Hi everyone..Im new to this and this is my first Fanfic..please don't be too harsh..
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of MLP: FIM or the world in which they live in, Only the characters I make. This is my own look on the characters and my own story and I would appreciate it if you would only give helpful and constructive criticism. Thank you, and enjoy.
Chapter 1
The Stranger

I walked into my home after another painful and annoying day at my high school. My life sucked. My parents died when I was younger and my little sister was killed last year. So I live alone. I put my keys on their rack and tossed my bag onto the kitchen table before grabbing an apple and taking a bite out of it. I tossed it up into the air and swung my right arm, the one foot pure white blade springing out a bit late and cutting the bite mark only partly before I catch it, "Hmm..Ill need to calibrate you.." I muttered before walking over to my workbench and using a Polaric screwdriver to calibrate it and I try again, slicing the bite mark out fully, "there we go..that's better…" I sat on my couch and took another bite out of my apple as I started reading a few books about quantum mechanics and sonic technology. I finished the book rather quickly and sighed, knowing those were my last books, so I decided to practice my fighting. After about an hour I accidently broke my last practice dummy. I went to my bathroom and took a shower, putting on a clean pair of faded, black, partly ripped jeans. I walked out of my bathroom, drying my hair. I stopped, feeling someone watching me. I dropped my towel and pointed my Wristblade at a shadowy corner. Suddenly a woman, about as tall as myself, which was strange since I stand at "6'7" ,stepped from the shadows in a beautiful moon silver dress, her skin was a midnight purple, her hair looking like the night sky, her eyes had slit pupils, the left iris was blue and red with streaks of gold, the right iris was green and slightly transparent white with streaks of gold, great, black wings on her back.
"Why hello there Mar.." her voice was wise and benevolent.
"Who are you? And how do you know my name?" my eyes watching her closely.
"I am Terrina Eques…and I have had my eyes on you for a very long time..I have come to offer you an invitation to leave this world and come to another..to start a new"
I lowered my defensive stance, my blade receding, "What's the catch?"
She smiled sweetly, "You must pledge to be my knight..To be my sword and shield..to be my hero...Do you?"
I thought for a second then nodded, "I do.."
She gave a very warm smile, "You have 10 minutes to get ready.." I nodded and hurried to my backpack, emptying it and putting a few things inside like my tools, a blade care kit, a first-aid kit, a few rolls of cloth, and my Ipod and a few parts and pieces before putting on a grey, sleeveless shirt, my black, thick soled, steel toed combat boots, my dragon tooth pendant, and my black and blue jacket before walking back over to her, "are you ready?"
I was about to give a nod but then I remembered something and ran into my room, digging through my closet before pulling out a long, cloth wrapped item out, unwrapping it to reveal an onyx black sheathed sword. I held it by the sheath below the hilt before going back to her, slinging my pack over my left shoulder before nodding, "Im ready"
"Okay..you won't be able to return once you are gone…" she raised her hands and I closed my eyes, feeling immense power and energy rush through my body. I felt a pair of lips ageinst my own before, suddenly, wind began whipping around me. Minutes later the wind stopped and I was on solid ground, knelt down, the energy still coursing through my veins. I opened my eyes and found a pair of black and bronze sports shades on the grassy floor infront of me. I found my senses were sharper than before. I reached and picked the shades up with my left hand and found the skin of my hand was a darkened, grey color. I smiled and put the shades on, finding the very darkly tinted lenses gad no effect on my vision, the colors I see not being tinted. I stood and found my sword on my back. I felt something spring up from my back and looked back to find a pair of dark onyx colored, hawk like wings.
I could feel the power surge through each feather and smiled. "Now this is more like it" I found my voice was only slightly deeper than it previously was. I stood up and found terrine right infront of me.
"Nice to see the transformation went well.."she tapped my forehead and several memories rushed through my head, "I reincarnated your sister here..She is now a young girl named Scootaloo Speedster.. She lives in the town just down this road..your journey will begin there..When you find her, show her your pendant to prove you're her brother..and here's something to help you get settled in," she gave me a small, black velvet pouch, "That's maybe five hundred thousand bits, the currency of this world..Also your sword now has a few enchantments as well as a nice little surprise for you and your synthetic arm can now feel things..but not pain..everything else but not pain..so farewell my hero..untill we next meet.."and she disappeared in a burst of multi colored flames.
I zipped my jacket up and put my hood up before starting walking down the path through the forest I currently stood in, admiring the scenery. It was much more lush and colorful than in my world. Not long after I started walking I, I heard a scream of fear. Knowing my new title was hero, I decided to be noble and began sprinting down the path towards the sound, happy my high stamina didn't go down. I soon turned and went down a freshly crushed path and found several wood covered, canine-like creatures clawing at a tree. In the tree I saw a girl with slightly dark, orange skin and semi-long, unkempt purple hair in a white tank-top and a pair of jeans. I lept onto the back of the biggest and shoved my wrist blade through it's back at the spine between its front shoulder blades, the tip slightly protruding from its chest, before ripping it free and doing a backflip off it as it disintegrated. The other two turned to me as I landed in a defensive stance, snarling at me. I smirked and gave as vicious of a snarl as I could back at them, surprising myself with the rather loud, terrifying, and animalistic snarl I loosed at them. They suddenly charged at me. I turned and right side kicked one in the face, launching it back before spinning and driving my wrist blade into the green crystal in one's chest, throwing it ageinst two others before it disintegrated. Then I swung and destroyed the head of one that tried to lung, causing it to fall apart. I stomped the crystal as I drop kicked another, destroying its life source aswell. The remaining few seemed to wisen up and flee. My wrist blade retracted as I walked towards the tree, stepping on and crushing a light green crystal as it started to move. I stopped at the base of the tree and looked up at the girl in the tree, "you okay miss?"
"Yeah..thanks.." she called down.
"Can you get down?" she nodded and went to step down a branch but it snapped and her hands slipped from the branch she was holding on to, causing her to fall from the tree, giving a scream of fear as she fell. I moved swiftly, catching her with ease. I was glad to find my reflexes were now well enhanced. She gripped my jacket tightly, her eyes clenched shut. She opened them a few seconds later, looking around for a second before looking at me and smiling. Gently, I set her on her feet.
"Thanks for saving me mister…" She muttered shyly.
"No problem.." I replied, then I noticed a pair of wings on her back, "You have wings..why didn't you use them?"
Her face gained a crimson hue as she scratched the back of her head in embarrassment, "I can't fly..my wings can't grow their primary flight feathers..I can only manage to hover for a few seconds before falling on my butt"
"That sucks…" I said in slight pity.
"Yeah..I know.." She said sadly as she looked down for a second before looking up at me with a slight smile, obviously pushing her sadness into the back of her mind, "So what's your name mister?"
I grinned lightly at the young girl, then I thought for a second, "I'm Starshot Umbrai..but you can call me Star.."
"Im Scootaloo..Nice to meet you Star.."
"Scootaloo..as in Scootaloo Speedster?"
She backed up a step, her hand going to a small dragon's tooth that hung around her neck, her smile falling, "How do you know my name?"
I unzipped my jacket a bit and pulled out my dragon tooth pendant, showing it to her, "You're my little sister.."
Her eyes widened as she looked at me with a gleam of excitement and joy. Her wings fluttered as fast as a humming bird's as she lunged at me. I caught her and held her close as she wrapped her arms around my neck, "I can't believe it.."
Tears of joy began to form in my eyes. Suddenly, I caught the iron-rich sent of blood and swiftly broke the hug and put Scootaloo down, kneeling infront of her. I spotted a reddening spot on her right side and grabbed the heim of her shirt, "Arms up please.." she raised her arms without question and I pulled the tank top off her, finding a fairly large gash up her right side. I took off my pack and pulled out a clean rag and my metal fuser. I wiped the majority of the blood and turned on the fuser, the tip heating up instantly, "this is gonna hurt..but it will stop the bleeding..I need you to stay still..okay?" Scootaloo gave a nod and braced herself. I stuck the end to the wound and moved it along it, cauterizing and sealing it. A few tears of pain fell down her cheeks. Soon I finished and turned the fuser off, sticking the end to the cool dirt before putting it away before taking out some numbing antibiotic gel and some wide gauze. I put a small amount of gel on the wound and rubbed it in lightly before wrapping her midsection in the wide gauze so it covered her enough to be out in public without her shirt, "There…that should do it..better?" II asked her as I put the gauze away and put my pack on my back
She wiped away a few tears and smiled at me, "Yeah…yeah it is..thanks big bro.." she replied happily as she hugged me.
I returned the hug instantly and held her for a minute before pulling away, "Now..hows about we start heading back to town?"
"Okay..my friends might be worried.." she said a bit ashamed.
"Then let's get going.." I turned towards the opening and walked towards it, Scootaloo walking next to me. We stepped from the brush and began walking down the path, towards the town. As soon as we started down the bath I began to hear voices.
"Scootaloo!"
"Squirt where are you?!"
"Scootaloo!"
"Scoots!Where are ya!?"
Soon a small of people came into view. Two were about as tall as Scootaloo while the other two were maybe a foot shorter than myself. One of the taller ones had cyan skin and magenta eyes with rainbow colored hair, wearing a sky blue tank top with a cloud and rainbow lightning bolt on it, a pair of jeans, and a pair of blue and red sports boots, the other had pale mango orange skin with freckles on her cheeks, her eyes were emerald green, her hair was blonde, held in a braided ponytail, she wore an orange t-shirt and blue jeans with a bit of dried mud on them and cowboy boots, a tan Stetson on her head, one of the shorter ones had similar pale orange skin, her hair red with a pink bow, she wore a green t-shirt, a pair of tan cargo pants, and a pair of tan work boots, the other had ivory white skin, grey eyes, and magenta and pink hair, a horn poking up from her head, she wore a reddish purple tank top, a darkened pink skirt with a pair of dark magenta jeans, and a pair of pink sneakers. Scootaloo smiled and ran towards them, "Guys!"
The two smaller ones hugged her and she winced and backed up a couple steps, "Wat happaned to ya Scoots?"
"Yeah..what happened?"
"I was..kinda attacked by Timberwolves…"
"How'd you get away?"
"And who patched ya up squirt?"
"Well.." She turned towards me as I got close enough to be seen, "He actually killed them all and saved me…"
Dash got between Scootaloo and me, "Who are you?"
Scoots pushed past her and tured to face them, "This is my brother.. Starshot..Bro..these are my friends Apple Bloom and Sweetie Bell, Apple Bloom's Sister Applejack, and her friend Rainbow Dash"
Dash eyed me suspiciously, "How do you know he's your brother?"
"Well..When I was found at the Orphanage..I had a note that said my only real blood relation family would have a pendant..identical to mine..and he does.." she smiled widely.
I smiled lightly and gave them a slight nod of greeting, "Nice to meet you.."
Applejack gave a similar nod, "Nice to meet yall too..say..yall look like ya could do some work..come on by the farm some time..we could always use an extra hand..come on Apple Bloom..Mac and granny have dinner cookin..See yall around.." Aj and her little sister walked off.
"See ya around squirt..I gotta get to bed so I can wake up early enough to do my job.." Dash said before speeding off into the sky.
I thought for a second, "Either of you know where I might be able to stay for the night?"
Sweetie Bell spoke up almost instantly, "My sister might let you stay with us at at the boutique.."
"Okay..sounds like a plan..lead the way.."
Sweetie Bell began to walk, Scootaloo and myself following. Maybe thirty or so minutes later we arrived at some place called the Carousel Boutique. Scootaloo said bye and I hugged her before she ran off. Sweetie Bell opened the door and we went inside. A rather snobby sounding voice called out, "Just a moment please.." a few minutes later a girl, about a foot shorter than myself, with ivory white skin, deep, sapphire blue eyes, and long, curly purple hair, a horn protruding from her head, she wore a simple dark blue shirt and white pants, a long fashionista measuring tape strip around her neck and a small pair of glasses on her nose, purple eye shadow on her eyelids, "Welcome to the Carousel Boutique, where everything is Cheique, Unique, and Magnefique..how may I help you?"
Sweetie Bell spoke before I could, "This is Scootaloo's brother..He saved her from timber wolves and he needs a place to stay for the night.."
"But of course darling..I don't have a spare room but you can most certainly stay on the couch..might I ask your name?"
"Starshot Umbrani ma'am..but please..call me Star.." I gave a nice, proper bow.
"Oh my..how polite and proper..thank you for the consideration but there's no need to act like that around me..Ill go fetch you a blanket..If you need it..the bathroom is up stairs, third door to the left.."
"Thank you.." she gave me a nod before walking into the other room. I went upstairs and found the, actually rather large bathroom considering the size of the normal users. I closed the door and took my pack and sword off my back, setting my pack on the counter and leaning my sword ageinst it. I quickly stripped down and took a shower. When I finished and dried off, I realized I hadn't packed any clean clothes. I sighed and put my jeans back on before noticing a full-body mirror. I walked over to t and wiped the fog off it. My appearance was fairly surprising. My skin was indeed a very dark grey. My abs and pecs were much more obvious than they used to be. The seam where my synthetic arm attached to my body no longer existed. The metal and skin phased together perfectly. My lips were a dull silver color, and a bit thinner than they used to be, the three inch scar down the middle of the left side still there. But my eyes were the most interesting. The circular pupils were now slits. The outer irises were the azure blue they were. The inner irises were a darker, more violet tinted azure blue. My hair was now white with scattered golden streaks, "Now I see why she gave me shades.." I grabbed the shades and put them on just as there was a knock on the door. I walked over and opened it to find Rarity standing there. Her face gained a slightly crimson hue.
"Hi..um..do you want me to wash anything? Im about to do a load and I was wondering.."
"Yeah..I only realized I don't have any clean clothes when I dried off.."
"Oh..I can make you a few outfits if you'd like"
"Um..sure..but I only ever wear dark colors.."
"Oh that's fine darling..I'll make you a few shirts and jeans..give me the clothes you need washed please..Ill also wash your coat if you want.." I gave her my shirt, socks, and, reluctantly, my jacket, "Here.." her horn glowed lightly and I felt my pants tighten for a second before going back to normal, "I've flash cleaned your pants and undergarments and taken the measurement I needed, though it might me off by a couple millimeters.." and she walked off.
I grabbed my pack and sword walked out of the bathroom, walking down stairs and into the living room where the couch was. I found a folded up blanket on the couch. I glanced out the window and found it was a good bit past sunset. I took a seat on the couch and put my pack on the coffee table. I held the sheath of my sword with my left hand and gripped the long, maroon leather wrapped grip as close to the onyx black guard as possible with my right, slowly pulling the blade from the scabbard. The guard had a three by one-and-a-half inch, eight sided dimond-like shaped ruby in the middle, a crimson, half folded demon wing sprouted from the left side and a golden, half folded eagle wing sprouted from the right side. The arms of the guard looked similar to a grappling hook's. The thirty-nine blade was pure white an intricate gold and amber insignia of symbols running the flat of it. I took out my blade cleaning items and set to cleaning the magnificent weapon. Soon I finished cleaning the weapon and its scabbard and sheathed it, setting it on the table before laying down on the couch and closing my eyes, thinking to myself, 'A new start…I'd better make the best of it..' before slipping off into slumber.