After The Conversion Bureau: Conversion Backfired
Chapter Two: Sticking it to the Raptor!
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The herd had stopped near the edge of the forest. Luna looked around, hoping that she was not spotted by any Imperial Patrols, which she was lucky, no Raptors. The Main Road to Raptorpolis was nearby and Luna knew that the Black Claw army would be watching for her and any of the 'Everfree Rebels' that were fighting the Black Claw. "Well, it looks like this will do." Luna said to her self, looking around at the forest. When The Magi-Apocalypse happened, the lay-lines of Earth struck the land of Equestria hard, plants that were native to Earth's Past and Present started growing in Equestria, starting to Terraform the land into something less like Equestria was before the disaster and more like a part of Earth it self. More like the planet took revenge for our kind trying to take it over. Luna thought grimly.
Luna trotted away from the herd, going over to a patch of green grass. So far the Black Claw clan had not started expanding their hunt for her, but that could change. No doubt Jezebel is already sending out her hunters, not the common ones. she thought. the forest was alive with the songs of birds and the cries of forest dinosaurs and mammals. the world seemed like it was enjoying the wonderful weather of this day. the Earth's sun, Sol as it was called by the humans of Pre-Apocylpse Earth, was shining brightly. Luna was more of a Night-pony, but at times she did love going out into the daylight. Grazing on the grass, Luna felt more safe here then in the Open plains, as the Raptors rarely gone into the woods.
Luna thought back to the Everfree, where the Castle of the Sisters was. a few days ago, she had meet a herd of Bison, a few of the races in Equestria was was still alive and fighting the Raptors. the news she got was of hope. It appeared that ponies still lived, a group of them had started a rebel army in the Everfree, right next to Raptorpolis, which sat on the ruins of Ponyville it self. But she also remebered the other news.
"Many of the Strange Ponies, those called 'new-foals' are being herded up by the lizard-birds and being eaten." the Chief had told her. "They have also captured many of the Crystal ponies and are using them like work animals, same with Diamond Dogs."
Luna was still horrified at the thought of not only the Crystal Ponies and the Diamond Dogs being enslaved, but that the New-foals were being used as livestock! Being eaten by those monsters! She had to do something, something to stop the killings. those New-foals were once intelligent beings, Humans that were changed into Ponies, Willingly or unwillingly. She had to save them from the Black Claw and the other Raptor clans. Yet she could not, she was on the run from the Raptors, but she could try and do it, to get the Everfree rebels the help overthrow the Back Claw and free the land from Jezebel and and free the New-foals and Crystal Ponies and all others from their rule.
While she was thinking, she felt that something was wrong. the birds had stop singing, like they were scared of something. then she heard the growl behind her. she turned very slowly and then saw it....
It was a feline mammal, large and very deadly. It had golden brown fur and it had two very large fangs, seven inch long fangs. Luna knew what the thing was. The thing was a Saber-toothed Cat, a Smilodon.
Worse, it had a saddle, which meant it had a rider somewhere.
Luna started to back up, when suddenly, she was tossed into the air. what she did not see was the snare trap that was behind her. She was hanging in the air, on a branch, trapped with a Saber-Tooth Cat looking at her, growling.
Then something leapt out of the bushes.
"AH HA!" it said as it appeared below her. The creature was a Velociraptor one of the smaller races of Raptors. It had green, blue and yellow feathers with a small crest of blueish-green feathers on it's head, showing that it was a male. around his waist as a belt and in one of his hand-claws was a small rapier, pointed at her. "Ah, I see we caught a del potro señora my pet" he said to the Smilodon. Looking down, he soon saw Luna's Crown, which fell off her head when she got caught in his trap. "Oh, look, a Crown of Obsidian! Very Nice, this will fetch alot of Shells for me." "PUT THAT CROWN DOWN!" Luna yelled, trying to get her left hoof out of the snare trap. "Ah, Sorry señora, but I can and will not for you have just been robbed bu the Greatest bandido in all of Lemurai, for I am Sebastian El Gran Daga!" which that he soon did a small pose.
Luna just stared at the little Raptor, then used her Magic to snap the rope. She soon fell down on all four hoofs and glared at Sebastian just as the Smilodon leapt in front of her and growled. "I am not so defenseless, Raptor!" She said, flaring her wings "i can blast you into dust, along with your mount." "Hey, Espera un minuto, don't get all loco on me, even if you are the most wanted being in Lemuria." Sebastian said.
"What?" Luna said, confused. Sebastian took something of of the saddle bag of the Saber-tooth, which he called Leoa. The thing was a rolled up piece of paper. which he unrolled and showed it to her.
On it was a picture of her with the words:
WANTED!
Princess Luna
Reward of 400,000 Gold Shells for her corpse
If seen KILL HER
Signed: Her Imperial Majesty, Empress Jezebel of The Black Claw
Hail Black Claw!
Luna was in shock, she was wanted? like a common criminal?
"Four hundred thousand Gold Shells? that is alot of Shells, even more then my own Reward on my head." Sebastian said, looking at the poster. Just as Luna was about to yell at him, the poster suddenly flew out of his hands and was stuck to the trunk of a tree with a crossbow bolt. All three turned and saw five Deinonychus warriors, wearing the armor of the Imperial Army, riding deadly terror birds, Kelenken guillermoi, The Riders were armored with crossbows and spears and they were charging for them. "Kill those two Criminals!" the Leader yelled.
Luna and Sebastian turned and decided one thing: Run! Sebastian got on Leoa while Luna started galloping.
So the Chase began.
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