“Yea, spill the bean Aj,” Pinkie popped up from behind Rainbow with Rarity next to her.

“How did I get over here?” Rarity puzzled. “Is there something to gossip about?” She looked to her friends.

“Applejack is hiding why she punched Asta earlier today,” Pinkie pointed out.

“It’s not ma place to say,” Applejack crossed her arms. “If ya really want to know then ask Asta yourselves. Just know that what he says is the truth and Ah’ll stand by him and his story.”

Applejack walked over to the picnic blanket and sat down. She was ticked off a bit. I bet the others were prodding her for more info on me. The others soon follow and so did Fluttershy who’d been talking with the Bird. Nero had woken up only to perch herself in the tree and the fell back to sleep.

“Hey Spike, I’m gonna go and chat with the others for a while but well talk me about Power Ponies when I get back,” I said with a half smile. He okayed me and went back to reading his comic. I went over and patted Applejack on the back. It seemed to calm her down a bit. I sat down in between her and Fluttershy.

“Look here you four,” I pointed my finger around the circle. “ If you want to know something about me then ask me. Don’t go pestering others, even if they know stuff about me or my actions or actions involving me. Now, ask.” They simply stared at me and my directness.

Twilight went first with her curiosity at its boiling. She had now what I know is a quill and parchment ready. “Who are you? Where are you from? What are your plans? Can you use magic?”

“More importantly. Why’d Aj punch you this morning? And why were you really at Fluttershy’s cottage? Rainbow interrupted.

“In order. One. My name is Asta or at least it is now,” Applejack and Fluter looked at me as confused as everyone else in the group. “Two. I’m a wanderer. I from a place called Earth in another universe or dimension altogether. I was sent here after I won a game of Blackjack as a character I was dressed as. For some reason I can’t remember what my name was so I’m using the character’s name as my own. I’m not a pony at all but a human. My race is said to be descended from apes,” I looked to Twilight who was vigorously writing every word down. “ Third. I was left a note saying I can do what I wantED here. Be a hero, a villain, or just live here peacefully. I want the last one.”

“Wait, so you're an alien?” Twilight asked and I nodded yes. “So you want to live here in Ponyvile?”

“Yes.” I kept nodding. ‘Man this story is getting old.’

“I ended up here or the forest with a nasty bump met and followed the owl,” I pointed to Nero. “ To Fluttershy’s place met and scared her a bit but then she saw I was hurt so she doctor me, after the asshole rabbit bit me,” I showed my finger and the others except Fluttershy laughed. “And then I woke up and help her feed her animal friends who become my friends rather quickly too. Helps when you can understand them,” They went quite. “Then that’s when the crap went down. Turn’s out when I showed up your Princess noticed. Anyway, as we were feeding the animals when someone shot a spell at me but Nero saw is first and tried to warn me. Fluttershy’s ears were quicker and she ended up pushing me out of the way but got hit instead.”

“Woah there buddy,” Rainbow was now in my face. “You let Flutters get hurt?!”

“RAINBOW DASH THAT’S ENOUGH!” Fluttershy was no in Rainbow’s face. ‘Damn. That’s uber sweet and really hot. No bad thought.’ “It was just a sleep spell. I was just asleep for a few hours.”

“Still though Fluttershy, you took a bullet for me. Some dude you just met last night. I was really worried about you,” I remarked with a frown. She blushed. ‘I can’t be falling for a girl I just met, can I?”

“To answer your question Rainbow, Ah punched Asta cause Ah was upset and I blamed him cause Ah thought Shy was hurt,” Applejack interjected.

“Who shot the spell, darling?” Rarity asked.

“Who else Rarity?” Pinkie crossed her arms. “Strange unknown creature shows up and with an item of unknown power too. It was Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. I bet Luna didn’t want to do though.”

'I think I’m going to have to keep a lookout for you, Pink one,” I leaned away. ‘She scares me.’

“Pinkie, the princesses wouldn't just attack somepony for no reason,” Twilight scoffed as she waved her hand.

“You’re both right,” I say as I pull out my Grimoire.

“Ooo, a Grimoire.” Pinkie popped up next to my head. “I bet it has all sorts of goodies and cool stuff tucked away in its pages. Lots of useful stuff and probably a lot of just plan gags too.”

“I think you hit the nail on the head Pinkie,” I open the Grimoire. “There are lots of things written in this book but I can only read three at the time. The Grimoire acts more like a pocket dimension for storage of my winning from the Blackjack game. The Princesses just wanted the magic absorbing sword I have in it and they wanted to take me to the home to talk to me without causing a big fuss in public. They also thought I put Fluttershy under a spell. Which brings me to your next question Twilight.”

“How do we know you don’t have Fluttershy and Applejack under a spell right now?” Rainbow narrowed her eyes on me.

“Because I can’t use magic at all. I can’t even use the magic my sword absorbs,” I concentrated on my Grimoire causing it to emit red black anti-magic and then the Demon-Slayer sword’s hilt appeared. I took hold of it and pulled the massive blade out of the book. I had some ‘amazed looks’, some’ seen it’, a bring it on, and an ‘I want to examine it’. “But I can use and channel anti-magic. And with this sword, I can convert absorb magic into anti-magic. I can also break curses and spells with my blade.”

“Meaning what Mr.Overcompensating with a big sword? Rainbow jabbed.

“Meaning that no magic can affect him as long as has that sword and can use his anti-magic,” Twilight eagerly explained. “Asta is also the only being alive the can wield that sword effectively to its maximum potential.”

“When you put it that way I can see why the princesses did what they did, darling,” Rarity stroked her hair nervously.

“Honestly. I can to Rarity,” I stabbed the sword in the ground behind me. Crossing my arms I leaned up against the blade. “But the still doesn’t give them the right to kidnap me and try and take my sword,” I huffed. “ All they had to do was ask and I would’ve been more than happy comply.”

“What about now?” Pinke asked with a hint fervor as her hair deflated a little.

“I don’t trust them. Now, if they want me then they can come here to me and apologize to Fluttershy first,” I placed a hand Fluttershy’s head. She blushed again. “Then we’ll talk.”

“Hey, Twilight,” Rainbow looked to the unicorn. “Can you scan him or cast some sort of spell to make sure what he says is true. I know Aj and FLutters are vouching for him but I still don’t trust this guy.”

“Do you mind Asta?” Twilight looked at me just as suspiciously.

“Go for it. I have nothing to hide.” I got up and put the sword back in the Grimoire. “Pinkie,” handed her my Grimoire. “I think this will be safest with you.”

“Okie dokie lokie,” She salutes. ‘She’s a little goofy but something tells me she’ll be the one to save me when it would come down to this crapshoot.’

“This won’t taking but a few seconds,” Twilight’s headband crystal light in a purplish aura and then enveloped me. I didn't feel a thing. Twilight’s eyes shot to me in disbelief.

“Twilight, what’s wrong?” Rarity looked concerned.

“Just give the go-ahead Twi and I'll beat him to a pulp and get Fluttershy and Aj back from whatever spell they’re under,” Rainbow rolled up her sleeve ready to beat me down.

‘You can try Rainbow but that doesn’t mean I won’t fight back.’

“Stop it Rainbow Dash!” Twilight shot. “He’s telling the truth. Asta has no magic at all.”

Rainbow looked at me still in disbelief. “I don’t know what you did but I’m going to stop you!” She zoomed passed me in a rainbow stream into the then into the sky.

“ASTA, EVERYONE MOVE!” Fluttershy shouted.

I could feel something from above me. ‘Oh, yea. I can sense Ki. Hm, she must be going to try and use her Sonicboom thingy on me. I wonder if my durability is high enough to take it straight on. Guess now’s a good time to see.’

Everyone had cleared out from around where we either been sitting or standing. Even Spike was gone. I could sense Rainbow coming in faster and faster until the air pressure around me was trying to hold me in place. It was like moving in soupy mud. Not hard just annoying. I could sense Rainbow Dash was almost here.

‘How far up did she fly?’

The next thing I knew I heard a boom. I barely had the to brace myself and move my arms to block a sonic punch. Safe to say Ponyville is probably going to need someone to fill in holes because I was standing in a hundred-foot crater arms crossed above my head with my feet firmly dug into the ground. I barely had a scratch on my except for a red fist imprint on my left arm that stung a bit. Rainbow Dash was on the ground laying on the wall of the crater. I made my way over to her as quickly as I could and checked her pulse. She was covered in dirt and a few scratches and unconscious but otherwise fine.

“Man, talk about durability. Your one on tough chick,” I picked her up and jumped out of the crater. The other quickly rushed us and everyone but Fluttershy, who insisted on checking me over, was checking on Rainbow Dash. She soon came to.

“What happened? I remember Sonic Rainbooming that Asta guy then everything went white, then black,” She rubbed her head.

“Ya tried to Sonic Rainboom Asta but got knocked out yourself, Ah told you he was tough. It was when Twi confirmed what he said was true but ya just had to go and be Dash,” Applejack point to the crater. “Ya pretty much destroyed the park Rainbow.”

“But I got him, right?” Rainbow’s eye spun.

“More like you got yourself, darling,” Rarity snickered

“Asta was the one that carried you out of the crater before check to make sure you were okay,” Spike pointed at me and Fluttershy aways off.

“You mean the dude took me head-on with no magic and was still standing?” Rainbow shocked at what happened.

“He was still standing in the middle of the crater, It was so cool and sparkly,” Pinkie said. “Be right back.” She zipped away in and left a Pinkie shaped cloud but was soon back. “Shoo cloud clone. Had to give Asta his Grimoire back.”

“Um Twi,” Applejack looked off in the distance with a worried looked. “There’s a group of guards heading this way.”

A group of guards in gold armor similar to the princess’s from this morning was headed my way. Fluttershy hid behind my back as they walked past the others and straight to me and stopped. One of the unicorns in front stepped forward and spoke.

“Creature,” He tried to sound intimidating. “You are to report to the Castle in Canterlot as ordered by their royal highnesses, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, immediately.”

“Nope,” I flat out told the bastard.

“You are not being given a choice on this. You will be coming with us now,” He demanded.

I got up from where I was sitting and walked over to him and got in his smug face. “I am not one of their citizens so I won’t be going to see them. If they want to see me so badly then they can come here. And once they are here then they'll apologize to Fluttershy and then I'll hear them out.” I crossed my arms.

“I have been ordered to take you. And I will do so, by any means necessary,” He said with a little more force and the regiment readied themselves for a fight. They were chuckling at me.

‘It's adorable that they think they can take me. I need to blow off some steam anyway.’

“Fluttershy,” She looked up to me in worry. “Go over with the others. I don’t want you to get hurt.”

“But Asta-” She started to say but a put my finger on her lips.

“I’ll be fine. Rainbow Dash needs you more than I do right now,” I scooted her along as she reluctantly joined her friends. “Look, fellas, I get you’re following orders. So I have nothing personal against any of you but if you go down this path in front of you, I won't show you mercy.”

“Ha, you think you can take on a whole regiment of us and walk away,” One of the guards in back chuckled.

I pointed to the massive hole. “That’s from me blocking a Rainboom, head-on. Other than this little red spot,” I pointed to the back of my left arm. “I’m still standing and unscathed but keep talking big shot.” The unit seemed to back up a bit after that. “Look I really don’t care for fighting but I need to let loose. Now, if you want to be my outlet then, by all means, come at me but if you want to just walk away I’d prefer it over knocking the wind out of innocent ponies.”

“Men, ready yourselves,” The commander yelled. All of the guards pointed their spears at me.

I ready myself placing my feet evenly and widely apart. I then pulled my right hand, palm open, close to my lower chest and placed my left palm open outward in line with my upper chest area. I control my breath and accelerated my heart rate causing my blood flow to hasten thus increasing my strength. I learned a few self-defense moves as a wanderer as well as a few techniques from anime that were actually used in martial arts in real-life. I learned by using an open palm you can apply more force into a strike and cause less damage to your hand.

‘I call myself a wanderer because I never stayed in one place for longer than a month unless I had to. This is partially due to my work as a stunt man and also due me looking for any signs of my older brother. It’s one of the main reasons why my relationship with my parents was so strained. I refused to accept he was gone and wanted to find him. Even if he’d disappeared eight years ago. I also liked to go to the comic cons near me. Partially for fun partially cause my brother liked them and partially to look for clues about him. Oh, back to the guards.’

“Yaaaa,” One of the guards fear got to him causing him to break formation and charge at me with his spear point at me. I easily moved to the side letting the spear pass by me. I caught it at the midsection and then thrust my palm against the guards chestplate, being sure not to use too much power. I sent him back into the others will leaving a decent hand indent in the middle of his body armor. The other caught him but he was unconscious and wasn’t going to be up anytime soon.

“Sir,” one of the others spoke up, “I think we should leave and tell the Princesses about this thing. It seems to be in a whole nother league of its own.”

“What at are talking about private?” The commander sneered at me as took up my stance again after letting the spear I caught fall to the ground.

“Sir, our armors,” He points out the palm indent on the unconscious guard. The commander went wide-eyed. “They have multiple layers of reinforcement and rebound spells on them. Yet, that thing dented Heart Chord’s, with one blow.”

‘Not gonna lie. Knocking that dude out made me feel a lot better. But to do what I just did. How freaking strong am I?’ I looked to the other who were readying themselves to charge at me. They were waiting on the head guy’s orders this time. “This could be bad for me if I have to face all of these guys back to back without a weapon or intent to kill.,” I murmured to myself. “I can knock them out but I if I’m not careful I could kill them. I can’t control my strength all that well with this new body. If I just had some arm guards that let me hit while guarding,” As I said this my Grimoire came to my side opening itself to a page that read Brawler’s Arms. Without a second to waste, I place me place my arms over the Grimoire and the were then cover in Anti-magic. I could feel the Anti-magic harden into metal over my arms. As soon as I could I pulled back and allowing the Antimagic to dissipate I look at my arms. They were now, encased three-quarters of the way in a pair of black leather and steel plated gauntlets.

‘Hell yea.’ I thought as a clenched my fist. “Bring it on guys.” I teased the guards with a come and get me motion of my pointer and middle fingers.

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