Rogue Diamond

Rogue Diamond is an ongoing action/drama comic written by FlimFlamBros. and drawn by Pia-chan/Pia-sama.

Heavily inspired by the Black Lagoon manga series, it follows Spike in an alternate-universe Equestria (in which every character is anthropomorphic) as he is dragged from his mundane life and becomes an unwitting member of a band of mercenaries led by Rarity.

Chapter 0: The Prologue
The story opens with a flashback with narration by Spike. Ten years prior to present day, when the rise of Nightmare Moon was quelled and Princess Luna returned, the ponies of Equestria openly welcomed her. However, Princess Celestia was displeased by how Luna socialized with the public and began to question her motives. As time went on, Celestia's paranoia worsened and she started having dreams of Luna usurping her throne.

Believing everypony loved Luna more than her, Celestia decided to rule with fear instead of love and increased the temperature of the sun. Forests burned and polar ice caps melted, causing great floods that claimed many ponies and cities.

Luna tried to reason with Celestia, but Celestia refused to listen, believing Luna's "plans" to overthrow her had been ruined. When Luna failed to get through to Celestia with reason, she resorted to force, but Celestia easily overpowered her. As punishment, Celestia locked Luna in a crate and cast her into the ocean.

Chapter 1: Slum Dreams
In present day, Spike, a fully grown dragon, lives alone in an apartment in the slums outside Canterlot. As he walks through the rundown docks, giving his only bit to a homeless mare on the side of the road, he wonders how things became like this—how Celestia could intentionally make Equestria like this. He also thinks of Twilight Sparkle, who he hasn't seen since the floods occurred.

In another flashback, Princess Celestia sends Twilight, who's worried about the upcoming rise of Nightmare Moon, to Ponyville to oversee preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration. However, she has Spike stay with her in Canterlot so that Twilight can make real friends while she's away in Ponyville. Spike never saw Twilight again, and the floods came seven months later.

Back in present day, Spike arrives at his place of work—Fancypants Waters—and finds a pile of paperwork on his desk. In the middle of his shift, Fancypants' secretary—a dark-coated, well-endowed mare with the numbers "00284" imprinted on her right cheek—walks over and says Fancypants wants to see him.

Chapter 2: A Better Deal?
As Fancypants' secretary talks to Spike, she catches him staring at her breasts and warns him to keep his eyes at eye level. Spike follows the secretary to Fancypants' office door, which the foul-tempered secretary practically shoves him through. Once inside, Spike is greeted by Fancypants, the company owner.

Fancypants tasks Spike with delivering a briefcase, the contents of which Fancypants claims are "just some boring papers", to New Baltimare in return for compensation of fifty thousand bits. Spike is initially thrilled to receive such a large sum of money, but he has second thoughts when the briefcase is handcuffed to his wrist. Before Spike can ask any more questions, the secretary comes in and drags him out of the office. As the office door closes, Fancypants picks up and looks at a picture of his and Fleur de Lis' wedding day.

Chapter 3: Crimson Waters
Fancypants' secretary escorts Spike to a private cargo ship bound for New Baltimare and, after catching him staring at her breasts again, angrily sees him off. Regardless, Spike boards the ship, excited about the easy fortune he is going to make from this job.

Several hours later, the ship comes under attack by another vessel. A missile explodes into the side of the ship, and a Pegasus mare from the other vessel easily dispatches Fancypants' whole security team, killing each of them with a bullet to the head. The mare with rainbow-colored hair corners Spike at gunpoint and asks him what's in the briefcase. When Spike says he doesn't know, the Pegasus mare threatens to shoot him in the crotch unless he tells her. Before she does so, another mare from the other ship—a beautiful unicorn—stops her.

After a brief argument between the two mares about getting blood on the unicorn's boots, the unicorn mare apologizes to Spike for her associate's crass behavior and politely asks him what's in the briefcase. Spike, completely taken by the unicorn's beauty, insists that he was never made privy to the case's contents. Before the rainbow-maned Pegasus suggests cutting Spike's arm off, the unicorn comes up with the idea of bringing him along with them.

The unicorn introduces herself as Rarity, and the Pegasus named Rainbow Dash carries Spike to the other ship and welcomes him to the Rogue Diamond.

Chapter 4: Meet the Crew
Rainbow Dash drops Spike onto the deck of the Rogue Diamond's ship, where he meets Applejack (who immediately points a shotgun at Spike's face).

Spike
The main character of the story. Formerly Twilight Sparkle's number-one assistant and currently an employee of Fancypants Waters. He is believed to be the last dragon alive, as all of the other dragons in Equestria drowned in the great floods. Because he is considered repulsive by ponies, he has trouble finding a girlfriend.

Rarity
The leader of the Rogue Diamond mercenary group. Beautiful in appearance and graceful in personality.

Rainbow Dash
A member of Rogue Diamond. Foul-mouthed, short-tempered, and skilled in the use of firearms.

Applejack
A member of Rogue Diamond.

Twilight Sparkle
Spike's best friend and Princess Celestia's personal student. Her whereabouts have been unknown since the great floods.

Princess Celestia
The sole ruler and self-proclaimed "goddess" of Equestria and scion of the sun. She has ruled tyrannically for ten years, and her actions led to Equestria's swift decline.

Princess Luna
Equestria's princess of the night, having returned after a thousand years of banishment in the moon. Celestia cast her body into the ocean due to severe paranoia of being overthrown. Presumed dead.