Returning what was lost

"I did nothing!" shook pleaded "im just as shocked as you"

"Bull shit!" the other two yelled, angered by his lie

"Remember when you made that crow talk? It wouldn't shut up!" Tem yelled, and began holding his ears. two jobs before, they were looking for cockatrice in a mountain pass. no one knew where it was, only statues remained of those who did, frozen where they stood. Shook had cast a minor spell to allow others to understand animals, and so, they asked a small crow. the thing had a shrill and scratchy voice, and ranted on and on about its flock and other nonsense.

"I WANNA GO HOME! I HATE THOSE STUPID DOGS!"  The filly continued weeping.This, caught the attention of the other two, and Cyto, puzzled asked "What dogs?" In between sobs the filly said "The..Diamond... Dogs" She was beginning to calm down

"Do you have a name little girl?" at least Cyto thought it was a girl, by its voice

"Yes..im..Orange Seed" She said, only sniffling now

" Hello miss, i am called Black Shook, and this is Cyto" he waved his hand "and that's Mutt" he said with a snicker

"I heard that!" Tem said, he was going though what the orcs had

"That's Acillatem, where are you from?"

"Ponyville" she answered with no hesitation, "in Equestria"

"oohhkkaayy, and where is that, how did you get here? Cyto asked

"I don't know" she hung her head "it was those stupid dogs"

"Which way did you come from then" Shook asked sitting next to his panther, who was grooming herself

"From a tunnel near where you found me" she said with a smile and a little blush of embarrassment

"Then lets go that way" Shook said while scooping her up, before setting her on the panthers back, who they passionately named 'claws'. Cyto had gathered up the heads of the leaders in a sack and was following. Tem was still looking for SOMETHING worth his time, oblivious to the fact that they left

"What about mutt?" Orange seed asked "Why are you leaving him, isnt he your friend?"

"He'll catch up" Shook replied,annoyed

She did not stop asking questions the entire way back. With 'whats this, whats that, which way is up, how can you walk on two legs, why does the kitty follow you, why are there webs on your sword, why is that around your arm'....Tem was more than annoyed, suggesting to leave her and collect the bounty.

"We can not do that! and leave a little girl?! No way!" Cyto said, and Shook nodded. Cyto had the best sense of right and wrong, due to his race not naturally being evil. Shook was absolutely hell bent on getting her home, which surprised the others, because he was usually the most cruel. gnoll are viscous, but even they FEAR drow, who's entire culture is about clawing for power though sacrificing others and causing pain, with no sense of remorse

But this little 'pony', she called herself, had him wrapped around her fing...hoof.

    'Whats gotten into him' Cyto thought as he watched Shook, a being he knows to be cruel and heartless, play with this 'pony' like it were his child. He had watched him burn the bodies of his dead family, without even flinching. Shook had moved to the surface around when Cyto was born, and they were friends from the start.  cyto prepossessed becoming a sell-sword group, after shook lost his family to an illness known as mummy-rot. He had nothing left to loose, so he came.

He then remembered when Tem came into his life as well. They were both 15, but behaved very differently. Cyto had been brought up with discipline and honor. Tem, had grown up on his own, in the wild, and it had shaped him into a twisted and uncaring thing. Cyto had just finished training for the winter season, and was returning home to find a hyena jumping through Shooks freshly smashed window. he went to confront the beast, and when he entered the house, it stood on two legs and shrieked "my house, MY HOUSE!" as it charged.

  he took a step to the side and put his arm around its neck, and putting his other arm under the crook of it arm,  he swept his foot under its, and sent it flying with its own force. as its back collided with the ground, he jumped on it, restraining its arms behind it. it was weak, as if malnourished and it wreaked of garbage. it trashed like it was being burned. " you are not going anywhere, now calm down, i want to talk with you" he said. it stopped, "dont lie to me" it said, its tone sad. "i be told that first. they lie, they put i in cage, and use i to train dogs to hunt gnoll scent". Cyto didnt know how to respond. he released the skinny gnoll, and rose saying "stay in the house, ill get its owner".