Jing's journey: The king of bandits in Equestria

Chapter Two:
The boy who cried pony

"Hey Jing buddy, are you ok? Kinda scaring me here ya know." Said Kir while giving who he thought was his long time partner and friend.

"U-umm y-yeah i'm fine, it's just... never mind" Thinking about it, Adrian thought it would be best to just go along with it for now, maybe he would get some answers soon.

Looking around where they were now more thoroughly he could see what looked like an old time village in the distance to his left with a massive tree in the middle. to his front but close by to the village there seemed to be a farm with a vast apple orchard and a dirt road leading between the two and the last destination to his right, a vast and foreboding looking forest with what seemed to be a small cottage at the end of the road.

Thinking on this Adrian thought it would be best to go towards the town so that he could get some directions and hopefully find out just where they were. That was until he heard what sounded to be screams coming from the direction of the forest which quickly changed his mind.

"Kir, did you hear that?" He asked his companion. "Sure did and it don't sound good, think we should go check it out?"

Giving a quick nod, Adrian took off running towards the forest as Kir flew along beside him.

Inside the forest:
The three small fillys ran as fast as their little legs could carry them, screaming for help as they did.

"Who's idea was it anyway to try for our cutie marks in cave exploring?" Shouted the small white unicorn named Sweetie Belle.

"Don't look at me!" Replied Apple Bloom, her life of farm work making her the one running at the front of the group thanks to her extra stamina.

"How the hay was I supposed to know it was a timber wolf den?" Shouted Scootaloo. Just behind the group of fillys was a pack of at least ten very hungry and angry timber wolves, looking to make the three little ponys into their next meal.

Suddenly the group came into a clearing, but the way ahead was blocked by a pile of dead trees that the three wouldn't have any chance to clear in time to escape, they were trapped.

"W-what do we do now?" Cried Sweetie Belle, her fear very evident in her voice.

"Ah don't know Sweets...." Replied a shaking Apple Bloom.

"I guess this is it girls" Said Scootaloo solemnly as all three of them huddled together while the wolves slowly closed in around them.

Suddenly, they heard something that once again, gave them some hope.

"TIME TO GO TO WORK NOW KIR, GIMME A KIR ROYALE!"
Upon hearing this, there was a shining light behind them, followed by a great explosion among the pack of timber wolves leaving only a few of them left standing, their attention now directed at the new threat that was between them and their prey.

To the three fillys however, what they saw was their savior, a young bipedal being in a light orange overcoat and black pants and shirt, with long black spiky hair, dark eyes and some sort of bird creature wrapped around his arm.

The three of them didn't say anything, they just stared at him until the bird on his arm changed back into its regular albatross form and stood on his shoulder while looking back at the three girls.

"Hey, didn't anybody tell you it's rude to stare?" Asked the black albatross, to which the three filly's eyes grew even wider as they now focused solely on him.

"...D-did that bird just talk?" Came the voice of Scootaloo, vocalizing the thought that was on all their minds.

"Can we do this another time perhaps Kir?" Asked the boy as he looked at the bird on his shoulder.

"Jeeze fine, did ya get out of the wrong side of the bed today Jing? You're not acting like your usual self." Asked Kir.

"I'm fine, keep an eye on the kids would you, I can handle this from here." Said jing. Then thinking about who he was talking to he added "Oh and don't go trying to pick up ladies on the job alright?"

"Pfft, oh please, this bunch of brats? Not my type if you know what I mean." Kir replied as he flew down and landed near the three fillys.

"HEY!" Shouted Sweetie Belle. "What do you mean by that?" She asked, but was ignored as the four remaining wolves regained their nerve and slowly closed in on the new arrival in front of them, growling and baring their fangs.

"Hey lookout!" Shouted Scootaloo. "You're going to get eaten along with us if we don't get out of here." To which Kir gave a little chuckle, bringing her attention to him. "Just watch and learn kid." Kir said simply.

Just then, one of the timber wolves ran and jumped for Jing, to which the boy simply side stepped and with a flick of his wrist, brought out his wrist blade, which he slashed along the side of the offending wolf, dropping it instantly.

"So who's next?" Said Jing, with a cocky smile on his face as he faced down the last members of the pack.

Deciding that their losses were too great already to continue, the remaining three wolves turned and ran back into the forest.

"Well that was anti-climactic." Said Jing as he flicked the sap off his blade and retracted it back inside his sleeve.

Turning back towards the three children and the bird, Jing smiled at them and kneeled down to be less intimidating.

"So.." He began. "How about we get you three little ones home to your families eh?"