Equestria Girls: Hunting Season

Chapter Three The Dimensional Beast

Sunset

Out of all the possibilities that could have come to pass when we entered that portal back to Equestria this had to be so far down on the list that the number it was represented by could not be counted to in ones own lifetime. Now you might be thinking. but Sunset it couldn't possibly be that bad? Well you would be wrong! I was putting up a really good strong face for Twilight's sake but over the past eight hours since arriving at 'Moga Village' we have had our hopes of returning home crushed, stomped on, then crushed again.

Let me give you a quick recap of our terrible situation, first we find out that as far as this dimension is concerned humans cannot use magic if there is magic here it's just they don't know how to use it other than there weapons apparently being forged with monster bioenergy in them. Second the technology is so primitive here that it may take a thousand years for them to get to where either of our worlds is. Third and this is just the most lovely part of all, this worlds main and really only occupation consists of killing giant monsters. Every other job is essentially to support said hunting. To think that people here would be crazy enough to go head to head with one of those beasts out there!

So here I was hoping with all my might that Princess Twilight got my message, so far there wasn't a reply...... Now enough of my ranting, currently we were being brought to the village elder, after explaining what had happened to us and answering many many questions, varying from if we were crazy to if our hair was naturally these colors, we were told our best chance at finding any answers would be to see the elder.

The hill we were climbing led out above the rest of the village, it was green and lush heading towards farmland. Reaching the top I turned to look at the village below and the bay it connected to, the water glistened in the afternoon sun that danced across the waves, it all looked so peaceful compared to what was outside it's borders. The People seemed happy enough. It was strange.

The "People of the Land" as I've come to call them mentioned that there are humans in this world although they look slightly different apparently. They also Mentioned those humans had been the ones to introduce Equestrian/English to The People of the Land a long time ago. I wonder if the different worlds were connected or have been influenced by one another somehow?

So far I've gathered that this worlds original inhabitants seem to be these people and they either were born or adapted to be more like the hostile creatures. Pointed ears sharp teeth varying sizes and even some with scales and gills. They didn't seem to be very clear as to how, why, when, or if this information was accurate.
The Chiefs son answered a lot of questions but each question only seemed to strike up another. For now figuring this all out would have to wait as we approached our destination.

Leading towards the farmland were a few straw roof huts with a larger one in a small field, our cat companion led us towards the larger building, after we arrived our guide signaled to wait then went in leaving us to stand outside.

After a few minutes or so of waiting and trying to cheer up Twilight with small talk of the things she might get to learn about while we are on this world, the eventually cat came back out, it ushered us to enter before it ran of back down the hill, most likely to get back to its cat cave before night.

We entered the hut and were greeted by the smell of burning logs, the center of the building was a big stone platform raised up with a large hole in the center where a fire was going. The rest of the hut was decorated with bones and cauldrons both of varying sizes. It kind of reminded me of the zebra the Princess had told me about, she told me that her name was Zecora and was a witch doctor, based on the description probably lived in a building much like this one.

Sitting on the edge of the stone fireplace was a very scrawny old man who like his son was a Person of The Land, he was dressed in tattered brown clothes and had a small staff in his hand. His eyelids and brow sagged so much it was hard to tell if he had his eyes closed or not.

"Welcome young ones, I am the village elder, my name is Sapi, I have been informed of what has happened to you by that young felyne." He bowed his head and waved his arm towards two chairs on the side of the room, we walked over and as we sat down he continued. "I know you must be confused but I must ask you something first. It is quite the urgent matter, what did the monster that attacked you look like?"

"There was a large monkey with a big cone on its head" I said

Twilight chimed in "it was red and had two large front teeth." She gave a very studious look like she was reciting a paragraph from a paper she had written.

The elder chuckled "Yes yes that would be the Congalala, it is a very common species around these woods, but that is not the monster I ask about. There was another yes?"

I nodded my head "yea when we first got here there was another it was um....." I thought for a moment recalling that terrible creature. "I-it was big, really really big. There were four wings on its back but they didn't look like they were used for flying, I mean they looked like giant razor blades! and it's entire body looked like it was made of metal. We barely managed to make it into the woods before it got to close."

"This is not good" Sapi looked down in what appeared to be wary and thought. "This is not good at all." He got up from his spot and hobbled over to a wall with a large picture on it. The paint seemed old but the image was easy to make out. It was of several creatures all of them fierce facing towards the center of the painting, in the center there was a depiction of a warrior in a suit of armor holding a large shield. "The creature you encountered is no mere monster young ladies, it is in a far greater class, one where all of the rarest and most deadly end up. That metal beast was the Harudomerugu, an Elder Dragon, and it is not a good thing that it is here, this omen only means my worst fears have become reality."

"W-what does it mean?" Twilight said worry written all over her features.

"For the past two months I have gotten reports of people seeing things they should not be able to see, black spots will appear on the ground or in the sky out of no where, and with them a glimpse into another realm, never the same twice. I fear this in not only the reason you are here but also why that Elder Dragon is in our forest." The Elders voice carried a tone of terrible realization.

"What could possibly cause all of this?" I asked completely baffled

"Two horrific tales exist in our world one is told to children as a reminder of what we must never become again. The other is a secret passed between leaders."

I sat closer to listen, on the edge of my seats. Whatever this was it could determine the future for me and Twi.

"The first belongs to a land long ago. One where our building reached to the sky and the dragons were in our command. We had advance, us people of the land our quite intelligent you see. Using this intellect we were able to out do the creatures of the land taking them under control using them as tools or to defend our structures. Then the horrible truth of what we had become emerged with a weapon. The Equal Dragon Weapon to be exact. Scientists combined technology and biology to create a living weapon out of other dragons. To create one hundreds of dragons had to die. The creature was designed to kill living longer the more blood it shed. To this day I only know of one body found in a set of ruins."

Horror crossed my face, never could I think of something so horrid.

"What happened! how could a society so powerful turn to basically prehistoric times?!" Twilight asked trying to cover her disgust with her curiosity.

"The Dragon War happened. Dragons against our people and the humans much blood was shed until The Black Dragon Fatalis sliced the continent in two in its rage ending the war. It is said that, that particular Fatalis might still be alive but it would have become it's second form or sub class the White Fatalis by now. After all That war happened so long ago.....

...The second tale though seems to be much closer and much more impending."

I looked to Twilight and she looked back at me we were in shock at the information already presented to us but I think we both knew that here and now we had to decide by ourselves to go forward. Looking to the Elder we both nodded with determination in our eyes.

"Then I shall continue. There is a legend so old that time itself has forgotten it, passed down through generations of leaders, only to be known as a fairy tale. It speaks of a creature that crawls through mountains, tears through sky, and sleeps upon the moon. The legend says for if it ever wakes and returns to the world below its power alone will rip our land apart." He looked off into the fire. "This monster is unlike any other it was born in the night sky and rains fury on the world. Our people long ago were only saved by one, he was said to be the first hunter, he took the very horn from the dreaded Fatalis to forge a sword that could cut even stone and he ripped off its scales to make a shield to withstand any blow, with these weapons he faced the dragon of night, it is said he wounded the beast in its chest and that it fled back to the moon, its return has most likely caused other monster to flee and its power could be the reason you were brought here, I do not truly now its strength but I fear for what the future holds."