Rogue Life

     The village was very busy with traders and sellers. Each house looked the same. In fact, the houses were just large tan or brown, rugged tents with tables full of goods on them.

    People roamed the streets, looking for something to buy or trade, but Jack and Ross were actually looking for colorful ponies. Their master had told them to, but they thought that their master was going crazy.

    "Do you really think that Master is crazy?" Ross asked.

    Jack nodded extremely fast. "I don't just think he is crazy, I think he could be an alien!" People surrounding them slowly backed away.

   "Just keep quiet about it," Ross sighed.

   He looked up at Jack, Jack was the tallest member of their team, he was even taller than Lunar and Lunar is tall. His tallness was always getting in his way. He would hit his head on the ceiling of things and he was always called rude stuff like "Fifty Feet tall" or "Mountain".

   "Hey, are those the ponies boss was talking about?" Ross pointed to a couple of ponies that were colorful and some had wings.

   "I-I think so."

   "We're never going to find her in like this!" Rainbow Dash huffed.

    "I am sure Luna is around here somewhere," Rarity said.

   In the middle of the the large crowd of tents, were the Elements of Harmony bearers. They had been looking for Luna all night and all morning.

   Some of the tents they passed were selling foods such as bread, cake, green beans, and even meats, which left lovely aromas. Pinkie standed on AppleJacks back and sniffed the air like a dog until her belly signaled that it was time to eat.

  "Hey, when are we going to eat?" she whined.

  "In a bit Sugarcube, but for now, can ya get off my back?" AppleJack asked.

   Pinkie nodded and hopped off AJ's back.

    "Well, well, well, well. Looks like we got some ponies for me to sell or trade for," a ragged and nasty voice said from behind them..

   The ponies turned around to see a small, fat man with lots of rags on him. His had a large and bushy mustache which he was playing with. By his side where two bulky men with only matching brown shorts that were similar to Ross's. They both wore a pokerface that only meant that they were helping for money. The men grabbed the ponies and tied them up with ropes. Both AppleJack and Rainbow Dash tried to defend theirselves, but were soon over powered.

   "Take 'em to the shop, boys," the fat man commanded, his words echoing in Apple Jack's head.

  The ponies were pulled to a large tent that stood out from the others. Unlike the other tents, this tent was black and wasn't rugged.

  The fat man grabbed a wooden stool from inside the large tent and stood on it. "GET YOUR PONIES HERE! GET YOUR PONIES HERE! THEY'RE COLORFUL AND HAVE WINGS" he yelled out to people that were passing his shop. "Well... Some of them have wings.." He murmured.

  Fluttershy sniffed and began to cry a little. "Are we going to be s-separated and never find L-Luna?" she asked. Her face was already full of tears.

  "Not on my watch!" AppleJack yelled. AppleJack leaped at the nearest tough and large man that held them and wrestled him. She bit him and bucked him with her back hooves. He tried to escape, but he was now the one being over overpowered.

   "A little help!" he yelled to the other man who looked almost identical to him.

   The other man was under the shade of the tent, relaxing until he saw his buddy being attacked. He came to the other large man's rescue, leaving AppleJack in more ropes and her mouth tied shut.

   "No more escaping for you little pony!" the man who was attacked yelled at AppleJack like a mad man. She snorted in response.

   "I guess we are going to be separated Darling," Rarity said. She looked at Fluttershy and Pinkie. Pinkie had joined Fluttershy to cry in the middle of the epic fight between Apple Jack and the two men.

   Apple Jack walked up to them and hugged them. "Hmm mm mm hm," she reassured.

   "I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU SAID BECAUSE YOUR MOUTH IS TIED SHUT, BUT I AM GOING TO THINK YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO STICK TOGETHER NO MATTER WHAT!" Pinkie said through choked sobs. AppleJack nodded.

   "Indeed you are," a new voice said. The ponies turned their heads to two new men, one very tall and light skinned man, the other very strong and dark man.

    "How much?" the tall man asked the fat man, already holding a bag of coins.

    "Thirty coins," the fat man said smoothly, he was met with the bag of money flying his way.

   The strong man walked to the large men and grabbed the ropes to the ponies, smiling. He pulled the ropes lightly, so all the ponies can move with him. Once they were all following him, he lead them to the tall man.

   "Let's go," he said. The tall man nodded and they all walked away from the small but fat man.

    "Take off their ropes," the tall man commanded once they were outside of the village and on a large grass field. The strong man did as told without saying a word.

    Once AppleJack's ropes were off, she leaped at the tall man, baring her teeth like a wild animal. The tall man was barely able to escape, but luckily he was able to side step out of the way.

    "Don't worry! We are not going to make you work for us. We are just going to take you to our Master. Well, I think he won't make you work for us," the tall man reassured. AppleJack stopped right as she was about to attack again."Where are my manners?" He asked. "My name is Jack and my partner here is Ross."

   "Hi Ross and Jack! My name is Pinkie Pie, but you can call me Pinkie. My friend's names are Twillight, AppleJack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Rarity!" she pointed to each friend with a hoof when she said their name.

  "I am now thinking Master isn't going crazy," Jack said to Ross. "Oh well, let's  get you ponies to our home."

  "Where is it?" Twillight asked.

  "In a mountain, but don't worry, it's a easy trip!''

  Rarity gasped. "A mountain?! A dirty mountain? No! My hair will be ruined!!" She promptly fainted dramatically.

   At sunset, the six ponies and two humans finally reached the hidden door in the mountain. They all walked inside the rocky structure, careful not to slip off the side of the mountain. There were a few windows, couple of handmade wooden chairs and tables, a staircase that went up to a different room, and couple of wooden doors that lead to other rooms that didn't match the room upstairs.

  "We have retrieved them, Master!" Jack called out, hand by his mouth.

  Their master, Lunar, walked down the rock staircase. "That's good and bad," he mused. "Why hello there! I am Lunar, the Leader of these Rogues. I believe we might have something that you are looking for..."

  "We do?" Ross asked, scratching his bald head.

   "We could. All I know is that these ponies are looking for something... Or someone..."