Chapter 3: The Trade

He wondered this all the way there. Surprisingly, the rest of the journey had been very uneventful. He had expected that he would see a band of  mercenaries trying to attack him and scare him to the point where he wouldn't trade anything anymore. He knew that it wouldn't work but it was interesting to seem them try.

When he got there, we was unexpected to see so many rough fire breathing dragons. He had read quite a lot about their culture and how dangerous they were but even books couldn't describe how terrifying they were. There was huge red and green lizards everywhere and the heat was just blistering and unbearable. Though he knew that he had to prevail. He decided that he would make the trade as quick as possible and he would be relived when he started to climb down the mountain with all the snow.

He expected that the dragons knew perfect Equish so he started to speak with the closest one.  "Hello! I have come from a far away land in order to exchange some goods with you!" Marco yelled in order to be heard by the massive red dragon that payed no attention to him. "Would you like to trade with me?" The dragon finally noticed the brown speck of dust and then he thought about what he had said.  " What do you have on you?" the dragon said with a booming voice.

"I have tools so you can live easier lives!" Marco Polo yelled back at him.

"We have no need of your petty tools since we are already living the easiest of lives!" the gigantic dragon roared back at him.

"You don't even need something to cook your food in?" Marco asked quizzically. Since he didn't know that the dragons had eaten gems for their entire species survived, he thought that they liked some of their meals crispy.

"NOOOOO!" The dragon had obliterated Marco's ear drums with that massive roar. The dragon leaned in to throw Marco away but then he stopped as a white figure blinded him. He shielded his eyes and then when Marco found out who it was, he was in awe. He didn't believe his eyes when he saw the princess herself protected him. He was just gaping at her.

"No need to fear Marco, I have heard where you were going and I needed to warn you to not go." Celestia said in a nice calming voice

"Oh, so that's why you were flying to my village! To warn me about the dragons!" Marco realized.

"Yes Marco now go back and never try to trade with the dragons ever again. We are on thin ice with them since one of the ponies at my court insulted their leader." Celestia explained.