Merry walked into Hammers’ shop carrying the Greataxe and repeater Crossbow and walked straight to the forge ignoring his safety gear.

“Boy what are you doing? Where did you get those items?” Merry just tossed the gear onto the floor and gave Hammer a sad look.

“She’s gone Hammer...” Hammer just gave Merry a confused look and then saw how his cloths were in tatters.

“Laddie... Tell me what happened....” Hammer walked up to Merry and looked at the items he brought in.

Merry explained to Hammer how he had seen bounty hunter’s earlier in the day and that he was a wanted man with a bounty of over 1 million bits on his head within the griffin kingdom. He then explained through tear stained eyes how his beloved little girl Scootaloo died in his arms and there was nothing he could do. Then he told Hammer about his plan for revenge, and that he hoped Hammer would help him. Hammer just dropped his head as he fought back tears.

“Wait right there, Boy.” Hammer ran to his room and came back out with a box. Inside it was some a mithral bar and a suit of adamantine armor. “This is my armor set from when I was in the war, Before I became a Blacksmith. Lets get you suited up to kick some fucking ass.”

Merry smiled at Hammer as he brought the old crate out and threw it on the ground next to the weapons. “Lets see what you brought from those bounty hunters...” Hammer looked at the repeater Crossbow and the Greataxe.

“What do you think? Can they be altered to use for me?” Hammer just smiled with a glint in his eye.

“Boy, this greataxe is made of Adamantine, and with a bit of modification you can use this repeater no problem.” Merry just smiled at Hammer

“Good Let’s get to work, I also need to finish Scootaloo’s greatsword before we...we bury her...” Merry got a frown on his face as he looked to the ground. Hammer went up to him and put a hoof on his shoulder

“Don’t worry, I’ll help you as much as I can. Now let me show you how to work with adamantine, it’s a bit tricky...”

Merry and Hammer spent several hours working on the adamantine melting it down to reshape it to fit Merry’s body and head. He used the rest of the mithral to make himself an oversized Greatsword. The base of the sword weighed a total of 10 pounds. Merry had made it thicker than usual as he planned to implement his idea of combining mithral and adamantine to make the perfect blade. Light as mithral with the sharpness and hardness of adamantine. The end result was a greatsword that had a shiny silver middle and its sharp blade edges were pitch black. Because the edges had a strip that went through the middle of the blade there was no way the sharp edge would fall off unless the blade broke 1st.

After 2 days of work Scootaloo’s Great sword was complete. Just in time for her funeral. Merry placed the engraved mithral great sword in her coffin in her hooves. When they lowered her into the ground almost the entire town was there. The CMC’s were down one and they were huddled by a tree crying their eyes out along with their sisters and mothers. For the 1st time Merry cried at a funeral. He still couldn’t believe Scootaloo was really dead. Even at home he would still make her lunches and prepare food for her just like he had always done. But at her funeral when he saw her in the coffin, He realized everything was a reality, he no longer felt alive anymore, he had gone numb just like he did when he 1st arrived in Equestria.

After Scootaloo’s funeral he spent the rest of his time in Hammers shop working. He didn’t even go home to sleep or rest. He worked tirelessly hammering away at metal and shaping everything he had to perfection. Sharping his blades and smoothing out his new armor. He spent 3 weeks working day and night on his weapon and armor. When he finally emerged from Hammers smithy he looked like a completely different person. Merry was covered in soot and his body was ragged and thin. He traveled back to his home and ate everything in sight. After 2 days he returned to his former glory and body weight. Rainbow Dash had come to visit him in his home at the time.

“Merry, Where have you been? Everyone’s worried sick about you. No ones seen you in over a month since Scoots... you know...” Merry just looked at Rainbow Dash and shrugged.

“Im preparing.” Merry went back to eating everything in the fridge including the food that was beginning to rot.

“Prepareing for what?”

“For war Niji. War Against the griffin’s. I’m going to Kill them all for what they did.” Rainbow Dash’s eyes went wide

“You cant be serious...” Merry just turned to face Rainbow.

“You know what I engraved upon Scootaloo’s greatsword?” Rainbow Dash just shook her head and Merry stood up and recited the next sentence’s as if he had practiced it for years.

“Wait for me until the day I take down the ones responsible. Wait for me until I return to your side. It shant be long my beloved daughter.” Rainbow Dash dropped her head.

“You’re not planning to come back are you?” Merry just shook his head

“I devoted my life to her, and now that she’s gone, I will devote the rest of my life to revenge upon her killers. I don’t plan to live within Ponyville anymore. Maybe I will return if I am successful, But I suggest you move on.” Merry finished eating the rest of the food in his fridge and walked to the front door.

“Oh yeah, theres a large sum of bits in my room in a box. Split them between your selves yeah? I don’t need money where I’m going...” Merry just walked down to Hammer’s shop undeterred to begin a war against the griffin kingdoms.

Author's Notes:

I'll include a link to the next one if I ever write it. Entire plot changes so I need a new story :p
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The Rage of a Father