast on have a say in the magic that the Grimoire is going to be. You could end up getting anything from mist magic to copper magic. Then you have your sub-categories like spirit magic and creation magic. The sub-categories are the types that anyone and everyone has access to. The limits of the Grimoire and spells are usually based off the wielder limits and imaginations.”
"Interesting, these Grimoires sound like some very powerful items," a dark voice said, then a black mist formed right next to Rick causing him to jump back a little, then stepping out of the mist made me think Dark Sonic, but had the appearance of Rick, his gauntlets resembled a knights, and were a dull grey, the black parts such as the ear tips were white, and his eyes, they would make demons scared, they were an eerie, glowing, ghost white.
Everyone immediately got into an attack pose, except Rick, he had a look of annoyance, "Really Dark, sneaking up on people now, it's ok everyone, this is Dark Pikachu or Dark for short."
"Hello, sorry for the scare," Dark said,
"Wasn't scared in the slightest," I waved my hand in front of my face. "I can sense ki so I knew you were there already. And the Grimoires can be dangerous but the real threat lay in its user's ability to imagine and create new spells." I looked over to Dark and a thought popped up. "Seeing how your darker half has its own independence you would each receive a grimoire but just remember that you neither of you could use the other. Grimoires are attuned to each individual's soul."
"Alright, we get it, no one but the owner can use the Grimoires," Rick said, then pulled a small cube-like item, "Before this whole thing can happen, I think you guys should have something in return," then he threw the cube off the side of the station, then it grew in size, now it was the size of Golden Oaks, Rick motioned us to follow as he put in the password rather quickly, the doors opened to reveal a rather large laboratory on the inside.
“Ya’ll Displaced sure have some strange things on ya,” Aj remarked.
"Oh my Celestia,” Twilight gawked. “What is this wonderful place? I could do so much if I had half of this equipment for my experiments.”
"Welcome everyone to my lab, this is where I build all sorts of gadgets, and sorry Twi, but your not yet ready for this type of tech, this tech rivals some of Earth's smartest minds, its equal to that of Ancient Cybertronian tech, it's too advanced for your race,"
“There’s only one person I’ve met with more advanced tech than this?” I smirked thinking of my older brother. ‘Allen’s tech, alchemy, and magic would put this guy out of business if they were competing. “Maybe you’ll meet him one day.”
"Hmm, maybe, sounds like a good guy, anyway, the reason I brought you here is to give a selection of my tech and some interesting creatures, even though I said the ponies aren't ready, doesn't mean I can't give something that at least they can handle," Rick pressed a button a wall, the wall opened upwards revealing a set of action figures?
“What're those?” Spike ran over to the figures excited wit hhis eyes as big as saucers. “Looks like something you’d order with a limited edition comic.”
"These are my mechs, shrunk down to the size of action figures, thanks to my friend the Merchant, he sends me blueprints of various giant robots, I have Gundam, Voltron, even mech versions of each Optimus Prime, and of course," he grabs what appeared to be a dragon-like mech, it almost maple leaf-shaped spines and jetpack, "Kiryu, or Mechagodzilla in English, or Mekegojira for Japanese. For the Main Six I'm planning on giving them less advanced mechs, just make sure Twilight doesn't try to take them apart, k?" he said to me, giving me Kiryu, "You may need it, Displaced like us tend attract things from their series or something from the darkest corners of Equus, you could be facing a Balrog one of these days, or worse, you need all the gear you can get, I also made it too have neural power link, your mind controls it, and if you want, you channel most of your power through, giving them some of your abilities. I'll give you a bio of Kiryu, and to activate them just place them or throw them to the ground and shout their name,"
“Sweet,” I pulled out my Grimoire. “Twi, if you would set things up for me, please. Is there a place we can go in here that can handle a large energy discharge? I’d rather not do it outside and attract unnecessary attention.”
"Yeah, follow me, the room and my lab completely blocks off any type of energy from leaking out, not even a world-class energy reader can detect it, even if their standing in front of it, and if your worried about the princesses sensing it too late for that, they would have noticed the lightning and Darks energy, his easily dwarfs Tireks, if he had a chance to test it." Rick led us to an incredibly large room. ‘As if Godzilla and Mechagodzilla could fit in here’. "Welcome to the DangerDome, here hero's like myself train to better our abilities, even go full out with damaging anything."
“No worries about the princesses my friend. I just need somewhere I could cast the Publishing spell. Void Lighting is very unstable after all,” I opened up my Grimoire as Twi pulled out a couple of blank books from her bag along with a set of quills and a bottle of ink.
"True, but Dark here is someone even the princesses wouldn't think twice about destroying, he went head to head with Sonic EXE. A very powerful demon, that might I add managed to kill the whole world without even trying, not even I could keep up with the monster." Rick said as Dark tensed up, a slight hint of anger could be seen in those emotionless eyes but quickly disappeared.
“You have no idea what kind of monsters are out there in between the worlds my friend.” I set everything up on a nearby table and placed a couple of saucers the Shy had pulled from he nap sack. I then poured some ink in each saucer and motioned for Dark and Rick to come over. “Okay, all I have to do is add a drop of blood to the ink mix it well and then take the quills and write your names in the front covers of the books. Once you two do that I ‘ll take care of the rest.”
They both nod and proceeded to add a drop their blood in the ink, mix it, and then write their names. "Asta, you said that the fifth leaf would represent demon? Well Rick's demon would be his rage, the Deadly Sin known as Wrath transferred some of its essences into him, would these be like a prison for the said demon?"
“Demons want one thing and one thing only,” I opened my Grimoire and it began to float in front me as it became enveloped in black anti-magic. “A body. Our Grimoires act as seals and conduits at the same time for our demons. In a sense, they’re both our power and weakness. Promising power but taking you over at the same time. If you have the fortitude to resist their pull you can draw upon their power but still remain yourself.”
They both nod in understanding,
“Both of you stand next to your books,” They did so. “This will hurt quite a bit if the lightning hits you. Grimoire Publishing Magic!” Black lightning surged from my Grimoire and struck the blank book and then connected to the Pokemon.
Soon, Darks book emerged first, it was a very dark grey, five leaves were on its cover along with the title
Dark Spirit Magic
Rick's came next, he seemed to have dragon scales on it, it was a flaming blue and seemed to give off a slight heat, a dragons head was on it, breathing fire, with a five-leaf clover on its neck, glowing as if though its flames were coming from it.
Salamander Dragon Spirit Magic
Rick and Dark were awe at their Grimoires,
“You both like?” I smirked as I put away my Grimoire.
"Yes, we do, thank you, Asta Ferris," Dark said as he stuck his hand out for a handshake.
I took a firm hold of Dark’s and gave it a good shake. “I’m still new to magic and this Displaced thing but as long as you practice you’ll go far.” I turned to Rick. “What about you Pikachu? Not every day a lightning user gets Fire Dragon Power.”
"Yeah, your right, thank you, Asta, now about those creatures I promised,"
“Question?” everyone looked to Twilight. “What are the number of leaves on the covers and what do they look like?”
Rick and Dark showed what their Grimoires look like to Twilight and the others,
“Interesting,” Twi said with intrigue as she took notes.
I picked the scholar up by her collar and moved her off to the side. The others only giggled as Twi pouted that I interrupted her inquisition of new forms of magic. I don’t blame her after all. Her Grimoire is copy magic, after all, meaning the more knowledge she has on other magics the more she can utilize as her own. Eventually, she’ll be able to combine the magics she knows to create new ones. She’s just severely limited right now due to the only ones having Grimoires in this world are her six other friends. You wouldn’t believe how peeved she got at me for her not being able to copy my anti-magic or my swords for that matter.
“Okay guys I leave the rest up to you two,” I shrugged wit a modest grin. “Just be careful of the demons as they now will have a conciseness each and will try any form of persuasion to get your bodies.”
"Right" both Dark and Rick said at the same time, then Rick lead to another door, this door had a positive feel to it, Rick inserted another password, then the door opened, to reveal a grand field, a lake with so clear, you can see the bottom, looking up to see a sun, to my right was a forest, all over beautiful flowers lay, but that's not the only thing we see, various creatures of all shapes and sizes, I knew what they were.
"Everyone, welcome, to Eden! A sanctuary built for Pokemon that were left or abused by their trainers, here that don't have to worry about being hurt by the evils of humans." Rick said with a proud smile, "When I see this place, it fills my heart with joy that these Pokemon can live natural lives without fear of old trainers, evil gangs like Team Rocket, or being hunted."
“Uh, Rick, ya never told us what Pokemon are, exactly?” Aj held up a finger.
“Yea, what are ‘Pokemon’?” Twi asked with intrigue getting ready with a fresh book.
“What’s a trainer and a Team Rocket? The way you mentioned them, it sounds as if the mistreat these little guys,” Fluttershy bent down to get a better look at an Oddish as it ran up to get a closer look at our group before it darted back to the bushes from where it came.
“WOW.” Spike pointed to a tree. “That’s a BIG bug!” I looked to see a large blue Hercules style beetle.
“That one’s called a Heracross Spike and the one that you were looking at Shy, it’s called an Oddish,” I pointed to the representative Pokemon.
“Asta, how do ya know what the names of these critters are?” Aj looked at me in total shock.
“These are Pokemon. Short for Pocket Monsters. Think of their situation similar to mine and Ricks as Displaced as far as their origins go,” I explained while Rick and Dark nodded in agreement. “But in the world that these little guys come from they fight each other to grow stronger so they can then evolve into a new form with greater power.”
“Sounds simple enough,” Twi jotted down her notes.
“Trainers are humans that capture the Pokemon and help them evolve or they just live in peace with them as friends. Sometimes if a Pokemon is docile enough the trainers don’t even have to capture them.” I crossed my arms as a scowled formed across it. “There are bad trainers and evil gangs that steal Pokemon and force them to do evil acts. For their gain or sometimes they just want the Pokemon because it’s a rare or legend amongst its species.”
“That’s awful…” Shy looked at the Pokemon playing. You have to remember how kind-hearted she is especially towards animals. It’s one of the reasons I fell for her. “You saved them Rick?”
“Why’d ya bring us here fer?” Aj raised an eyebrow eyeballing the Pikachu.
"Yes I save them, often leaving an evil gangs base in ruins, and why I brought you here is because these guys still wish to have somebody to care about them, some miss having a trainer, even if it was a bad experience for them, like Heracross over their, "Rick said pointing to a lone Heracross," he misses having somebody he can trust that's not a Pokemon, I feel like they're getting ...lonely, and no matter how happy they are here in Eden, they still want a trainer or somebody to care for them."
“I’m not against letting the girls have their own Pokemon,” I agreed with Rick’s sentiment. “But I’ll leave it to you to pick the Pokemon,” Everypony in the room was about to speak up in disapproval before I quickly cut them off. “You don’t know their personalities or history. Some of the creatures have been through real hell on from where they’re from. Leave it to the one who saved them and they trust most. Okay.” They all nodded with a little bit of reverse.
"Good, and I'll give them a Pokedex equipped with a How To Raise Your Pokemon guidebook, Fluttershy will go first," he kneeled down some bushes, "I knew right you were there, come on boy," he stood up, and turned to face us, and in his arms was a Charmander, and it looked like it was trying to hide itself in Rick's arms, "This is Charmander, he's a little shy around strangers, but, he'll warm up to ya in time, he's also pretty tough, his moves include Flamethrower, Dragon Rage, Scratch and Smokescreen. Raise him well," he handed Charmander to Fluttershy, "Now, where are they, oh, there they are, come on over guys," a pack of Pokemon ran to us, "Alright, you also get, Dratini, an energetic little girl, but knows when to calm down, Joltik, which I'll supply you with electro orbs to keep him fed, they eat electricity, or you use lightning from clouds, Caterpie, a calm one she is, she likes leaves and sweats, mostly sweats, a Froakie, perfect little helper, just don't let him eat a ton of sweats, it will take awhile to calm, and an Eevee, likes to have fun and can be quite protective of her friends, I'll also give you different Stones to evolve her if you chose to, Fire Stone, Thunder, Water, but if Eevee is hit by the moon's Ray's, she'll evolve into Umbreon, Leafeon it's a Moss Rock, Espeon you have high friendship or a Sun Shard, Glaceon an Ice Rock, and Sylveon, a fairy type move and two levels of affection, Pikachu, and a Sandslash. Here are some Pokeballs for them," Rick handing Fluttershy several Stones, and a Pokedex. Then turned to Twilight.
"Alright, Twi, you get Porygon, Beldum, Elgyem, Lilipup, Honedge, and a Chespin," handing Twilight her gear,
"Dash gets a Pikachu as well, a Pidgey, Blitzle, Krookadile, and Pawniard.
Rarity will get Ralts, Excadrill, Vulpix, Liepard, Meowth, Fennekin, and a Milotic.
Pinkie, a Mr. Mime, Ghastly, Bayleaf, Haunter, Ditto, and Cindaquill.
Applejack, Squirtle, Venesaur, Vespiquen, Heracross, Bouffalant, and Machamp.
Spike, Garchomp, Axew, Hydreigon, Riolu, Escavalier, Tyranitar, and Tyrunt." Rick said, giving the rest of the Main 6 and Spike their items, then turned to me.
"Asta, you get Lucario, Pyroar, Greninja, Gyrados, Dragonite, Growlithe, Braviary, and a Shiny Rayquaza. And there are currently two Rayquazas in my world, I have a lot of trust in you to have one of the great legendaries," Rick said.
“I won’t let you down,” I said grinning as I clenched my fist and then looked to the girls and Spike. “Let’s go meet some new friends. I’ll make sure the others get to their new homes safely.”
“Yeah,” everyone said in unison.
“Lead the way Rick,” I smirked.
We followed him to each of the Pokemon,
“If Asta gets all these awesome looking guys, they must be really strong,” Spike stared at Rayquaza. It had a red skin tone for its main body while the usual yellow lines were a brilliant shining silver. Its eyes were a deep ice blue. I’d never known a Rayquaza to exist in this version of shiny before. He was a big softy once I proved myself in a little one on one with him.
“Do we get our own Pokemon to look after too?” Shy squeed with joy.
"Yep, now then behave for your new trainers, k?" Rick said to all the Pokemon he's giving us, to which the Pokemon nodded.
"I hate to be that pony but," Twi interjected with a very valid point. "Some of these Pokemon are bigger than a standard house. How are we supposed to care for them? How the hay are we even gonna get them out of this room? The door is way too small for the biggest of them," She pointed are Rayquaza. The big fella looked kinda hurt at that comment.
"Relax big guy, and the answer is Pokeballs, they shrink the Pokemon down to be able to fit in them, and go anywhere with them," Rick said, pulling out a Pokeball.
"Ooo, which ones you have?" I asked excited at the prospect of the many different options. "Oh, do you ball capsules?"
"Yep, also Z-rings, Great balls, Ultra Balls, and a few Master Balls, but only 5 of the last ones,"
“Sweet,” I smiled as I fist pumped. Everyone else merely looked at me as if I were crazy with puzzled looks on their faces before turning to Rick for an explanation.
"You see, there are so many different types of Pokeballs, if you just use the same classic Pokeball, you capture chances get difficult with each Pokemon, some will break out instantly, others when you think you caught it, just break out after, so humans built other Pokeballs with higher capture success, such as the Master Ball, it has an absolute chance of capture," Rick said, in a matter of fact tone, Aj raised her hand, "Yes Applejack,"
"What would happen if a Pokeball was thrown at ya'll?" She asked as she pointed to Rick and Dark.
"Well, it would ...actually for once I don't know, I mean, I am part Pokemon, let's find out!" Rick held up a standard Pokeball, then handed it to me, "Just throw at me, Pokeballs have some homing device in them or something,"
“You’re serious?” I raised an eyebrow. Rick nodded while Dark edged off to the side beside the girls. “Okay, but don’t blame me for the knot you’ll get on your head even if it doesn’t work,” I reeled back like a baseball pitcher and let the Pokeball fly with a considerable amount of force. “Catch!”
The Pokeball hit Rick in the head, then opened with a red light shooting at Rick, then disappeared into it, the Pokeball shook a couple of times, then stopped, then started cracking, then blew up with Rick being sent to a nearby tree, breaking it in half,
“Oh my gosh!” Shy shot over to the injured Pokemon based Sonic character. “Are you okay? Where does it hurt?”
"Why yes officer, that is my monkey!" Rick said with a dazed look on his face, his eyes in spirals, before he shook his head, "Whoa, that was weird, and I'm fine Shy, just a little bruising, well at least we know I can't be captured, so no worries about being captured by gangs,"
“Don’t move,” Shy pulled out her Grimoire and opened it. The book began to flip through its pages until it stopped about halfway in. “Bruising is nothing for me. I used this spell to heal Asta’s fractured bones a few times. Gaea Magic: Healing Vines.” Lush green glowing vines sprang from the grass and wrapped around Rick and his bruises fade into nothing then the vines fade into the air. “All better.”
While Shy worked her magic on Rick I walked over to a shard of the busted Pokeball. “Mmmm.” I picked the shard and looked it over. “Thought so, maybe Allen can improve this? I pulled out my Alchemist Pocket watch and opened it. “Send to Edward Elric,” The arms spun and a small Void portal opened and I dropped the Pokeball shard into it. “Better tell Rick the news.” I walked over to my girl and buddy. “You look good for someone who was knocked on his but by a small ball.” I crossed my arms with a smirk. “Want to know why it didn’t work?”
"It be my DNA, I created Pikachu to be made from Sonic, Pikachu, and Eggman's blood to form this, so it could be that the other two non-Pokemon DNA countered the Pokeballs effects on an actual Pokemon," Rick said getting up, dusting himself off a bit,
I shook my head,” Nah, you’re still more Pokemon than human or hedgehog. You blew out the capacitors for the amount of energy the Ball could hold.” Just then my watch started to rattle. “One minute,” I opened the watch and a Void portal opened above it and out popped a Pokeball. It was gold on top with a silver base. While a blue ring ran around the center. Attached to it was a small note.
‘It was blown capacitors and a DNA filter. Issues fixed Little brother. Keep in touch and give Shy a hug for me. Your niece and nephew can’t wait to meet you. Love, Allen Ferris. I call it the Chaos Ball by the way.’
“Well we were both right,” I tossed him the Sunrise Ball. “Bro made it for ya, calls it the Choas Ball.”
"Whoa, cool," Rick said catching it, then he became suddenly alert, his ears twitched,
All of the other Pokemon did the same. They were all on edge and I could sense something coming. I pulled Shy to me and pulled my Demon-Slayer Sword from my Grimoire. I looked at the other and looked to Spike and nodded. He armed himself in his green draconic flame gauntlets and boots as he stepped in front of Twi. Aj activated her Earth Golem Spell.
“What’s coming?” I looked at Dark. Who looked extremely unusually calm,
"Hey Rick, go see what it is," Dark said, which Rick immediately went over to see what it was,
"Darn right I will, whoever's invaded Eden is gonna-AAAAAAAAAAÀAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Rick screamed jumping and latching onto a branch, then giggling could be heard, looking to the bush Rick was investigating, to see a little girl, no older than 10, holding a clown mask, "I HATE IT WHEN YOU DO THAT EVE, YOU KNOW I HAVE CLOWN PHOBIA!" Rick shouted at the little girl, losing his grip and falling on the bush,
I looked at the little girl. She had black hair and was wearing a blue shirt with a smiling sun, and black shorts Shy was looking over my shoulder. She wanted to immediately run over and scoop the child up in a big hugged but I kept her back and slightly shook my head. “Rick knows her but I’m not about to trust someone with that amount of power who was so easily hidden from my ki sensing to easily.”
“Rick, would you mind introducing us to your friend?” Shy gave a puppy dog pout.
"That's Eve, an orphan, her mom to cure some disease she had, with my blood, that disease was Dark Sickness, made from Dark Matter a substance that corrupts anything, including Celestials, but I have something that can combat this disease," Rick then closed his eyes, a blue glow came from his chest a strange gem Shard came out, "This a Shard of the Allspark, from Transformers Animated, I built Pikachu to be in like a crossover of Sonic X, TFA, Avengers, and Pokemon, you see, I also built him to be evil at first, a hero killer, he succeeded a little, killing a few heroes, but the Allspark shard changed that, it reformed him, then joined the League of Heroes, later on forming a team of reformed villains, called the Shadow League, anyway I'm getting sidetracked, Dark Matter is the very essence of evil, and the one who created it is evil itself, the Overlord, he also created Dark Sickness, it's technically a venom of the Dark Beasts, servants of Overlord, anyway, one of the Dark Beasts bit Prof. Gleams, daughter, giving her Dark Sickness, she tried to find a cure for her, but when a Dark Beast bit Pikachu, it didn't really affect him, only a little, he did get sick for a week but was cured because of the Shard, the Allspark represent Life, guess it also repels darkness, so the professor asked Pikachu to help, which he did, some tests later, they took some of Pikachu's blood and gave to Eve, she was healing up nicely, but the Beast that bit her must have found out and tried to kill me and Gleam, and reinfect Eve, it killed the professor, before it could get to Eve, I killed it, now she has been living with me," Rick said looking over to see Eve playing some Pokemon, some of the bigger ones being careful not to squish her by accident, a smile spread across his face,
"And as for her hiding from your ki sense Asta, she has been getting a lot of different powers, one of them is Ki Cloak, she literally erases all traces of her ki, making her invisible, heck she pretty much outclasses my labs energy Cloaker, she has basic thunder abilities, can run as fast as a cheetah, her Ki Cloaker, and has the ability to shapeshift into the three DNAs I'm made from, a Mobian Hedgehog, Pikachu, and her basic human form, she's also can shapeshift into something like me," Rick said, as Eve turned into a Pikachu, then back again,
“Seems like you two are pretty OP man,” I raised my eyebrows and crossed my arms. “As far as powers and equipment go you’ve got me out classed by leaps and bounds. Eh, I prefer the simple stuff than al the OP crap anyway. I’m still unlocking all the items I won from the Grambler at that. I got my wish to meet up with my older brother a few days ago and I’ve got a good life here with a good girl and great friends. Come to find out I quote the extensive family across the Void that ranges into a few nieces and a nephew that are Displaced too.”
“Speaking of family ties,” Spike pointed from Eve to Rick and back again. “So, if she’s an orphan, lives with you, and has some sort of blood connection with you, doesn’t that Eve your daughter of sorts?”
We all turned to look at Rick and Dark, who was steadily moving out of sight.
"You know, it kinda does, haven't really thought about it, and Eve isn't OP, she's only able to shapeshift into the three I told you, plus her lightning is pretty weak, but once she grows up she will have the same electric charge of maybe 2 Pikachu's, maybe." Rick said, before screaming and jumping to latch onto a branch again, dye to Eve with a clown mask, "AGAIN WITH THE CLOWN MASK! I HATE THIS PHOBIA!"
“Dude, it’s just a clown mask,” Spike shaking his head.
“Easy up their partner,” Aj place a hand on Spike’s shoulder. “We all have things were uncomfortable around and scared of.”
“She’s right Spike,” Twi added. “For you it’s being unwanted or hat would happen if you lost control of yourself. For me it’s failing the Princess as her personal student.”
“Shy has a whole list of things she’s scared of,” We chuckled as the aforementioned pegasus hid behind her bangs. I walked pulled her in and gave her a nuzzle. “But that’s one reason why I’m here. To protect her. Heck, even I have fears, like not knowing if I can control my magic or if Sombra’s starts to rear his ugly head.”
"That's nice, anyway, we should head out, this place probably attracted a lot of attention," Rick said, heading to the door, "And I haven't given the girls their mechs, and be sure to give Pinkie, Rarity and Dash their Pokemon and Mechs, alright Asta?" as we exited Eden, with the Pokemon giving their farewells, we made our way to the entrance of the lab, Rick gave the girls the five lions of Voltron, Fluttershy got the Tiger Zord from Power Rangers, Spike got the Dragonzord, he opened the door and walked back out to the train station.
To see a bunch of ponies in front of the lab,
"Should've guessed this would happen," I murmured to myself. "We were here before the crowds but I expected to be the only ones here for awhile. Didn't take into account the ponies coming off the trainS coming in." I walked through the crowd to see what they have all gathered around.
The princesses were talking to a robot, he wasn't tall, just half my size, he had a mostly blue color, with some grey, mostly on his arms and legs, his feet were red with a white stripe going horizontally, his red glowing eyes had everyone on edge, it was Metal Sonic.
"For the last time, you are to tell us what is this thing or let us in, we command you!" Celestia shouted at Metal,
"Negative, all information is classified regarding structure, only authorized personnel allowed to enter, now leave or face the consequences!" Metal Sonic said to her, causing her to go on a shouting fit, I felt a tap on my shoulder, looking to see Rick,
"Why is Metal here and why is he annoying the Princess?" looked at Rick annoyed.
*Guard, but here," he said handing me a small cube, and a TLK Optimus Prime mech, "The cube is the D-Vault, short for Doomsday Vault, there are dangerous artifacts, weapons and spells out there Asta, so use it to store them, don't worry, the vault can never be broken into, and here," he handed me a sword, "A Masamune Sword, legend says that his swords were so well-made, their layers went to a point that was but one atom thick. I also had this sword is infused with the flames of a Dragon, no magic required,"
“These will definitely come in handy,” I pulled out my Grimoire and placed the sword and Prime mech into it and placed the D-Vault into my satchel. “One moment,” I pulled out my pocket watch again and opened it. “Edward Elric,” I spoke in confidence into the watch. The arms spun and then a holo-screen popped up from the watch. Soon a picture of my older brother’s back was being shown in some sort of workshop. He was surrounded by all types of what I would have to guess were automail arms, legs, and even wing.
“Hmmm,” I heard Allen notice a sound. “Ah, Asta, nice to see you, little brother,” He walked over and picked up his watch and slid a pair of goggles up onto his forehead revealing a line of grime on his face where they’d been resting. “What can I help you with?”
“I was wondering if you an extra anti-magic sword lying around? Or could you make one?” I asked a little reserved.
“Sure I can, but I have to know, did one of yours, break?” He asked as he moved off-screen and started to rummage through things.
“No, it's for a Displaced I made friends with,” I rubbed the back of my head.
“Okay then. You’ll have it now,” Allen said as a Void Portal opened and out shot a large package. “Come visit next time. I have to get back to work now, Take care brother.” He waved an the video feed shut off.
“Must be working on something big,” I looked to the package and then to Rick. “Call off Metal and join me here.” I walked over to the Princesses. “He’s with me so no need to worry. That's just a robot.”
“If you vouch for him then we’ll leave it to you Asta,” Luna looked to the robot in annoyance.
“Good luck on your mission,” Celestia placed a concerned hand on my shoulder. “Do be careful.”
“Always,” I nodded. They then teleported away in a flash and I returned to Rick. “Thought you might need this for your fights back home.” I picked up the sword to reveal and anti-magic crystal sword much like that of my older brothers.
“My brother forged this with Equestrian techniques of his world but with alchemy, he knows to infuse it with anti-magic he got from me.” I presented Rick with the weapon. “What ya think?”
"I think it's perfect," Rick said giving it a few practice swings, "Hey Asta, make sure nobody gets their hands on the Pokemon or mechs, and if a foe is too strong for ya, I'm only a call away." the lab shrunk after Metal went in, Rick placed the mini-lab in his pocket space, "And my token can be used as a Chaos Emerald, and it's called a Power Emerald, good luck on your future missions."
"Sure thing," I pulled off my headband. "The same thing for me, brother. It's nothing fancy but this headband will call me just say my name." I looked at the headband for a second. "Hmm. Give me a second, I'll update this thing," I held the headband up and thought if a new creed.
"If you seek truth and aid in helping the weak and in need, call forth the Anti-Magic Knight,"
A channeled some of my anti-magic into then tossed the headband into the Void Portal. Then a new headband landed in my open head and I held it out to Rick.
"This will allow you to channel anti-magic into your sword or from the sword into your bod. I suspect that instead of black with a red outline that yours will be black with a yellow outline," I explained the new headband as Rick placed it on his head with the red star in the front. The star turned yellow. "Just don't let it fall into anybody else's hands. You also won't be able to use magic when channeling anti-magic. The backlash would be very bad for your body. It will also give your demon another path to tempt you with. And Dark won’t have it unless you give him the headband. Which have another in case he might need it." I give Rick another headband.
"Got it, thank you Asta, and I'll be sure to give Dark his, he retreated back into my head, said he wanted to look over his Grimoire, speaking of which, I've been looking at mine and saw something that I wanted to try out before I leave. Care to spectate?"
“As long as it doesn’t cause damage to my town,” I motioned to the open field across from the train station. “I’ve got a few more moments to spare for ya, my friend. But I have a train to catch and a schedule to keep so we need to make this quick. Spike,” I motioned for the young drake to join us as he could learn something from someone with a similar magic to his own. “I five-leaf learning session for us all,” I smirked.
Rick opened his Grimoire after we got a safe enough distance from everyone, Rick finally found a spell, "Alright, how do I do this?"
"The concept of spells is easy," Spike spoke up. "Simply speak the type and name of the spell while visualizing what you want it to look like." He pulled out his Grimoire. "Emerald Draconic Flame Creation Magic: Draconic Gauntlets." Spike's arms were then covered in green flames the hardened into heavy clawed gauntlets. "See, easy," The young drake smirked.
I slapped in the back of the head. As Spike the stinging away Iexplained the hard part to Rick. "Yes The concept is easy but the mental and physical fortitude it takes can be a strain but some, like Spike, can make a spell on the fly given the right circumstances. What are young dragon has forgotten to tell you is the stronger your connection to the mana you have the stronger your spells are. This connection can make casting spells hard or easy. The stronger your connection the more power you have but the hard it's going to be to control even basic spells. The weaker the harder it is to cast spells." I took a breather then continued. Twilight joined us as she always enjoyed any lecture. "Mana is the magical energy in the body and the air around us. FYI, if your mana isn't infinite as you are limited on how much you have, you deplete your mana you pass out from magical exhaustion. Only certain mages have the ability to take in mana from there surroundings. I have a similar skill in channeling anti-magic but I use Ymir as a conduit for csst my ancient magic. You should be able to do this since you can channel Chaos Emeralds."
"Right," Rick said, then had a look of focus "Here goes, Talons of the Fire Drake!" A pair of gauntlets appeared on Rick's arms, rigid dragon scales covering it, sharp claws and gave off a major heat, if the steam coming from Rick's fur wasn't any indication, they were also red with a few gold highlights.
"Nice," Spike held out his own gauntleted fist for a fist bump.
"Yea, nice work," I looked over the gauntlets. "But now you need to try and make up your own spell. Like a weapon or healing spell."
"Alright," Rick said, he focused again, and a burst of flame came from his hand, soon taking the form of sword, it had a dragons head for the guard, it had a few flame patterns on its silver blade, the handle was golden, while the dragon was a crimson red. "Whoa, what do you think? Did pretty good on the first try making a weapon spell."
“Good forming a basic weapon form but it’s not complete until you name it and it’s recorded in the Grimoire,” I pointed to his book. I know it’s not there because no writing showed up.” I opened my Grimoire and pulled out my Demon-Dweller sword and pointed to Rick. “Lets see how long the base shape flame sword can hold up.”
"Alright, need to know the characteristics of my new blade first before naming it," Rick said, getting into a defensive position, "The first one to yield, loses."