The Hunter

by Heartlessman

Chapter 3- The truth

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POV Cazador

“Are you going to talk you animal!?” I felt my interrogator slam his hoof after he asked such a stupid question, my jerked to the right from the force put into the punch, or was it a swing? This was not in my plan at all to be captured by an army of small ponies and one horse. I hung my head down to keep my eyes on their hooves as one of my interrogators walks around me.

“Even with a hit like that you're still not talking,” A feminine voice said sounding surprised of my endurance to pain. The clopping of hooves on the stone ground stopped by my right.” But can you be affected by a truth spell?” The feminine voice asked herself out loud, she may have meant to say that allowed for me to hear.

Their spell won't have any effect on me because of my black blood, a curse from being marked by a wendigo. The pony that was on my right walked away from me, her hooves came into my field of vision as she walked towards the other pair of hooves. The hooves stopped in front of the other before it left my field of vision. The other pair hooves, that didn't move throughout my interrogation, moved towards me with a male voice speaking.

“Even an animal like you are not resistant to magic, magic is in every life on Equis.” The pair of hooves stopped in front me with a sound of grunting, my blood began to harden and slowly moves in my body as the pony in front of my fell down in exhaustion.” Wha- what in Celestia’s name, how are yo-”

In his state of confusion, I took the chance to break the ropes around my right leg, that was tight to my chair, and kicked on the sight of his pony head. A loud thud to my left told me that the guard hit the wall then fell to the floor. Hearing can be better than seeing, but even hearing can be tricked like an illusion. I lifted my head up and looked to the right to see my interrogator was knocked out cold from my kick and the force of impact.

Wyndbain, meet me by the train tracks to the east of Ponyville we're leaving.’ I communicated with Wyndbain in my thoughts before I ripped my left hand from the rope and untied the others. Freed from my bind from the chair I exited out the building I was in. There were no guards around the entrance, the ponies were too over confident of capturing me. I began to walk to the train station for the tracks.

The night was silent as everyone in this village was asleep, except for the guards that were patrolling the town. It didn't take me long to sneak past any patrolling guards around Ponyville, they only scan their areas whenever they came to a clearing in this small town. Once I arrived at the station I followed the tracks to the east to meet up with Wyndbain.

Cazador!’ Not even four yards away from the train station Wyndbain has already found me. I turned around to see a familiar wolf with my rifles on his back, the head tied around his waist, and my revolver around his neck.’ What did they do to you?’ A smile creep its way to my lips from hearing Wyndbain caring about me.

“They beaten me up, but their small beaten only felt like a child’s.” I let out a small laugh before continuing my walk to the east. It's seems we won't be leaving Equestria. Before my journey began my armor and body reverted back into their original self.

One hour twenty minutes ago

Walking toward the train station of the small settlement Wyndbain and I have been on our top guard, we had heard wings beating in the sky along with ponies shouting out of finding me. The settlement might have found the guards in the woods and send a message to their leaders. With all these guards around we have to be on our guards in case we were attacked by any guards.

We soon reached the edge of the forest, the clear fields of grass would be the one that those guards will see me. Not taking a chance to be seen in the clearing we tread along the forest edge, the forest does get close to the town only a half mile, but it's the same situation as the first except it's closer. The chances of being seen is high and with guards flying in the sky there is no chance for me to not be seen.

I guess I have no choice.’ I looked down at my left hand before I looked at Wyndbain. With my weapons on my they’ll slow me down, but with no on me I can be quick as a panther. Wyndbain noticed my gaze on him and asked.

Why are you looking at me like that for?’ I thankful that half of my face was covered by my mask, it hidden my grin as I began to take off my rifles and strapped them on Wyndbain's back. Wyndbain watched as I loosed my belt before removing my holster with my revolver. After I removed my holster I took off Wyndbain leather collar and added the holster then put the collar back on Wyndbain.

Stay near the forest until their attention is drawn to something else.’ I ordered him before running off to the small settlement. My plan on catching everyone's is to create a distraction for Wyndbain and me, but it requires fire, an important building or monument, and the use of an arcane spell.

POV Luna

Our search for the Hunter’s dream was not successful as we hope would be, it has seem that the Hunter does not sleep like our subjects do. This is troublesome, if the Hunter does not sleep then we can not find him. Awaking from our slumber, we uncurled ours legs and stretched out our body. Even if the Hunter does not rest the night is our greatest ally.

We exited out of our tent to hear any reports of the patrol around the Everfree forest. When we lifted the cloth up our lieutenant galloped to us breathing heavily, we may not know what is troubling him for this is unusual for our lieutenant to act like an untrained soldier.

“Princess, a patrol caught sight of the Hunter heading towards Ponyville.” He reported as the other patrols arrived back. The Hunter was spotted by one of the patrols? This is a surprise not once has the Hunter been spotted. But from what our lieutenant said of the Hunter going to Ponyville may mean he is out to harm more of our subjects.

“Tell the patrol to engage the Hunter, he will try to harm the citizens in Ponyville!” We shouted my command, the sight of seeing the Hunter harm the Elements has came into our mind. The lieutenant saluted before taking off in the sky. We turned our attention to the rest of our troops and gave them an order.” We must prevent the Hunter to harm the citizens of Ponyville, to arms!”

Our guards prepared for battle as we took to the sky towards Ponyville, we fear that he may cause destruction. In the sky we spotted the center of Ponyville burning in a blaze of fire as the patrol that was sent were flying back to camp.

“Princess, Town hall is burning down there's a pony inside.”

“What of the Hunter?”

“Still inside!”

POV Cazador

“Well, this is unexpected.” I said to myself as three ponies, in armor, were outside preventing me from exiting out of the burning building. The black symbols around my left arm glowed with ember as the flames spread quickens from one wood pillar to the roof. My illusion pony was above me banging its hoof against a glass window, this was never suppose to happen it was a quick and simple plan of mine.

If I don't do something I’ll be burnt alive.’ With the fire spreading I looked up to see if I can find another way out that doesn't involve getting spotted. With a quick glance around I saw a window on the second floor, but the fire had already spreaded up to the second floor.

I raised my left hand in front of me, the symbols around my arm changed from ember to cold blue along with the cold air coming from them. An ice body and clothes can last against the fire than werewolf leather armor. With a single wave of my hand my body temperature began to drop from its regular temperature, the armor I have changed from black leather to frost coated feathers. I let out a breath seeing it fog up as it leaves from my mouth.

“This s-should do.” I stuttered as the cold started to works its way on freezing my inner body heat. Taking a step forward I dashed off to one of the pillars, engulfed in flames, I leaped up the pillar and landed my right foot the charred wood before kicking up to the second floor. My single kick didn't help me reach the second floor so kicked off the wood, this time with my left foot. The force from my kick helped my reach the second floor with ease, but the heat from the fire began to take affect on me.

Dashing off again I ran towards the window of my escape. A chuck of wood fell off from the ceiling and crashed in front of me, I slammed my hands on the burning wood and flung my legs over and continued to the window. I have to say even with my hands cold as ice I can still feel the flames burn them. When I reached the window I jumped out of it, my body force breaking the glass to shards, some cut the back of my body while the others fell along with me.

My fall to the ground wasn't pleasant, I landed on my right side of my body before rolling to the front of my body. The shards of glass broke on impact of the ground to tiny pieces. The pain from the fall numbed allowing me to get back up onto my feet and make a run for it. Not even a foot away a powerful force hit me on the back and sent me tumbling down.

POV Luna

We arrived at town hall to seize control of the fire before it consumed the building any further. The Lunar unicorns levitated buckets of water to the burning building. The burning building had awoken many ponies from their slumber, some of the residents of Ponyville have exited out of their homes to watch the Lunar guards extinguish the flames escaping the building. The Hunter must have been the cause of these flames as they began to consume the town hall.

Before we started to speak with our subjects we spotted one of them trapped inside on the second floor. We turned our attention to the building and galloped towards the building to aid the trapped subject, but with the sound of glass breaking from the other side caught our attention. The guards and citizens heard the glass and turned their attention to the source, we returned our gaze to the trapped subject, but the pony wasn't there.

We knew a subject was trapped inside, but we could not see the pony anymore. The Hunter must have done something our subject. The hatred inside me burned as the thought of the innocent pony that was inside might have been murdered by him. An white figure in the corner of our eyes caught.

Murder!’ We charged up our magic and fired a beam towards at the white figure, the figure was hit by the beam and sent flying a feet away. The other guards surround the figure to prevent him from escaping us anymore.

“By the princesses it's the Hunter!” A Lunar guard shouted out baffled, the guard must not have expected himself to the Hunter in pony. We walked passed our guards to see the Hunter for ourselves. When we finally saw the Hunter, we weren't expecting him to be wearing white, we expected to see him in dark colors.

“Guards restrain the Hunter before he wakes up from his slumber.” We ordered before leaving back to camp, our sister will need a report of our success.

POV Nurse Redheart

Present

The news of the Hunter being captured from last night has already spread among Ponyville, the guards that had suffered the beaten from the Hunter would be glad to hear when they wake up from their coma's. Having the night shift has it's good and bad sides to it, I get to have time on relaxing and check on the patients without any problem while I write down their conditions. My shift was almost done and the last patient I had to check was mister Clever Wing.

I strolled through the hallway to the patient’s room. When I arrived at the door and I opened it before entering in. To my surprise the patient was awake staring out through the window, the sound of the door opening caught his attention to me.

“Mister Clever Wing, I had no idea you were awake.” I whispered as to not wake up any other patients.” Why are you awake?”

“I just had a bad feeling so I woke up and looked at the window, but that's not the reason,” Clever Wing explained before he looked at me with seriousness in his eyes.” I need you to write down a letter that the Hunter is not evil, a griffon had me and my squad in a trap. He beaten us up and stripped us of our armor, if weren't so careless we could have avoided this. Write a letter to the princess please the attack on us was not by him.”

I nodded, Clever Wings smiled before he rested his head on the pillow. I walked over to his clipboard before writing his current condition on it. After writing his condition I walked out of the room to my desk at the entrance to write what mister Clever Wing had said.


Author's Note

Another chapter written. I'm kinda getting a writers block after writing this. Now I don't know what to do next, but don't worry it shouldn't last long I hope. Hope you enjoy this and if there something not please tell so I can fix.

Edited by Lone

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