The Hero with No Voice
Chapter 1: Into Equestria and Fighting Princesses
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If this story feels rushed, that's because it is. And as weord as it may sound, it's supposed to be. I mainly wrote this as a story to those who enjoy my work as a whole while I work on the other things. It's also just a base for the series and the rest of the chapters will be much better paced. Finally when the other five are introduced, each word is a different link. You'll see what I mean when you get there. I hope you enjoy it.
I decided to head to Comic-Con as my OC. I never gave him a name so I just went with my actual name, John. I wore a business suit with a red tie. I used on some makeup to put on two scars. One that went horizontal across both eyes and one vertically across my left eye. I even got a contact lense that made my left eye look like those characters from Tokyo ghoul. I also dyed my hair white and slicked it back.
My character had a hardened larynx and couldn't speak so I kept a notepad and pencil on me for whenever I wanted to act in character. The only thing I didn't copy about my OC was cutting off my left ring finger. After loosing his wife he cut it off so he couldn't get married again. Walking around I noticed a booth with many different items. What caught my eye however was a pendent. It was a silver dragon on a thread.
"Like it?" I looked up to see a man dressed like the resident evil merchant.
"Yeah I do. How much for it?"
"30 dollars, sound fair?" I nodded and handed him the money and put it on under my tie.
"Who are you anyways? I never see a character like you." He asked me.
"It's an original. He made a deal with an God and gained super strength, speed, and the ability to use magic. In return he lost his wife and cut off his ring finger. He also has a hardened larynx."
He nodded, "Interesting, well have a safe trip." Before I could question him I blacked out. I woke up with a splitting head ache.
I brought my hand up to my face and instantly felt something wrong. The gap between my pinky and middle finger was too wide. I opened my eyes to see my ring finger missing. I bolted up and looked at it. The scar where it was cut off was clean and mostly flat. Looking around I saw a a steam nearby. I looked into it and saw my face looked like my OCs. I touched my face and felt my scars. They were real, I tried to take out my contact but just ended up poking my eye.
After a 30 minute freak out and cleaning out my eye I looked around. I was in a clearing in the forest with a stream near the edge. I started following the stream downward.
"Let's hope this leads to a town." I was walking for an hour when I thought of something.
"If I have the scars, messed up eye, and missing ring finger. Do I have the strength and speed as well?" I walked up to a nearby tree. I took basic kickboxing classes and practiced but never took any more. I pulled my leg back and kicked it full force. The tree was up rooted and sent flying across the sky, while the ground was cracked and caused trees nearby to fall over. I stood there shocked.
"Hope that doesn't hit anything; next is speed I guess. Kill two birds with one stone and run along with the steam." I lined myself with the stream and ran off. Trees blurred by as I ran, the water felt still as I saw my reflection. Exiting the forest I saw a town not too far off. Slowing down to a light jog I came across a small cabin that looked like it was made from the ground itself. I stopped just outside of town to catch my breath.
"I have his speed too. I hope what I don't have tho is the hardened larynx." I walked into town to see weird anthro ponies staring at me. Some had horns, some had wings, while others had neither.
"MONSTER! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" The ponies started screaming and run into the nearest building, leaving me in an empty street.
"Ow, I do have feelings." I walked around the now empty town. It seemed to be quite average to back home. What strikes my odd was a tree that seemed to be a library and what appeared to be a giant gingerbread house.
As I was passing what was a carousel made into a house I heard someone shout, "Stop right there you monster." I looked up to see a cyan pegasus with rainbow hair and tail. She wore a white tank top and ripped blue jeans. She flew down and I jumped back before she could hit me. She caught me off guard and rushed me, but stopped before she landed the first hit. She stared at me for a few moments before suddenly speaking up.
"You're just a stallion. What happened to your face, and where's your mare?" I rose an eyebrow. Before I could ask what she meant someone shouted.
"Rainbow, did you catch the monster?" I to see five other girls running up to us.
"There is no monster, just a lost stallion." The others came up to us cringed when they saw my eye. The white mare approached me.
"Well, I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. While I do like your choice of fashion I'm sorry for what happened with your eye."
I took out my note pad, "Thanks but it's fine really."
The lavender one spoke up, "Does your mare not allow you to talk?"
"1. What are you talking about? 2. I have a hardened larynx."
She looked thoughtful for a moment, "Girls go tell everypony about the misunderstanding. I'm going to take him to the library and talk to him." The others nodded and split up, "follow me." We walked back to the library, which was the tree as I guessed. I walked in to see a six foot tall lizard.
"Hey Spines, I'm going to be talking with this stallion about some important things. Please get us a glass of water."
"Sure thing Twilight." The now known Twilight brought me to a nice couch and sat in the chair across from me.
"Let's start with something simple. Do you have a mare?"
I brought my notepad back out, "What does that mean?"
"*Sigh* Here in Equestria the gender ratio is 10 mares to 1 stallion. As such in order to protect stallions, mares will beat the stallion in a "fight" of sorts. When the stallion is beaten a mark will appear on their body showing they belong to that mare. Then they head to the town hall to get the stallion registered and a collar. That make sense?"
"So it's basically slavery?"
"In a way...yes, why?"
"Because I hate slavery. Who rules the country?"
"Princess Celestia and Luna. Why do you ask?"
"Can you take me to them?"
"Yes I can, but I don-"
I cut her off by slamming my hand into the table and shoving my note pad in her face.
"Alright, I will. Take my hand." She reached out her hand and I grabbed it. Her horn light up with a purple glow and grew brighter. I saw purple and felt like I was being squeezed into a pinhole and back out. After getting some sort of coherency I looked around to see two mares sitting on thrones and a third mare at the bottom of the steps leading up to them.
"Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, can I please talk to you privately?" The white one nodded her head and waved her hand. The other ponies including the guards left the room.
"What do you need to talk about Twilight?" The white one asked.
"It's not me that needs to talk to you, but this stallion here that does." I walked up to them and wrote down on my notepad.
"Are you two the ones who made the slavery laws?" They exchanged glances and looked back to me.
The white one spoke up, "Yes we are. Why do you ask?"
"I demand that you get rid off such arbitrary laws."
"Who are you to demand anything of us you damn stallion." They blue one spoke angrily. I took a breath to calm down before writing.
"I was told that mares "fight" stallions to gain ownership of them. So why don't we make a deal?"
"What kind of deal?" The white one asked me.
"I wish to have a duel with one of you. You win and I'll do whatever it is you ask of me, even if it means taking my own life. If I win you have to get rid of those laws." The two looked at each other as if having a mental conversation.
"I'm afraid we can-" the white one was cut off by the blue one.
"We accept, a maid will take you to a guest room. The duel will take place tomorrow at noon." Her horn light up and a maid came through the front door.
"Please follow me if you would." I followed the mare out and into the hallway. On the way to the room she kept staring at me with hungry eyes. We came to the room and I walked straight in. It was a large room with a king sized bed and a bathroom off to the side. I looked out the window to see the moon high up in the sky. I took a shower and slipped into bed, having a dreamless sleep.
I woke the next morning to a maid shaking me awake. She guided me to the dinning hall where the two princesses were. The blue one didn't acknowledge me while the white one kept glancing at me.
"I don't believe I got your name." She said to me.
I took out my notepad, "It's John."
"I'm princess Celestia and that is my sister Luna. I hope you enjoy your stay while you're here." I simply nodded my head and continued eating. After I finished I went back to my room and meditated till 11. A butler came in and took me to a stadium. He brought me into a corridor with the entrance to the arena at the end. I didn't walk out but I got near the end and looked out. The stadium was packed with different species filling the stadium.
Celestia walked out into the center of the arena, "Mares and Stallions, we are here today to see a duel between one of your princesses against a member of a undiscovered species." The crowd roared with excitement.
"Introducing Princess Luna." She wore a iron chest plate with metal leggings and a long black skirt. She got to the center of the arena and stood by her sister.
"Up next is the Stallion, John." I walked out to a completely quite stadium. The crowd erupted into boos and taunts. Celestia flew up to a seating box that held the girls I saw from the other day.
"Now I know he's just a stallion, but he was the one to challenge princess Luna. As such he has did this of his own free will. Now will the duelists step 10 paces backwards." The two of us walked back and turned to face each other.
"Now, let the match...begin!" As soon as she finished saying that word I rushed forward closing the distance in a instant. Luna didn't have time to react as I pulled back my arm and punched her in the gut. I held nothing back as I put all my power in the attack. The shockwave shattered the ground around us as she flew off into the sky, flying through clouds and messing with there shape.
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The stadium was silent as I turned and walked out.
Celestia seemed to snap out of it as I heard her shout, "John is the winner of this duel by ring out!" The butler that brought me here was staring at me wide eyed. I asked him to show me to the medical wing. He showed me the way and left as soon as he did. I waited in a chair off to the side for a few minutes before the doors busted open.
Luna was on a gurnee with her stomach bleeding profusely. The girls and Celestia walked in and stopped when Luna was taken to the operation room. I got up and walked over to Celestia. They all took a step back as I approached.
"I hope you honor the deal we made."
She flinched and said, "Yes I will, however I do have something to tell you. Since you defeated a princess we have to follow any order you give us. It was a law made before our time and one we can't change."
"Any order?" I asked her.
She started sweating, "Yes, any order."
"Can you help me get around my hardened larynx?" She was slightly shocked but controlled herself. Her horn light up a golden yellow and a red gemstone appeared in her hand.
"Simply place it to your forehead and it will merge with you. It connects to your thoughts and says them out loud. You can pick and choose what is said as well." I grabbed the stone and walked over to a nearby mirror. I placed the stone in the center of my forehead and it slid in easily. I pulled my fingers away to see a red diamond were I put it.
"Testing, testing, one-two, one-two. It worked." I smiled and turned to Celestia.
"There is one other thing I want to ask you."
"Got right ahead."
"I want to open a bar here in the city."
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