The Pony and the shadows

         Some time after that odd talk Epic headed to the town's central plaza, he doesn't understand anything, ponies were using strange rectangular cubes, then proceed to cover them with white mud... Then he thought {what do they think that is going to do?}

"Oi! Get back to work!" A strang-looking pony with a beak and claws shouted, looking right at him, "I said get to it!"

"Me?" Epic asked.

"Who else? Yes you!" The bird-pony thing stated bluntly.

"I'm not from around here, ma'm," Epic nurvesly replied.

"Oh really? Then what am I?" She said sarcastically.

"Um... I don't know..." He said backing away from the somehow terrifying, though slightly smaller, mare. Mare? Mare.

"Really? Rear half lion, front half falcon? Don't know what that is?" She said in a monotone manner.

"N-nope, why...?" Epic was really scared at this point.

"I'm a griffin. You know a predator? Something that you should listen to. But that does explain why you don't know why I've never seen you before," she started some kind of rant that Epic tuned most of out, "my name is Gilia, Gilia Galia, Gi-l-ia Ga-l-ia, just so you don't get my name wrong."

"I'm Epic Pony," Epic introduced himself.

"Hmmm... Odd name, where are you from?" Gilia asked only to be pointed there, "uh, are you sure you came from that place?"

"All I know is that I came from the mountains," he said not knowing what danger lay ahead, "and those are the only mountains I can see!'

"Those are the Disscordeion Mountains, or as many call it, The Cursed Valley of Darkness," She said, "and anyone who comes out are deemed threats to the population."

"I'm no threat! I'm just a pony passing though!" He hoped that she would go easy on him.

"I'm not going to risk innocent civilians, so come with us." Gilia demanded.

Somehow he was shrouded by armoured pony on all sides, "I AM UNTAMEABLE!!!" He yelled and started to scape though the sky, but the griffin followed.

"Surrender now!"

"NO!" Epic struck her face with a strong buck of his back hooves, she tried to scratch him but he doged the attack and struck again this time a straight up strike with his wing, in a panic he failed to realise is mistake then unicorns started opening fire on the guy, using the adrenaline pumping through his body, he doged the attack expertly Gilia appeared in front of him and he rammed her to the side, she was getting really angry, and tried rawing, he yeped and sped up, she groaned and went on the pusite. Gilia though it was about to end when Epic dived straight at the ground but he did a strange yet amazing stunt, he twisted his body right and did a 180 spin AT THE SAME TIME. Gilia was distracted enough for her to crash right into the ground.

"I yeled, I yeled." She said when Epic landed next to her. Epic tooc some time to examine her. Brown all over with red eyes, "to the victor the spoiles..."

"What do you mean?" Epic asked confused.

"You came to take over, yes?" She stated in a defeated tone.

"No I didn't know what this tribe's rules are but I don't come to take what's yours, why would I do that?" He said making her eye go wide when he said 'tribe'.

"What did you say?" She asked with curiosity vertically dripping from her words.

"What part?" Epic aunserd with a question.

"A 'tribe'? This is no tribe. What generation are you from?!" She was really confused about what he was saying.

"This era I don't remember being frozen in ice." Epic said, confusing the pore griffin even more. Epic offered his hoof to help her up. They headed to the town again the time was about 7:35pm summer time.

"Frozen in ice?"

"Do you have pancakes?"

"Pan-what?"

"What? No pancakes?! I knew I should have bought the mix but nooo! I forget them! And now you act like you don't know what they are!"

"I think the chaos in those mountains is only focus on time... So that must be created in the future!"

"Pancakes are from the future? I don't know... Maybe?" He asked.

"We're at the plaza again, stand down men he comes in peace!" She said, the armoured ponies breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness!" They all said.

"Sorry about that less than kind welcome, but this little town is called Cristle Creves. In the land of Equestrea." She said.

"Um not one to Jude but wouldn't this place be in constent danger of getting destroyed by rock slides from the Discordeion Mountains?" Epic asked.

"No," Gilia replied, "so why'd you come hear?" She asked Epic.

"I was exiled for apparently coming up with evil thoughts and thoughts of tretery... I miss my home..." Epic was on the verge of tears.

"I'm sorry to hear that..."

"I-it's fine *sniff* I j-just need to st-stay strong."

"Shh... There, there, let it out, I'll help you, promise," Gilia said. "I'm going to let you stay in my second bedroom, how about that huh?"

"I'd like that..." He said smiling weakly.