Steel Burner

Chapter 3: The Adventure Begins

Omior and Vigil had deemed it best that Omior would stay out of site for the majority of the time. While Omior occupied his time making sure not to cause a second panic, Vigil had gone to collect supplies they would need. Though he had a whopping 1,500 bits, it would not last forever and Vigil estimated that it would get used up quickly.

Going from stall to stall, the unicorn already had a hefty amount of supplies, but that would not last a group of two to the next town. He just finished purchasing a few bundles of carrots from a stall when a light purple pony with a purple mane greeted him.

"Hey Vigil, haven't seen you around lately, how have you been?" asked the mare in a cheery tone.

"Been better. Leaving town soon, though. Nice to see you regardless.

"Hold on. You're leaving town again? Where are you heading to?" Berry asked in a curious tone.

"I dunno. Stalliongrad, Manehatten, just somewhere. I'm Leaving today too, I thought I should say goodbye to whoever I passed that I knew" Vigil replied, his mind wondering why he was leaving.

"Will you be back? I mean you always come back no matter the circumstance."

"Different circumstances. Probably not coming back. Getting some more supplies later." He left before she could continue talking.

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Omior was sharpening his sword, his mind mulling over his current situation. 'Alright. So I’m in a new land, a land of talking colorful equines who panic at the sight of something different.' He sighed 'Very little memory? Check. No knowledge of how I got here? Check. Slightly bothersome companion to help me figure this out? Check.'

Omior sighed again, this time more of disappointment 'I wonder if this world has mead?'

His train of thought was interrupted by a splitting migraine that seemed unrelenting. The human stumbled around and tripped on a rock, lulling his head, the migraine slowly let up its unrelenting attack on his ability to focus. Minutes passed and it died down to a bearable level. Omior finally stood up and stopped cradling his head.

"What in the hell was that?" He asked out loud to none in particular.

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"Thank you. Come again" said a cheery yellow mare with an orange colored main and tail.

Vigil had just finished gathering the supplies they had needed and started for the outskirts of town, where the human said he would be. Vigil tried to keep his mind occupied as he passed through the town, but he kept coming back to the same questions no matter how hard it was to avoid the thought. 'Why am I going with him? What reasons do I have to follow him anyway?'

Vigil kept asking himself these questions involuntarily. After ten minutes of walking he had come to where he was supposed to meet up with Omior.

Vigil sighed inwardly when he didn't see his human companion anywhere to be found.

"Bastard left without even a goodbye, great."

"And which bastard would you be talking about?" Omior said with a sneer, surprising the unicorn from behind.

"Where the hell did you come from?!"

"A little bit of here, and a little bit of there." Omior paused before continuing "So we good to go?"

"Meh. As ready as ever, I guess."

Both of them started on their journey towards the next town.

After a short time of silence, Omior asked: "So where are we headed to?"

"Hoofington."

"Really?" the human sighed "Why must equines make the worst puns for everything? Even unintentionally."

"Is that suppose to be an insult?"

"No. Lets just get this over with."

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A lone figure sat in a room inside of a dimly lit cave, a strange helmet laid nearby on a desk with papers strewn about. A diamond dog entered the room with a smirk.

"Boss griffon, scouts say ponies are coming along the road."

"Excellent. Send the dogs and remember to take them prisoner. Take any valuables they have that might be worth something."

"Yes, lord Moon." The diamond dog scurried away to set everything in motion.

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Roughly two miles outside of Ponyville, Vigil and Omior were walking carefully down the path. Silently, a small group of shadow covered figures started to surround the small stone pass a mile ahead.

"So that's our plan when we arrive there?" asked Omior sounding as his usual toneless self.

"Well do you have any better ideas?"

"..."

"Thought not. Now lets just keep going"

They soon arrived at the stone pass. A sign was pointing to two paths. The sign pointing left said 'Hoofington' and the sign to the right said 'Trottingham'.

"Okay, so now we g-" that was as far as Vigil got as the human grabbed his head and fell over.

"Whats happening?! Are you okay man?" the unicorn ran to Omior as he collapsed on the ground, cradling his head between his hands. Omior's helmet had fallen off when the rush of pain hit. And as suddenly as it arrived, the pain subsided abruptly leaving both wondering what had happened.

"Dude, are you oka-" two loud smacks were heard as wooden clubs hit both the unicorn and the human across the head, effectively knocking them out cold.

"C'mon, search their bodies and bring them back alive! Take anything of value!" Snarled one of the dogs, and his companions did as they were ordered. The dogs took the bag of bits, the human's weapons, and just about anything shiny or expensive looking from the two.

As the diamond dogs dragged the unconscious bodies away, they failed to notice the large beady red eyes staring intently at them from a nearby bush.

A/N: Hey guys! just here to say that the story is going on a temporary hiatus. it won't be long but it is long enough for me to have to let you guys know.