Kicking Ass is Magic

The Diamond Dogs kept a close eye on the prisoners as they shivered in their cages. Twilight watched as she and her friends were loaded up like animals and stored for the next workday. The room she and all the other ponies where being kept in was more of a stone cavern. Cages of steel kept the ponies locked in it and secured an individual cage for each pony and many more were scattered around the room. The only entrance was the archway that only two ponies could walk through and was guarded by two Diamond dogs. It was terrible living conditions. The cadges left nothing but hay to sleep on and there was no such thing as a bathroom. The ponies that had been here weeks before her have had no choice but to sleep in their own feces. Rarity had tried to complain as she did before to get them out of this but instead of sympathy she got a slap and threat for her trouble.

Twilight’s magic was of no use either. Somehow they were able to get ahold of horn shackles, which were used on unicorns to suppress their magic. The pegisi had a metal band around their torso, pinning their wings to keep them from flying away, and all three races had the same standard hoof shackles camped to each hoof.

If Celestia only knew how her subjects were being treated… Twilight would think it sweet justice. But they needed to get out of here first. She looked at the other ponies and sadly saw only despair. She quickly scanned the room for her friends before the gloomy atmosphere could seep into her as well. With determination in her eyes she found each of them peppered around the cavern. They all had bags under their eyes but underneath they shared the same thought.

They needed to get out of here or die.

As Twilight started concocting a plan of escape, the Diamond Dogs rustled and looked down the tunnel opposite that the ponies had come from after their labor. They both brandished their spears saying, “Who go there!”

Twilight thought she heard a reply but it was too quiet to hear.

“What? You search for lost bones?” the Diamond Dogs shifted and looked at each other shrugging.

The second guard looking over the cages said, “we no have your bones go look some other place.”

Again she heard a whisper in the tunnel. She strained to hear words but to no avail. What she could hear is the ice-cold malice that sent a shiver down her spine.

“Wait! You not one of us! Who are you!”

Just as the angry guard finished his sentence something tackled him at the same speed as a pegasus at full flight, making the Diamond Dog fly with the mysterious monster. The guard’s companion growled and joined his brother beyond Twilights vision. The sounds of distant punches and struggle could be heard before there was a loud thump and all was quiet. Moments later the shadow of the monster could be seen as it approached the entrance to the cavern. Twilight closed her eyes thinking this was going to be the end for her. How could her last moments be in a cage, completely helpless to do anything? She covered her face as she waited for the end.

Earlier That Day

The sleeping filly squirmed as a breeze brushed up against her face. She groaned at the interrupting sensation. The mattress below her was soft and comforting and she was warm from the swaddling blankets. Scootaloo yawned and begrudgingly opened her eyes to start the most likely late morning. Her eyes slowly cracked to let the sunlight creep into her eyes and welcome the day and she blinked a few times to remove the blur her eyes had. When the filly had regained her sight, she looked at the bed that had made her so comfortable. Her eyes opened to their full extent as she viewed the creature she was laying on being completely covered by its worm jacket that it wore.

Her first expression was to rub her eyes. “Maybe my eyes are still fuzzy,” she thought.

When she gazed on the creature again, its visage did not change. Panic settled in as she realized what this creature was. Her breaths became shallow and heavy as she stared at the monster she had heard of in so many horror stories. She slowly and shakily moved to get out from under the slumbering giant. It moaned and shifted from her shaky movements, which made her freeze in place. After the steady breathing of sleep had taken place once more she moved again, this time more steady then before knowing that her vary life depended on it.

She slowly and steadily escaped the warm consigns of the monsters jacket and went to run away. But she halted at what she saw to be a branch in a tree that stuck out from between the creature’s legs. As she looked over the edge she realized that she was up high in a tree.

“how did it know I’m a cripple?” the thought was a heavy blow to her self esteem that she would think of later. Now she had to find a way to get out of this situation.

“You know if you wanted down you can just ask.”

The filly’s pupils shrunk at the sentence that was unuttered by her. She turned her head to see the human staring at her with a tilted head and a raised eyebrow. After seeing she was caught Scootaloo did what her body wanted to do from the start.

“AHHHHHH!” she let out a scream and ran for her life in the opposite direction. As that direction was off a tree branch, it was obvious it was a move made with instinct in mind. She fell from the branch full of terror that she had done such a foalish thing. She continued to scream as she fell and closed her eyes at the impending doom that would absurdly come with a thump. It came but for some reason it didn't hurt as bad as she thought, and the cry of pain was not hers either. Confusion settled in as she gathered up some courage to open her eyes to see what phenomenon could possibly keep her from her doom. Her answer was a black jacket as she stared at the inside of it. She popped her head out to stare at a stern face looking back at her laying on the ground. For some reason it looked like it was scolding rather then intimidating.

She sheepishly smiled at the monster to hopefully change its countenance but it seemed to be futile.

“What in Sam hill did you think you were doing? You could have been killed! I know that I’m not the prettiest thing to look at in the morning, but I have never before sent people nor pony careening to their death!”

The small pony shook under the chiding gaze. “I’m sorry master. It wont happen again.” A stray tear fell from her cheek as scootaloo reigned herself to her fate.

Evan Groaned at the remark, “…Don’t you ponies come up with something a little more creative then slavery. I mean geez I know many other kinds of lies out there other then the slavery thing.”

Scootaloo continued to cry in his jacket and Evan realized this was not a joke to try and relive tension. He reached down and lifted her chin to force the filly to look at him. “Don’t you remember last night kiddo?”

The scolding look on the humans face was replaced with one of care and a gentle smile. Like a flash of lightning everything came back and she remembered all that happened last night. She looked on with amazement at the mythical creature before her and her smile grew a mile wide. Her wings started to flap making the sound of a small moped as she jumped out of his jacket and gripped his neck cutting off the flow of life giving air.

“WOW! This is so cool! I can’t believe that a living myth is right here!”

As the over rambunctious youngster rambled on the man continued to wheeze and sputter at the little ponies abuse. “Need… Air… Can’t… BREATH!...” Her rowdy behavior continued through his complaints until he forcefully pushed her down and onto the ground. “Jeez kid, calm down ok?”

Her wings stopped flapping and she blushed at her conduct but the smile she had never left her face. “So… where did you come from?” She said when her embarrassment eased off.

Evan was rubbing and tending his poor neck that had been manhandled by this young filly. He gave her a small glare, which didn’t phase her in the slightest. Evan for some reason laughed at her boldness before answering, “well I’m from town actually. I sensed you were sad and came to change that.” His over truthfulness snapped him out of the drowsy stupor and awoken him to the fact that he had shared a mental link with the young filly and that link had turned into a mind melding which caused him to do something reckless and phenomenally stupid. That bomb hit him like a ton of bricks as it dawned on what he had just said.

The filly tilted her head to the side “how can you sense how I feel?” She questioned.

The scientist fidgeted a bit trying to decided what he was going to do with the blunder he made telling the young filly the truth. Then he gave up and realized that the truth was the best answer. “I can't tell you that but I will tell you that it is nothing you want, trust me. It's just something I'm able to do."

"Then what was all that stuff you said last night?" The young one glared at the biped.

"Everything I told you last night was true." The human said defensibly, "Last night our minds melded and everything you felt, I felt. So when I said your pain was my pain I was being literal. So not only did I want to help you I needed too, uh this is not coming out right" the flustered Evan looked at the now glaring ball of cuteness.

"Look, I came to the woods from Ponyvill to help and that was before our minds melded. I wanted to help you, the fact that it turned more into a need later is irrelevant." The white hared one stood firm in his assertion.

The orange ball of fur rubbed her chin in contemplation making the scientist sweat until she finally decided on a response, "fine I'll forgive you on one condition."

"Name it." Evan was glad that he could confide his secret in another evan if it was a little kid.

"Tell me what else can you do? I knew you where lying about the reason why I was heavy. Apparently that knowing when somepony is lying thing worked both ways."

Evan's jaw dropped, he had honestly never known about that and knew that if he was still on good terms with Dr. Cooper would have reported that to him as well. Thank, goodness for small mercies. The Scientist rubbed the back of his head as he grew a sudden interest in his shoes, "Um... well, depending on how I feel things happen that are out of my control. Normally, I am incapable of reading one's thoughts when I am experiencing intense emotions but in a mind meld it is as if our minds are one and the connection cannot be severed so easily.

"So, in essence yes, I can do other things but only when feeling a certain emotion or when someone is making me feel a certain emotion during a mind meld."

The young filly tilted her head "That didn't answer my question."

The science experiment sighed at the comment "do I have to?"

The pony child crossed her forhooves "I won't forgive you until you do."

Evan sighed in resignation as he rose his hand to list off his abilities "Flight, invulnerability and strength, gravity, telepathy, and illusions but that's only with a few beings at a time." truthfully he could also extract memories and knowledge from another as well but seeing as just getting something as simple as a birthday can cause a migraine for hours made him loath to delve to deep into that one.

The little girl bounced in place repeating one phrase over and over. "Show me!"

The PHD owner cursed his current fate of being a sideshow and altered what the mind of what the little filly saw to make himself disappear.

As the human vanished before Scootaloo’s eyes she lost control of all jaw function and her mind went on full reboot at what is possible. When she gathered her jaw from off the ground she blurted out, “how did you do that? Humans don’t know magic! At least not the ones in the stories anyways.”

Evan smugly smiled at the young filly. “Well humans don’t, your right. But I am the exception as I am... kind of a freak.” he returned normal sight to the pony and she frowned at the statement.

"You are not a freak. Your just different." she stated matter of factly.

the human smiled at her young naivety until her gasp surprised him. “I totally need to show you to Sweetybell and Applebloom! They’ll totally flip out!”

"woah there kiddo, we've gotta keep what I can do a secret."

"Aww! but why?"

"Because every time someone has learned about it it's been nothing but trouble for me and everyone else."

The child grumbled before replying "fine, but they can still meat you right?" she perked right up near the end of the sentence.

Evan chuckled at the young pony’s enthusiasm “Ok, but don’t you have somewhere important to be? Like, I don’t know… school?”

The pony did a psha. “School’s not that important.” Evan bent over to get with eye level of the little filly to give a stern parental gaze. It held firm on the little pony and her resolve waivered under his piercing glare making Scootaloo cringe under its weight. “…But I should probably go anyway.”

Evan smiled at her wise decision and nodded. He picked her up into his warm jacket which she didn’t mind as it was surprisingly comfortable.

“Which way is it now?” Evan said trying to get his Barings.

“That way.” She pointed with a hoof. Evan ruffled the pony’s mane making her giggle and push his hand away while he took Scootaloo’s direction.

Evan had dropped off Scootaloo at school or so Evan found out she was named during their walk to it. The adorable ball of orange begged him to stay but he needed to get back to the library. He knew Twilight would be absolutely furious that he hadn’t been at Rarity’s and he figured she would be franticly searching for him. He walked to the library trying to figure out how to defuse the situation. Nothing had come to mind and he just figured he would wing it.

“Yah… because that’s worked so many times before”

He sighed begrudgingly as his mind returned and he found himself standing in front of the Library-Home. He turned the nob to be greeted to what would assuredly be a complete mess. Instead, the only thing he was greeted with was a purple and green dragon pacing the floor mumbling to himself. Evan did not find this odd as Twilight might still be searching. He felt a pang of guilt as he closed the door to the library finally getting Spike’s attention.

“Dude! Where have you been?!” The baby dragon had bags under his eyes and many scales seemed to be out of place and missing.

Evan rubbed the back of his head. “Sorry man. I got caught up in so-“

“No time! Twilights been foalnaped!”

“What!?”

Spike took a deep breath before continuing, “when Twilight went looking for you sheended up getting caught by diamond dogs that took her. Applejack and the others went to get her but they have been gone all night. We assumed that you were with her because you were nowhere to be seen. I have been trying to contact the princess but shehasn’t responded! You need to help!”

If Evan had truly listened to all of that the only thing he would have heard where random words that made little sense. But since he could read the little guys mind after a few seconds he got the message.

He furrowed his brow and closed his eyes at the news. He would never be able to get to the Diamond Dogs without being noticed by the ponies, his emotions where sure to keep him from any kind of mental powers. He opened his eyes as he made his decision.

“Fuck subtlety! I’m done hiding in the shadows anyway.”

The human turned on his heel and looked over his shoulder to Spike. “Take a rest Spike. I’ll take care of this.”

He headed out the door when Spike coherently said, “wait! You can’t go alone! Let me come with you.”

“No Spike. I need to do this on my own.”

“Common! I’ve been here alone for so long! I don’t know how much more I can take.”

Evan walked over to kneel down to the little dragon and smiled. His emotions to help his reptilian friend calmed Evan down enough for him to enter Spike’s mind and started to decrease the flow of adrenalin in his system. “Spike, you need to calm down. Get some rest.”

Spike let out a yawn as his body was starting to already feel the effects of the mind tampering. “But, what about you and the others?”

“They will be fine just sleep and all is going to be right by the time you wake up.”

The purple dragon yawned and curled into a ball. “Ok,” He said. Spike started snoring soon after.

Evan would have made note of how cute the little scaly baby was but there were bigger matters to attend to. He got to his feet and walked to the door once again. He started to fume with rage at how his breaking of the rules had gotten his friends in trouble. His brow furrowed and his fists clenched tightly into balls.

“They’ll pay,” Was his only sentence made as he went to ask any pony where the diamond dogs where located.

Come out and tell me damn it!” the plan backfired. The second Evan was seen on the streets the ponies ran into their homes to hide from his glaring eyes. His frustration didn’t help things as he yelled at them to tell him where the diamond dogs were. It seemed to be a futile attempt. There was nothing more to do then to become emotionless barge into a home and rip the information from their minds. But that went far beyond his moral standers. The feeling of having your mind ripped in half would be like torture for the poor pony subject to it. And they might not even know where the Diamond Dogs are. He huffed at his currant predicament. His head bowed down as he thought how he could possibly fix this issue. He sighed as he came up with no other options but to knock down some doors and make a few ponies piss themselves. He picked a home and was going to do just that when he heard some complaining coming from down the street.

“…cant! It’s dangerous! It might take you away!”

Evan desperately looked for the source of the noise from down the street.

“Don’t worry Bon bon it hasn’t taken any ponies yet and it want’s to help.”

There it was. It was Lyra and a cream-colored pony, apparently named Bon bon galloping toward him. He hurriedly walked to his saviors so he wouldn’t frighten them.

“But what if it tries to take you? I don’t think I can fight off a human!” Bonbon complained at a whisper.

“You do know that I can hear you right?”

They both stopped and looked up to see Evan walking in their direction. The cream coted, pink, and purple maned pony gave a squeak and hid herself behind her teal companion. Lyra rolled her eyes at Bon bon.

“Sorry about my roommate. She reeds too many fictional human stories.”

“None taken Lyra. Can you tell me where the Diamond Dogs are?”

“How did you know my name? And where are you from?”

She shook and smiled with an inquisitiveness that could easily match Twilight. “I’m sorry Lyra but I’ll tell you everything you want later. My friends are captured because of me and I need to get them back”

Bon bon peeked her head out from behind Lyra. Her brow was raised and her head was tilted to the side unnecessarily so. Lyra on the other hand just frowned.

“Are you kidding me? I’ve waited all my life for this chance!”

Evan folded his arms across he chest and returned the frown. “I left to have a walk because I was being cooped up like some secret alien and hadn’t seen fresh air in weeks. As a result my friends looked for me and became captured by Diamond Dogs. I have much more important things to worry about other then your obsession over my species.”

While Lyra’s jaw dropped and brow furrowed, Bon bon grew an understanding smile. Evan hadn’t noticed but even a few window shutters and curtains were parting.

“You can’t do this! At least let me get a pic-“

“The Diamond Dogs are that way. Go past the corn field a ways and you’ll see some dirt mounds. That’s where they are.”

The interruption came from a smiling Bon bon, which left both Evan and Lyra slack jawed. When Evan recovered from mild shock of the pony that just seconds ago thought that he was going to take her friend, telling him what he wanted, he smiled and said, “um, thanks,” running in the direction she pointed.

10 Minutes later

Evan emerged from the cornfields to see the mounds of dirt the Diamond Dogs supposedly lived. It looked like a once grassy field that got taken over by large moles and gophers. He clenched his fists in anger that these DOGS could do such a despicable thing as enslave and torture a sentient being. The ideology was so passed old that he thought he would never see it in his lifetime. But here it seemed that slavery is an issue.

One he would correct.

Evan scanned the dirt mounds for an entrance to the warren of dogs. Just as he was about to give up and start digging for a tunnel, he saw the entrance being guarded by two bipedal creatures he assumed were diamond dogs. He placed his hood over his head and headed straight for it.

As the still fuming scientist got closer he noticed the size difference between the Diamond Dogs and himself. They stood almost a head higher then he and where also much broader. Evan thought of these things more as trolls that had gruesome doglike features. Jagged teeth jutted out of ones short snout accompanied by two beady eyes above them. The other could have passed for Anubis with the exception that his black fur encompassed his entire body. The two brandished large spears but traveling closer Evan noticed that they didn’t need them, as their sharpened claws would work as excellent natural weapons. He started being noticed when he was about 50 yards away but the two guards made no other moves other then one pointing him out to the other and slightly stiffening.

When Evan finally arrived at the entrance he made to walk in like he owned the place, but was halted by two spears.

“Well, I knew it wouldn’t be that easy.”

“What are you and what you do here.” the one with the short snout on his left said.

Without taking off his hood or looking at the Dog he said, “I am hear to get my friends.”

Both the Dogs laughed at his plea and the Anubis looking one growled “You leave now while still can, nothing here but ponies and Diamond Dogs. No place for you.”

“So you wont give up willingly?”

The one on the left chortled a little “…No.”

There was no time to see or anticipate what happened next. One second Evan stood normally between two Diamond Dogs. The next, his left arm was extended in a fist and only the Dog on his right remained. Left of the cave entrance a thud could be heard on a near by mound of dirt and stone.

Evan turned to look at the now growling Diamond Dog flipping his hood off to do so “that’s what I was hoping you’d say.”

(Mood Music)

The Diamond Dog’s sneer turned to fear at the smile the human wore. Out of fear it lashed out swinging it’s spear wildly at Evan. The tip broke off his face and Evan’s hand caught the splintered staff. The bewildered Diamond Dog was like putty in his hands as he yanked the wooden staff, causing the Diamond Dog to fall forward. Evan kneed him in the chest and the Diamond Dog fell over crumpled up and unconscious on the ground.

He kept the staff thinking it would keep him from putting to much power into his attacks and casually walked into the den of dogs. It wasn’t but a few moments later that he ran into a patrol of four of them. They brandished their spears and claws hoping to keep him from going further into the cavern.

“Where are they?” Evan said with more of a whisper.

“How you get in here? What are you?”

His mind had been getting worse and worse as images flashed across his mind of the different horrors his friends had to endure. Eventually he blotted out all other thoughts other then one simple and painful sentence over and over again. “Its all my fault.”

“WHARE ARE THEY!” he screamed. It seemed he was going mad with rage.

The Dogs charged him with weapons and natural weapons alike. Dr. Kelly charged in response with a war cry. The first to reach him jabbed its spear at his neck. Evan swatted it away with his right hand while his left hand fallowed through with a swipe at its legs with his makeshift staff. The dog yelped at the surprise trip and as it fell Evan supported the staff with his right hand and swiped up, causing his would be attacker to be hit mid fall and be sent flying into the ceiling of the cave.

All of this happened in a matter of a second and the group behind stopped the charge. This left an opening that Evan’s rage-rattled-mind couldn’t refuse. He charged the last three in his way and the first went down with two swipes from his staff. The next used its spear to try and impale the human’s mid section. Evan spun with the staff and knocked the spear away before in-stepping and striking the dog in the jaw. The last charged at Evan and raised its bared claw and struck true against the human’s face.

The Diamond Dog reveled in its victory. It turned to see its handy work and the deep cuts that where sure to be on the creature that assaulted his party, instead meting an unharmed human. It stared completely bewildered at Evan’s unblemished face. The Yellow-eyed human smiled at the Dog and gave it a swift kick, sending it flying into the wall unconscious.

Evan stared at the carnage and growled. None of this had quenched the sorrow that fueled his hatred for himself. These ponies had been nothing but inviting, caring, and hospitable. Why had he been so stupid? Why did the others look for him so vehemently? “It’s all your fault”

A stray tear ran down his check from the pain. He looked down the tunnel and continued his journey to find his friends. Hopefully they wouldn’t be far in the catacombs of this place. Otherwise they all would be lost and all this would be for nothing. He quickened his pace hoping that the images playing in his mind were just a falsehood, and if not, praying he’s not too late.

It seemed he walked for hours but only minuets passed as he took a left at a fork that sloped down further into the dark tunnel. As he rounded a corner there stood two Dogs guarding an archway.

They noticed him almost instantly and both brandished their spears saying, “Who go there!”

“Where are the ponies?” the whispered question was filled with sorrow.

“What? You search for lost bones?” the Diamond Dogs shifted and looked at each other shrugging.

Evan’s anger boiled at the ineptitude of the moronic Dogs. The second guard said, “We no have your bones go look some other place.”

“Where are the ponies?” he said through clenched teeth.

“Wait! You not one of us! Who are you!”

He realized that trying to talk to these Dogs was useless. He forsook his staff and with his strength, he pushed off the ground taking off like a bullet and tackled the Diamond Dog. Evan fell on top of it as they slammed into the ground, winding the freakish mutt and leaving a slight indent in the rough ground. With the continued momentum he did a front handspring landing on his feet and turned to face his opponents.

The one that remained standing moved swiftly, shortening the distance between them. Before Evan had a chance to react it swiped at his face again and again. Despite his anger he could feel the power the impacts had on his body. There was no doubt that if Evan hadn’t been angry, his head would most likely have come clean off. However, in his currant state this proved more an annoyance then a fear as the dog dodged his slower moving blows.

The one on the ground stood from his place and went to join his brother. They started beating on him much easier now as they traded blows between them. They hammered open palmed swipes at him until the Dogs swiped at his neck at the same time, one from the left and the other from the right. With their united grip they effortlessly lifted him off the ground. Evan started to choke from the pressure, their grins from his pain spread on their faces.

Evan’s mind worked overtime and realized that although the Dogs had a longer reach, it wasn’t longer then Evans body. He used the Dogs arms as leverage as he curled his lower body up then swiftly thrust a heel into each diamond dog’s snout. Mirroring each other they grasped their face in pain releasing Evan from their grasp. He quickly got up from the ground he fell to and grabbed each by the neck. They held a look of surprise as Evan slammed their heads together, causing both to fall to the ground unconscious.

He breathed heavily as he leaned up against the wall and slunk to the floor. He started to sink into a depression as he sat with little hope. How will he ever find his friends? Have these worthless dogs tortured them yet?

“It’s all your fault”

He closed his eyes and clenched his teeth at the hard truth again. He looked at the two slumbering dogs in anger and wanted to wake them to beat them again. As he rose a glint from the waist of one of the dogs caught his eye. It was a key ring with a multitude of keys.

He bent over and picked up the keys to inspect them. Evan’s brow furrowed “why would they have keys… unless.”

He looked down the corridor and noticed an archway he had stupidly ignored. He moved to the opening praying that his search was at an end… and if it was, that his friends would forgive him.

His prayers were answered as he rounded the corner to see a large number of cages, each holding a pony. Evan scanned the room and found a familiar lavender unicorn covering her face in her hooves. In relief Evan sighed blurting out, “I found you.” She jolted up and looked Evan in the eyes. He couldn’t help but smile at her shocked look and said what was sure to be on the minds of everything in the room.

“Let’s go home.”

Author's Note

Ok so now we are somewhat up to date from when I first posted this. I have a few more chapters on the way so don't worry. see you next week!

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