Ponyville Central:
Laharl and Issac sat on a bench at the train station waiting for the girls to show up. The golden sky seemed pleasant to start anyones day. The time was eight-fifty and Laharl was getting annoyed. "What," he said in an angry tone, "could be taking them so long. I told them to travel light, not empty their fucking houses."
Issac turned his head to him, "They are like normal women, when guys are in a hurry, they take their sweet old time but they are actually done and like to keep the guys waiting."
Laharl took out a golden pocket watch with the Overlords crest on it, opened it up and looked at the time again, "If they are not here when it is time to go, we leave them behind."
Issac sighed and shook his head, "I don't care man, it's too early for any arguments." Five minutes passed and the girls finally arrived at the station. Twilight had a two-pouch saddle on her filled with various books. Applejack had a huge sack of various apple treats for the trip. Issac smelled them and started to drool. Pinkie bounced around with a tray of pink frosted cupcakes on her head. Issac drooled even more. Rainbow didn't really bring much with her except a camera that hung around her neck. Fluttershy brought a red and black checkered blanket. Laharl was shocked to see what Rarity brought with her. She had Spike push a trolley with what Laharl counted, thirty-five various suitcases.
He walked up to her with is eye twitching and said in a calm voice, "Rarity, sweetie, what is all this for?"
She put a hoof up to her chest, raised her head high, closed her eyes and spoke in a proud voice, "Laharl darling, these are all my essentials for the long, perilous journey ahead of us. I have my make up, dresses, hats, seasonal things, small munchies, mirrors, cards, hair products... " Laharl put a hoof up to her face to quiet her.
He rubbed his head and spoke in the same calm voice, "Which two are the most important to you?"
She thought about it and pointed a hot pink on, "That one," then she pointed at a light yellow one, "and that one."
He took said bags and threw them onto the train. Rarity gasped in horror at what he did, "You sir are a cruel, sick man to fashionistas everywhere."
He looked straight in the eyes and smiled, "Thank you."
Spike got in his face and was angry, "Hey pal, you can't do that to the most beautiful pony." Rarity gave Laharl a smug smile which completely disappeared when he presented a huge diamond to Spike that was bigger than his head. Spike looked in amazement, faked cough and spoke in a calm voice, "Well, she did have a little too much to take on the trip."
Laharl leaned in closer, "How about you take the rest of this stuff back to her house eh?"
"I don't know," Spike spoke in a fake pained tone, "it was sooo heavy to push here." Laharl presented a ruby that was the same size as the diamond. Spike squealed, took the ruby, put both of them in the cart and started to push it away, "Now I have my strength again. See ya later everypony."
Laharl sighed and walked onto the train, 'This is going to be a long six hour ride.'
Six hours until arrival:
Pinkie was bouncing all around the private cart they had, singing a song about trains. Twilight and Fluttershy were looking out the windows to view the scenery outside. Rainbow and Rarity were helping Applejack set up the food for all to eat. Issac was drooling at seeing the food and Laharl was reading one of Twilights books. He had his glasses on to help him read. Rainbow saw this and started laughing, "Hey Twi, looks like you're not the only egghead in this group."
Twilight gave a glare at her, "There is nothing wrong with reading on a train," she turned to Laharl looking sympathetic, "right Laharl?" He didn't say anything and just kept reading. Rainbow just laughed louder and started rolling on the floor.
Laharl sighed, put his glasses away in his coat and looked at her with a smile, "There was a famous quote in a book once. It was "Knowledge hurts".
Rainbow stopped and looked at him funny, "What does that mean?"
He quickly threw the book he was reading at her, hitting her in the head. Pinkie was really close in his space, "Someone sure is a Mister Grouchy this morning."
He moaned, "I was up all night doing research on this Mauve guy and I came up with very little."
Five hours until arrival:
After eating, everypony calmed down from earlier. "So," Applejack said, "can you two tell us about those freaky powers of yours?"
Pinkie jumped up and down in excitement, "Oooo, oooo, oooo, I want to know how Issac can stretch."
Twilight used her magic to pull a paper pad, ink bottle and quill, "Yes, I would like to know as well."
Issac sat up, "Well, it began with me and Laharl travelling to different worlds two years ago. We landed on this one world that is covered in ninety-seven percent water." Twilight was writing everything he was saying while the other girls listened in awe. "We landed on this island that was in the middle of a huge storm and couldn't go anywhere. While Laharl was setting up a home, I went out to look for food. There wasn't much there to bring back so I had to do the best I could. When I headed back, I spotted this strange round, yellow fruit with swirls on it. I was very hungry so I picked it and ate it before I headed back. The next day, the storm was gone and we went to explore the island."
Flashback Mode: (Issac and Laharl got into a fight over where they should go and Laharl pushed Issac into the sea. After noticing Issac wasn't coming up, he dove into the sea to retrieve him to land. "What happened," Laharl yelled, "you swim like an Olympic champion?" Issac rubbed his head, "I don't know... it's like my whole body stopped working." Laharl sighed, "Well let's go back to the house." He grabbed Issac's arm and pulled him away only to turn and see that his arm was stretching while he was pulling. Both guys looked in shock to see this.)
"After some experiments and questioning, we figured it was the fruit I ate that night that gave me the stretching powers," Issac said coming out of a daze.
"So," Pinkie said wanting more, "what happened after that?"
He coughed and continued on, "Some time later we were picked up by a bunch of pirates." The girls gasped. "They were really friendly, especially the captain. His name was Luffy." Rainbow snickered a little hearing this name.
Issac glared at her, "Knock it off." She stopped and he continued on. "He was amazed that I ate the same fruit as him and he wanted to teach me how to use the gum gum, so I accepted it. We all shared our adventure with each other and became friends."
Issac started to look a little sad, "But our time in that world was growing short and I still had much more to learn. So Laharl suggested that Luffy and I use the 'Dark Room' to finish my training." Twilight grew curious about this dark room. "Then the day I finished my training, we both left... never seeing our friends again." He looked even sadder.
Four hours until arrival:
After some more adventure stories from Issac, Twilight turned to Laharl. "Alright," she said, "What about your powers?"
Laharl sighed, "It started when I was nine. I wanted to learn about different magic and powers and I came across a book. The title was "Historius Blood no Arcanus." The girls gave a confused look. "The translation means, "History of the Blood Arcane". I studied that book day in and day out."
Twilight spoke, "I once read about a book that had 'Blood Magic' in it. Is there a difference?"
He nodded, "Blood magic requires the blood of others to perform the spell and a little of your own to help activate it. Blood arcane requires your own blood for all uses. From making weapons to modifying your body."
Fluttershy said in a timid voice, "Like the demon claw thing?" He only nodded. "Is there something specific you have to do to learn the blood arcane thingy?"
He frowned and looked away, "You have to willingly kill someone on your own."
The girls gasped in horror except for Rainbow who asked, "So... who did you do in?"
He put on an angry face, "The ones who helped in my death."
Three hours until arrival:
The girls kept their distance from the guys hoping not to make them angry with anymore questions. Rarity said in a hushed voice, "I knew there was something very odd about them."
Twilight spoke, "Somehow... I think the Princess may have gotten the wrong people to help us." Fluttershy was the only one out of the group that really wasn't scared. She now knew some of the hurt in his heart and vowed to help him.
"You really shouldn't rag on Laharl like that," said Issac who appeared next to them. The girls were spooked by his sudden appearance.
Applejack spoke up, "And why shouldn't we?"
He turned to them, "In our home world, being a dark Grimm is bad by default. Every day, people would "Poke the monster" and laugh about it. You have to understand his side of things first. We were reluctant about telling you anything because of this," he waved his hoof at them indicating what they were discussing. "He's not really a bad person... he's just gone through a very hard life. Just think about how he feels right now."
Two hours until arrival:
Almost everypony was asleep except for Laharl, Fluttershy and Applejack. Fluttershy walked over to Laharl hoping to cheer him up. She poked his leg to get his attention. He turned his head to see her and she saw that he was crying a little. Seeing this made her feel sad for him even more. "Yes," he asked in a calm voice.
She pulled the blanket with her teeth off her back and placed it on his lap. He picked it up and examined it. She kicked the ground a little, "I finished it last night. It's a 'Thank You' present for all the good things you've done for us." He stared blankly at the gift, not saying a thing. She looked down with a saddened face, "You don't like it, do you?"
He shook his head and quickly responded, "Oh no, no I like it... I really do. It's just I never really get complements, praise or gifts for the things I do. This is really new to me." He wrapped it around himself, trying it out.
"How is it," she asked in a meek voice.
There was a smile on his face, "Oooo, it feels nice and I like the color and patterns." She smiled and started to walk away until he spoke again, "Ummm, you can lay next to me if you want... to... you know... keep me... company."
Her smile was a little bigger and she jumped up on the seat, laying next to him. They both fell asleep shortly after. Laharl's mind was in a happy state for once, 'Maybe she can help with my blackheart.' Applejack saw this and smiled to herself and she fell asleep after they did.
Two minutes until arrival:
Everypony was scattering to get things cleaned up and prepared to depart very shortly. Laharl and Issac just sat there waiting to leave. Twilight looked out the window and saw platform they were going to. The girls corralled by Twilight to see as well. She had a concerned look on her face, "Something is bothering me."
Pinkie came up to her face, "Like what kind of party we should throw after this mission thingy."
"No Pinkie," she said trying to see out the window, "that one dark move Laharl did to that Sigbin." She remembered his claw growing, grabbing hold of the Sigbin, lifting it in the air and dark energy light coming from the ground, striking the Sigbin.
Her thoughts were interrupted by Pinkies voice, "Oooh, that thing. Soo, what about it?"
Twilight turned to look at the other girls, "I don't think that is a blood move he did the other night."
Everypony came back to reality when the conductor yelled out, "NOW DEPARTING FOR BRIGHT CITY! EVERYPONY WANTING BRIGHT CITY MUST DEPART NOW!"
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Author's Notes: Redone number 8. Still a filler folks. You can sense some shit will happen. Ciao!
