A Draconian Warlord

(A/N: Well, this is embarrassing. Two years since my last real chapter, and I am finally posting again. I can't believe that the plot bunny for this story took so long to find. Okay, maybe I can, I have way too many of the damn things. Anyway, I wound up writing a good portion of this chapter before I got distracted. Then, when I came back a few days ago, I read it over and realized that it was a total shitshow. So now, as of Wednesday, May 30th, 2018, I am restarting. Here goes!

Barb and I talked for a few more minutes, before the blue pegasus, Rainbow Dash no doubt, came over with a pink pony who was almost vibrating, definitely Pinkie Pie.

"Hey, thanks for stopping me earlier. I had no idea about the whole 'don't lift the head' thing." Rainbow said; though it was definitely said grudgingly.

"It's no problem, not many people know someone who faints so not many people know what to do." I replied before looking around, "So um, not to be rude but how are we going to get out of here? Not all of us have wings, you know."

"Actually, we were just trying to figure out ourselves," Twilight said as she came over.

"Oh! Oh! I just realized that we haven't introduced ourselves!" Pinkie said, prompting everyone to do so which confirmed my guesses. After I gave my own introduction, we decided to stick together as we tried to find a way out.

It took a while but over the course of the journey, we made a bit of small talk. Generally trying to get a read on each other's personality. The 'Mane Six' were all pretty much exactly like the show, though Barb more than lived up to her name with her witty nature, unlike her male counterpart.

After about an hour's searching, we finally found an incline leading to an exit. All of us breathed a sigh of relief as we felt the sunlight hit us.

"Oh thank goodness, it was absolutely dreadful in there!" Rarity exclaimed dramatically with a hand over her chest.

"Now normally I'd say you were exaggerating, but for once you're right. Ugh, it's going to take ages to get all of the dust and dirt out from between my scales." Barb agreed.

"Oh come on you two, relax. I know a spell that can make the dirt fall right off. I just need a minute to recharge." Twilight said with a roll of her eyes.

"I can't walk into town like this Twilight! Can't you just tap into the ambient mana in the area?" Rarity whined.

"Oh fine, but judging by the state of the area there probably won't be-!" Twilight said as her horn started glowing at the same time a multi-chromatic energy started flowing from my chest into the said appendage. With a flash, a massive dust cloud was launched with Twilight being at the epicenter.

When the dust settled, we were standing in a shallow but wide crater. Strangely enough, there wasn't a speck of dust on any of us.

"Geez Twi, that was overkill wasn't it?" Rainbow asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Sorry, but there was so much energy coming so quickly that it overloaded the spell. Speaking of which, what was that all about Ryan?" Twilight replied with a glare at me, making me hold my hands in front of my chest.

"Don't ask me! This is the first time something like this has ever happened." I said nervously.

She glared for a few more moments before sighing and massaging her forehead. I heard her mutter something under her breath before her horn glowed and an arrow made of light formed in front of her.

"Come on everyone, Ponyville's this way. I don't know how far away it is." We all nodded and started following her, and within 10 minutes we came across a cart full of gems.

"My cart! I guess that the Diamond Dogs are trying to hold up their end of the bargain. Barb, do you mind...?"

"I would, but I am downright parched," Barb replied, "Hey Ryan, I don't suppose you have anything to drink in that bag of yours?"

"Actually I do. Hope you don't mind orange soda." I said, kneeling down and bringing my bag in front of me. Pulling out a bottle and turning to hand it to her, I was surprised to see her eyeing the bottle warily.

"What is that, and why is it bubbling?" She said with a quiver in her voice.

"It's a soda. The bubbles are carbonation. What, did you think it was a potion or something?"

"Yes, actually."

"Oh. Well don't worry, it's basically flavored water infused with carbon dioxide. Perfectly safe, though it's also known as a junk food." So saying, I tossed the bottle to her, and she hesitantly opened it. The resulting hiss made the others jump, "Oh yeah, forgot that those were pressurized. Relax girls, it was just the gas escaping really quickly."

Barb took a quick sip, that turned into a full-on swig as her eyes widened.

"Holy crap, that is good! Refreshing too!" She exclaimed before finishing off the bottle and handing it back to me when I reached out my hand. With her thirst quenched, she quickly went over and grabbed the handles of the cart. With that, we were once more on our way.

It was another hour before we started seeing grass and trees. The girls got excited, which made me think that we must be getting close to our destination. The sun still shone brightly in the sky, which I wondered about briefly before remembering that Celestia and Luna controlled the sun and moon here.

I was knocked out of my thoughts when I heard a shout of "LOOK OUT BELOW!" I turned my gaze skyward and saw a gray pegasus flailing as she tried to stop her descent. I ran over to where I thought she would land and just barely managed to catch her.

"You okay?" I asked her as I set her down.

"Fine, thanks for the save. I don't know where I went wrong; one second I'm flying smoothly looking for my friends, the next I'm tumbling head over heels." She said while rubbing the back of her head with her eyes closed. When they opened, I could see that they were yellow and crossed.

"Ryan! Derpy! Are you two alright?!" I heard Twilight call out as she and the others ran over.

"We're fine. What took you so long, we can't have been too far away considering how long it took me to get here."

They stared at me for a few moments, before Rarity spoke up.

"Darling, we were at least a quarter of a mile away. You crossed that distance in barely a second." She said in a disbelieving tone, "Are you able to teleport?"

"No," Rainbow said before I could answer, "That wasn't teleportation. I'm used to high speeds and can speed up my perception to match those speeds. I did that and was about to fly over and catch her when I saw Ryan...Leap, I guess. It was like he did a couple of really powerful long jumps." She turned to me then, "How did you do that, anyway?"

"Wait, I did what? Are you serious right now, cuz if you are this is the first time it's ever happened." I said running a hand through my hair in shock.

"Just like the magic coming from you only happened for the first time earlier, right?" Twilight said skeptically.

"He's telling the truth Twilight. He honestly doesn't know what happened." Applejack said.

Twilight turned and started to say something to her friend, but I didn't hear what. Instead, my mind was going a hundred miles an hour. There was a connection there, between these incidents as well as Masamune's transformation and that stuff I did when Twilight captured her. I could tell because they were all very familiar for some reason I couldn't place. It was right at the tip of my tongue but I couldn't muster up enough brain power to...!

That's it, power! More specifically the Super Power Lottery! All of the powers I'd shown were among my results! First was Weapon Transformation with the kusarigama, then Inner Beast and Dragon Aura when I got angry, Quintessence Force must have turned me into an infinite magical battery that Twilight pulled a charge from, and just now I Flash Stepped to save Derpy!

Holy shit, I...I needed to sit down. So I lopped down to the ground, only to fall flat on my back.

Ryan! I heard Masamune exclaim as she flew over and landed next to me.

"I...I'm ok Masamune. I just had a bit of a nasty shock. Give me a minute to process this." With that shock, came more. I was in Equestria, not on Earth. I was stuck here, with no way home. No way of telling my family that I was okay. Hell, they must be worried sick! Oh man, how in the hell did I get into this!

I was brought out of my shock when I felt a pain in my right hand. Letting out a shout of pain and surprise, I turned to see that Masamune had bitten me!

Ryan, calm down. You were starting to hyperventilate. She explained. As I came to my senses, I realized that I was breathing hard. Slowing down and taking a few deep breaths brought me back to normal.

"Thanks, I needed that. Okay, I think I can keep going now." I said, patting her on the head, which got a sound surprisingly similar to a purr.

With that, I walked over to the others, who seemed to be talking among themselves.