Chapter Eleven: Paws and Claws
Sleep the thing that everypony needs… God dang it, these ponies are getting to me. Anyways I found myself in a future dream. The thing about me is that I get these a lot back on Earth and they always come true one way or another. This dream was something to say the least, I found myself fighting a shadow of some sort and the shadow was losing, I was about to make the final bow but it used a portal to send me away but when I got out of the portal I was different, I was much lower to the ground and everything else was bigger. I walked around a forest type area and I was faced with a creature that looked like a lion, had a scorpion tail and wings. It was about to attack me with its six inch claws until I heard a voice. "Good to see you Sergio." I knew this voice, it belonged to Fate himself.
"Hey Fate how's it going?" I asked him.
"Nothing much just watching over you and may I say nice work in taking down Chrysalis and on the scorpions as well." Fate complemented me on my pervious accomplishments.
"No big deal. Anypony with god like powers would have done the same." I said trying to play it off.
"But it is a big deal, Chrysalis would have leveled the whole town looking for you and feed off of all the love that ponyville had and the scorpions would have hunted down Trixie to get there revenge on her for cutting off their leaders tail." I just rubbed the back of my neck just hearing him say all that.
"Yea. Anyway why are you here anyways?" I asked Fate.
"The reason why I'm here is because of the dream you just had." I just nodded and let him continue, "You see that dream you just had was a part of your fate." I was somewhat shocked but I had dreams about the future all the time so I wasn't that surprised.
"Yea, I had a feeling that was the case but who was the shadow I was fighting during the fight?" That shadow was the only thing that was bothering me the whole time, that and the ending of my dream.
"That shadow, is the reason why you are hear, his name is Shadows." Fate explained to me.
"Shadows? Really?" I asked Fate.
"Yes his name is Shadows and yes I know his name is kind of redundant."
"You think?"
"That's not the point, the point is he is very powerful and the portal you just saw was one of his powers but he can be defeated, but only if you use this." He gave me a hammer.
"A hammer really?" I asked Fate not knowing if this was a joke.
"Yes a hammer but it's not an ordinary hammer, it's the legendary ban hammer." I could only thing of one thing.
"Is it Gaben approved?" I asked Fate. My response was a nod and the sound of 'Gaben' being played. I could stop myself from laughing.
"With this you can ban him from life itself and no amount of magic can unban him." Fate was having a hard time of not laughing and who couldn't, it's the fucking ban hammer.
"Okay… okay but what's with the whole after the portal thing?" I needed to know why that happened.
"I can tell you this Sergio." Fate started, "Shadows will try to kill you by sending you to another dimension but I stop him by sending you to another point in time in Equestria but not in your current form that is but I gave you something that would remind you of a friend of yours that you care for deeply like your own brother." The fact that I was about to die was from a near miss was kind of a downer one the funny moment but that who changing me thing, I didn't get.
"What do you mean?"
"I put you a few days before Nightmare Moon returns from her impressment but the changing thing I can't tell you." Fate said to me.
"Well that sucks but if I am getting what you are saying then that means I…" I trailed off trying to think what it meant. "That I will be able to use the brush techniques like Chibi and Ammy." Fate nodded at my guess, I was about to jump around and stuff but Fate said something that got my attention.
"Sergio you cannot and I mean not tell anypony about this, they will try to stop it and this could ruin the whole thing." Shit just got more serious when he told me this piece of information.
"I understand." I said in the most serious way possible.
"Good because it's almost time for you to wake up also congrats on the wings, you made them on your first try I am really proud of you." I nodded and Fate started to fade away from my dream. I woke up from my hammock to see I was in the celestial plain which I called my room.
"Wow not only I have god like powers, I also get to be a time traveler of some sorts and I get to help out the girls in taking down Nightmare Moon." This was a lot to take in before the morning even started but hell I got use to it.
I got out of my hammock and made my way to the bathroom to brush my teeth and take a quick shower. I changed my cloths, after my shower, to something I liked; I got out a light blue shirt with a pair of light blue pants. I got myself a white hoody that read 'Wub the Cook', I don't know why I got this but I felt like wearing this for some reason. Today was Saturday and Tombstone and his marefriend will be coming over to check out some music from my world, so with my magic I spawned in a laptop with ITunes filled with deferent types of genders of music but mostly rock. It was at this point I remembered that I wasn't alone in my house because the pony I saw when I came out of my room was Trixie, who looked different without her hat and cape. "Hey Trixie, how did you sleep last night, well I hope." I took in Trixie after her cart got destroyed by the scorpions yesterday.
"I slept well actually. Thanks again for taking me in, it must be a burden to have me here." Something was different about her today minus the whole hat and cape thing.
"No problem, I always help out friends no matter what." Trixie looked away trying to hide her blush but I noticed it and decided to miss with her. "Are you alright, you look kind of sick, do you want me to get you something like a glass of water or something?" I put my hand on her head to miss with her and her blush just grow. "Aw you look so cute when you blush." Now she was blushing a deep red and I could help myself from laughing at her.
"Your evil you know that." She said.
"Yea I know I try my best." She started to laugh a bit and I was glad I could make her laugh. There was knocking at the front door and I looked at the clock on the wall and it read eleven thirty. "I'll get it, you should get something to eat." Trixie nodded and she went to the kitchen while I went to the door. I opened up the door and there I saw Tombstone with his marefriend Vinyl Scratch, right behind them was Twilight, Dashie, and Pinks. "Come in, come in." I let everypony inside my house a told them to take a seat on the couch.
"Nice place you got here." Vinyl said.
"Yea I got to agree also what's that hanging from the wall?" Tombstone pointed to my flat screen.
"That old thing, it's just my flat screen T.V with a home sound system." They were confused about it but I kind of expected that. "Anyways want something to drink, we have everything possible just name it." They all thought about it for a while until they had everything made up.
"I would like some water please." Twilight asked.
"I would like some cider." Dashie said eagerly.
"Uh me too, me too." Pinks said while jumping up and down.
"Me I would like to have some black coffee." Vinyl said.
"I'll have what she's having." Tombstone said while pointing a hoof to Vinyl.
"Okay let me get this striate, Twilight what's water, Dashie and Pinks want cider, and the lovely couple want some black coffee." I said all of this while I pulled out a note pad and pen to write down all there orders, for comedic effect. They all nodded and I ripped up the piece of paper and went to the kitchen and put it on to a turning paper holder with all the things on it. In a matter of seconds all of the drinks came out and I gave each of them there orders to them, while I hooked up my laptop to the home audio system.
"Wow this is some great cider; it's almost like Applejack's cider." Dashie said.
"This coffee tastes great what brand are you using." Tombstone said after taking another sip.
"To answer the first question, it is AJ's cider because I just got the things that you wanted to drink, and for the second one, it's from Earth but I don't know the brand of it thou." They all just nodded while I hooked up the last cable. "And done. So what do you want to hear first?" I asked to the musicians in the room.
"Surprise me." Tombstone said. I had a song in mind that I wanted to play. It's called Future in my Hands by Rungran. It started with a guitar solo before the vocals came.
Standing where i should be
Believing as i'm told to believe
Being who i should be
Doing what i should do
Did you hear what i said?
Did you get what i meant?
What you saw is an illusion
You're living in delusion
Going on and on i have the future in my hands
Getting lose from days i never could get over
Going on and on until i'm finally myself
Getting out of this dishonest world i never wanted
Now is the time
Now is the time
Ask me if you're anxions
I'll give you all the answers
Truth or dare - it's your choice
Your truth is what you wish for
Who am i to tell you that the future's in your hands?
Set me free from lies and cold deceptions, i'm so scared
Going on and on across this land, across the time
Going on to see, to feel, to breathe
I've always wanted
Sleepless nights i'm spending
Counting all the words that broke my heart
I'm leaving all my past here
Then i'll see the world for sure
Going on and on i have the future in my hands
Getting lose from days i never could get over
Going on and on until i'm finally myself
Getting out of this dishonest world i never wanted
Now is the time
Now is the time
Chase after time
Chase after time.
"The next song that is going to play is called Philistine, it's played in a game called no more heroes two and it's a good song for the fight but it's a bit dark." The song came up.
"Reaper, Reaper", that's what people call me! Why?
'Cause they all die!
When I sing, I end their lives
You act as though payback makes you a noble man
Is that a fact?
Well, you're a goddamn Philistine!
"Reaper, Reaper", that's what people call me! Why?
'Cause they all die!
When I sing, I end their lives
You act as though payback makes you a noble man
Is that a fact?
Well, you're a goddamn Philistine!
Requiem eternal
Bullets right through the sternum
Lullaby to Hell, babe
Reaper's got your name!
Margaret is Greek, you geek
It means 'a pearl'; I'm a pure girl
Boys cannot crack this oyster shell, so go on
Whip around that sword like you're the best; it's a such a bore
Another hero! Oh, please!
Margaret is Greek, you geek
It means 'a pearl'; I'm a pure girl
Boys cannot crack this oyster shell, so go on
Whip around that sword like you're the best; it's a such a bore
Another hero! Oh, please!
Requiem eternal
Reaper has come, sinner!
Thigh-high socks are my absolute territory
Go on and drool; the Otaku cannot resist
You think the fire in your eyes makes you a tiger in disguise
Dream on, you goddamn pussy!
"Reaper, Reaper", that's what people call me! Why?
'Cause they all die!
When I sing, I end their lives
You act as though payback makes you a noble man
Is that a fact?
Well, you're a goddamn Philistine
"This one is just a Theme for Chibi's mother and it's well suited for her." I just let that theme play and I picked out the next song I wanted to play. After the theme was over I played 'You're going to go far, kid' by the Offsprings.
Show me how to lie
You're getting better all the time
And turning all against the one
Is an art that's hard to teach
Another clever word
Sets off an unsuspecting herd
And as you step back into line
A mob jumps to their feet
Now dance, fucker, dance
Man, he never had a chance
And no one even knew
It was really only you
And now you steal away
Take him out today
Nice work you did
You're gonna go far, kid
With a thousand lies
And a good disguise
Hit 'em right between the eyes
Hit 'em right between the eyes
When you walk away
Nothing more to say
See the lightning in your eyes
See 'em running for their lives
Slowly out of line
And drifting closer in your sights
So play it out I'm wide awake
It's a scene about me
There's something in your way
And now someone is gonna pay
And if you can't get what you want
Well it's all because of me
Now dance, fucker, dance
Man, I never had a chance
And no one even knew
It was really only you
And now you'll lead the way
Show the light of day
Nice work you did
You're gonna go far, kid
Trust, deceived!
With a thousand lies
And a good disguise
Hit 'em right between the eyes
Hit 'em right between the eyes
When you walk away
Nothing more to say
See the lightning in your eyes
See 'em running for their lives
Now dance, fucker, dance
He never had a chance
And no one even knew
It was really only you
So dance, fucker, dance
I never had a chance
It was really only you
With a thousand lies
And a good disguise
Hit 'em right between the eyes
Hit 'em right between the eyes
When you walk away
Nothing more to say
See the lightning in your eyes
See 'em running for their lives
Clever alibis
Lord of the flies
Hit 'em right between the eyes
Hit 'em right between the eyes
When you walk away
Nothing more to say
See the lightning in your eyes
See 'em running for their lives
"The last song I want to play for you because this list goes for about nine hours and I know you have stuff to do but it's called Ain't No Rest for the Wicked by Cage the Elephant." The song I just said started to play.
I was walking down the street
When out the corner of my eye,
I saw a pretty little thing approaching me.
She said I never seen a man,
Who looks so all alone,
Oh, could you use a little company?
If you could pay the right price,
Your evening will be nice,
And you can go and send me on my way,
I said you're such a sweet young thing,
The way you do this to yourself.
She looked at me and this is what she said.
Oh, there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Money don't grow on trees,
I got bills to pay,
I got mouths to feed,
There ain't nothing in this world for free.
Oh no I can't slow down,
I can't hold back
Though you know, I wish, I could,
Oh no there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Until we close our eyes for good.
Not even 15 minutes later,
After walking down the street,
When I saw the shadow of a man creep out of sight,
And then he swept up from behind,
He put a gun up to my head,
He made it clear he wasn't looking for a fight,
He said give me all you've got,
I want your money not your life,
If you try to make a move I won't think twice,
I told him you can have my cash,
But first you know I've got to ask,
What made you want to live this kind of life?
He said there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Money don't grow on trees,
I got bills to pay
I got mouths to feed
There ain't nothing in this world for free.
Oh no I can't slow down,
I can't hold back
Though you know I wish I could
Oh no there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Until we close our eyes for good.
Well now a couple hours passed,
And I was sitting in my house,
The day was winding down and coming to an end,
And so I turn to the TV,
And flipped it over to the news,
And what I saw I almost couldn't comprehend,
I saw a preacher man in cuffs
He'd taken money from the church,
He'd stuffed his bank account with righteous dollar bills
But even still I can't say much
Because I know we're all the same,
Oh yes we all seek out to satisfy those thrills.
You know there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Money don't grow on trees,
We got bills to pay
We got mouths to feed
There ain't nothing in this world for free.
Oh no we can't slow down,
We can't hold back
Though you know we wish we could.
Oh no there ain't no rest for the wicked,
Until we close our eyes for good.
"That was pretty good, your world as some interesting music but I excepted much." Tombstone said.
"Yea but fan made stuff is the best, from the music to the art work I still can't believe that a fan made all of that." Some stuff that I have seen back on Earth was good.
"Well that was awesome can we use some music from your world and remix it and see how the public likes this new type of music." Vinyl said and I liked that Idea.
"Sure why not?" With that we had an agreement on our hands/hoofs.
"Alright you guys see ya later, I got to get ready for the Gala." Vinyl said which got my attention.
"You going to the Gala?" I asked her.
"Yeah I'm going to the Gala just because I'm a DJ doesn't mean there are ponies that want to hear the wubs, also like the sweater." Vinyl said while she pointed out my sweater.
"I didn't say that, I was just surprised that the rich snobs of Canterlot would listen to your awesome music." No matter what ponies say about Canterlot, it still has a stick up its ass.
"That's what I'm saying." Vinyl said with an agreeing tone.
"Well we should head back, you know the train ride takes a long time and all that jazz." Tombstone said and I had to agree with him, traveling place to place is hard.
"Yea have a good night and travel safe." I said to them while they walked away from my house.
"Will I got to get back, we have a meeting with the rest of the weather teams of Equestria." Dashie said getting ready to take off.
"I have to close shop for the Cakes." Pinks said while she was bouncing like the ball of energy she always is.
"I got to go too, I'm expecting a letter from the princess tonight." I just nodded and off see went to her tree library/ house.
"Your music sounds sad." Trixie said out of the blue. I completely forgot that Trixie was even here.
"Yea but that was life back home but I was happy just as long as my mom and my friends are happy… I know this is out of the blue but do you ever miss your parents?" I asked Trixie.
"I sometimes do but every once in a while I get to meet them during my travels." Trixie seemed happy when she recalled those memories… hell who wouldn't.
"What did you parents do for a living?"
"They were show ponies, going town to town with the group, putting on acts for everypony to enjoy. It was fun when I was little but I always wanted more you know?" Yea… I know how it feels .
"Yeah I just wish I could say sorry to my mom." The thought of what happened before I left… it still hurts me.
"What happened?" Trixie asked me.
"We got in a fight something about me getting in trouble with some other kid but I didn't even start the thing… I retrospect calling a guy a prick in front of her girl and making him look like a dumb ass wasn't such a good idea." I laughed a bit thinking about that time.
"Even back where you were from you acted like you own the place." Trixie said with a giggle at the end.
"Not really, I just called that guy out because he picked on my friend, poor guy was shaking when I found him." There was more but I didn't want to go into detail.
"Why do you humans… did I say that right?" I just nodded and Trixie continued, "Treat each other so badly, I did that but I didn't know how to show my true feelings." I always asked this to myself but I could never really stay with one answer.
"To tell you the truth I don't know… there are many reasons and they all play a role in it but everypony is deferent." That was my true thoughts of this thing I called humanity.
"Well at least you're not there anymore." That was one hell of a bright side.
"Yea but what did I lose in the process?" I lost almost everything my family, my old friends, and a future. The last two can always change but I lost my mom, she's lost without me but at least she got married before I left.
"Well it's getting late we should get to sleep?" I looked out the window and found that it was dark out, when they say that time flies when you're having fun. they were right.
"Yea, good night Trix." Trixie jump a bit from the nickname but she liked the idea of a nickname.
"Good night Sergio." We went to our rooms to get some shut eye for the next day.
(Somewhere in between demotions)
"Hum… I could do something for his mother, to put her worries at bay." Fate said as he started to write down something on a piece of parchment.
Dear Mrs. Sarceno
I am writing this letter to you because I want to tell you that your son is safe and sound but he cannot come back because he is needed where I have sent him but he will send you letters to tell you that he is safe and will tell you everything that has happened to him but not right now. Also if you send him a letter for his birthday I would gladly send him the letter. I know when you get this you might think that this is fake but it isn't because his birthday is on April second and he hasn't told anyone that or at least from your world and his birthday is in four days.
With many apologies and many thanks: Fate.
After Fate finished his letter he lifted it and made it glow after a few seconds it disappeared in a flash.
"Now that's out of the way time to get my game on." Fate walked off to who knows where to play his game of whatever it was.
Hey everypony how was your Thanksgiving because mine was awesome but enough about me. I would like to get your opinon on this. Latter on in the story I will transform into an animal but i dont know if i want to be a pony version of Ammy/ Chibi or a a wolf that looks like Ammy. So i am asking you guys to give me your feed back and the people did say something i will like to thank all of them, even the ones that didnt get the winning say. Anywho Thanks for all the reads and reviews I love you guys so much but yea.
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