Chapter 13

The next morning came quickly as Applejack and Prey woke up early, all thanks to Prey’s alarm. They quickly got their belongings, ate a quick breakfast with Applebloom (courtesy of Braeburn), and said their goodbyes. After saying their farewells to Braeburn, the trio boarded the first morning train headed straight to Ponyville.

After boarding the train and setting down their belongings, the train soon took off. Prey sat down at one of the booths with Applejack and Applebloom as the train’s whistle soon blew, signaling it's time to depart Appleloosa. As the train started moving, Prey started to read a small book he had saved in his bags, that is until Applejack tapped him on the shoulder and pointed outside the window facing the town.

The whole town itself was gathered for Prey’s departure. They started waving stetsons in the air, worshiping Prey as a hero and unbeknownst to them, supplying his with a massive tidal wave of ‘honor’ energy to him. This made him smile as he continued reading the book to pass the time of the long train ride back.

Many Hours Later

After spending a whole day on the train ride, the three managed to get home at dusk, with the night sky being freshly spiced with Luna’s stars. The three got off their train and headed to their homes. Prey said his goodbyes to the Apple sisters as he took his bags, making his way towards the castle.

Reaching home, he opened the front door, walked inside, and eventually reached his room. He set down his bags, took off his jacket and lied down on his bed. He closed his eyes to continue sleep for the rest of the night, but couldn’t. He just wasn’t tired. He already took a nap on the train before they arrived in Ponyville, he needed to tire himself out to sleep.

He got up from his bed and put his samurai jacket on, took his summoning stone, and stepped outside. “Perhaps some walking might help me sleep.” He started walking around the now barren but peaceful town, taking in its scenery.

As he was walking around the town, he spotted Whiskey’s bar, the lights were still on inside, it was still open. He walked over to the bar and opened the door to find Whiskey standing there behind his counter, cleaning a glass. “Good afternoon Whiskey.”

“Oi Prey, whachu doin this late lad?”

“I could not sleep because I slept during the day on my way back here.”

“Back here? From where?”

“Appleloosa, I was over there for a day to help Applejack’s family with something.” Prey said sitting down at the bar. “If you don’t mind, I’d like a beer.”

“Sure thing lad. Usual tap or somethin different?”

“Something different please.” Whiskey nodded as he started pouring a Prey a golden yellow beer instead of his usual guinness. He handed it to Prey and took it and sipped it. “Thank you.”

“No problem lad. So tell me, what’d you do in Appleloosa of all places?”

“Well as I said earlier, I was there to help Applejack with a problem her family of there was having. It had turned out that a ursa major had taken residence at the town’s local lake. So I took care of it myself.”

Whiskey looked at Prey with shocked expression. “How in the fok did you managed that?”

“Simple. I made it very sick by serving it poison, made him temporarily blind, and basically hurt him at his weakest points like his eyes.. He then fled and the whole town had celebrated my victory soon after.”

“Nice one lad. Say, did you run into a stallion by the name of Boozy?”

“Ah yes, Applejack and I had run into your cousin Boozy at his saloon. He had served me moonshine and I must admit, I prefer here than there.” He said as the two laughed.

“Bwahaha, Prey I swear if my cousin were to hear you right now, he’d smack you to the heavens.” Whiskey said breathing out a fit of laughter and wiping a few tears. “Anyways, what you gonna do now? Stay here chatting and drinking?”

“Maybe a little bit. Is there anything new with you Whiskey?”

“Ah well I’ve put a small flier out at town hall looking for someone for hire. But I ain’t got somepony yet.”

“Well if I find anyone pony looking for a job, I shall point them in your direction.” The two continued chatting for sometime as Prey finished his beer. “Alright Whiskey, I am going to for a walk.”

“Aight lad, be careful out there though. While you were gone there was a recent burglary at the carrot farm, which just so happens to be next to Sweet Apple Acres.”

“Wakatta, thank you.” Prey stood up and placed down some bits on the counter. He left the bar and continued walking around the dark town.

He enjoyed the cool breeze and dark atmosphere throughout the town. The faint white and blue illumination that hued over everything was enjoyable to him, it almost felt relaxing just observing it. The hooting of the owls were serene for him, but the best sound of all, was no sound at all. The silence was peaceful for him.

He continued walking until he eventually reached the local park. He sat down on the grass and lied down on the cool grass. He continued gazing up at the moon, breathing softly. “This is peaceful.” He simply said to himself as he stood up. He fluttered his wings and levitated himself upwards towards one of the local clouds. He landed on top of the fluffy surface and gazed around him, taking in the sights of the town.

He then started to hear a faint conversation below him. He peaked over the edge of his cloud to find a group of ten stallions. All of them were dressed in black, dark clothing and every single one of them had a weapon. Bats and daggers were all Prey saw, he wanted to find out where they were going.

Taking caution he followed the group of stallions from a distance, quietly and stealthy. He followed them from the skies until they reached their destination, Sweet Apple Acres. Prey frowned at the sight of them invading the Apple family’s property and getting closer to the Family house.

“Alright boys, here’s the plan. We go in, grab all the money, jewelry, and anything shiny.”

“What about the Apple family here?”

“Whats it matter? Just knock ‘em out and stuff.” Hearing this made Prey frown and boil his blood. He jumped down onto the solid ground and flipped up his hood and strapped his mask on.

He started walked towards the crowd of ponies as he summoned his sword to his side. He then called out to the thugs.

“Hey!” All the thugs turned around to their surprise and found Prey standing alone. “You are trespassing upon my master’s property. Leave now or die.” He said as he slowly pulled out his sword.

One of the stallions then spoke up. “Alright, two of you take care of him. The rest of you, with me. GO!” He said as eight of the ten stallions rushed inside the house. They bashed through the door as Prey soon heard crashes, breaking glass, and worst of all, screaming. The rage inside of him was over the borderline as he gripped his sword tight, hard enough to feel the burn against his palms from gripping the sword so tight.

“Two against one? This’ll be easy.” One of the thugs said to Prey as he charged towards him with his bat. He brought it up for a swing to bash on Prey.

But Prey, with all of his emotional rage, he took his blade and thrusted the tip upwards right through the stallion’s skull. The blade started from underneath his jaw and up through the top of his scalp. He struggled to breath whatever pathetic life he had left as Prey retracted his sword from his head, leaving the other stallion to bare witness his current fate. “This is your chance.” Prey said, noticing the stallion’s quivering body. He dropped his knife and proceeded to flee from the farm, fearing the samurai’s deadly skills.

Prey picked up the stallion’s knife, it was light and looked cheap, almost like a throwing knife. He kept the knife in one of his jacket’s pockets and proceeded into the farmhouse. He noticed the glass breaking throughout the house as he spotted one of the thugs who was currently trashing the living room. Breaking and ripping through the family’s property, the family who took care of him. His rage was starting to take over.

The stallion noticed him as he attempted to stab him with his knife. However Prey reversed his move by grabbing the stallion’s wrist and returned the knife back to him, right through his neck. “Shine.” Prey whispered in his ear and then dropped the now lifeless stallion.

“AAHHHHH APPLEJACK HELP!” Prey heard the scream of Applebloom come from upstairs, he had to save her. He rushed upstairs with his sword in hand and reached Applebloom’s room. He found Applebloom being held hostage by two of the thugs. One of them had Applebloom wrapped around the neck and restrained her while the other began to search her room or valuables. “Prey! PLEASE HE-” Applebloom tried to scream but was soon restrained with a hand over her mouth.

“Applebloom, close your eyes and don’t open them.” Prey commanded as Applebloom did so. With that, he took his sword and with one clean strike, he sliced the first stallion’s head off with the blood flowing out like a fountain. He then pulled the knife from his pocket and threw it at the other stallion’s head, right through the eyes. The second stallion released Applebloom and fell through the floor.

Prey thanked the makers that Applebloom still had her eyes closed. He rushed to Applebloom’s side and placed his hands on her shoulder. “Keep them closed Applebloom. Are you okay?” She nodded, not saying anything from fear and trauma. “Okay, I need you to eetooo…” Prey looked around and noticed Applebloom’s closet. He picked her up and placed her in the closet. “Applebloom, do not open this door okay?”

She nodded. “I am going to fix this. Everyone is going to be okay, I promise.” He said closing Applebloom’s closet door. He proceeded to the other rooms. He noticed that Big Mac’s room was open as he started to hear a struggle coming from his room. He quickly rushed inside to find two more stallion thugs on the floor, knocked out with blood dripping from their noses after being beaten to a bloody bruised pulp. “Big Macintosh.”

Big Mac turned to his door to find Prey there, lightly covered with blood. “P-Prey, what are you doin here?”

“I am here to save your family. I saw the ponies invade and I came to stop them.”

“Is-”

“Applebloom is safe, but I do not know about the others.” He said now realizing about the others, Applejack and Granny Smith. He quickly rushed towards Granny smith’s room, fortunately it wasn’t open. But he had to make sure. He opened her door and saw that she was actually still snoring like a baby. He breathed out a sigh of relief, knowing she is alive. He started to hear Applejack from the nearby room who was struggling and fighting with more stallions.

He rushed to her room and kicked opened her door to find her cornered by the three last stallions. Fortunate for him, the stallions did not know he was at the door, until now. He took his sword and stabbed one of the stallions right through his heart from behind. The blood sprayed from his chest onto Applejack as Prey quickly took his sword back and slashed his blade across the last two stallion’s chests, wounding them immensely.

As the three dropped to the ground and the last two still alive but wounded, Prey breathed a sigh of relief and returned his sword to his sheath. He turned to face the horrified Applejack, almost preparing for some sort of punishment. “Applejack…...are you okay.”

“P-Prey….” Was all she could say at that moment. The tears began to build up as Prey turned away from her.

“I am sorry, but I had to kill them. I know you don’t like it when I kill, but they were an immediate threat. I shall clean all of this up for you right now.” He said levitating all of the stallions up and bringing them with them outside the room. He dropped them all outside and proceeded to bring the rest of the corpses and knocked out stallions out onto the front yard, he separated the corpses from the wounded yet alive stallions for further instructions.

Now waiting outside he was approached by Big Mac who just looked at him with a flat expression. “Prey.”

“Big Mac, please allow me to apologize for my…..mess.”

“You have nothin to apologize for Prey. You saved mah family and sisters.”

“I only hope the others are as forgiving as you. Although I still feel guilty. There is blood on your farm, blood you cannot wash away.”

Big Mac sighed but placed a hand on his shoulder. “Don’t worry about it Prey. It’s not the first time the farm’s had some blood on its soil. Now Ah’m gonna check on the others, you think you can stay here and watch over them until the police come by?”

Prey nodded as he walked over to his prisoners. There were four stallions being held captive. Two were slashed across their chests and two were knocked out thanks to Big Mac. He spat on his hands to create his cocoon leather to tie up the stallions hands and as a makeshift bandage for the wounded. He kept his sword close to his side, just in case. A few minutes had gone by until one of the unconscious stallions had started to stir and come to.

“Urghh.” Prey then took his sword and placed the tip of his blade to his throat, lifting his chin to have him face forward.

“Oi Oi. Who are you?”

“Urghh.” The robber wasn’t complying, so Prey took an initiative. He brought up his fist and punched the stallion clear across his face, knocking out a tooth and putting his nerves back into place. “ARGH!! Fuck!”

“Hey, pay attention.” Prey commanded bringing his sword back to the stallion’s throat. “I will ask again, who are you?”

The thief spat out a bit of blood before answering. “Just a thief, nothing more.” He answered looking at the changeling straight in the eye.

“Why are you here?”

“To rob and try to make a living.” He answered with a rough tone.

“Why? Why did you do it?”

“You know why? ‘Cause I need the money and that’s all, it’s none of your business.” He said making a sour expression.

“Well it is my business. Unless you want to end up like your comrades over there.” Prey said pointing to the corpses. “What do you need the money for?”

The thief made a face full of piss facing away from Prey, from his humiliation. “I need it…...for my daughter.”

Prey was surprised to hear this which made his eyes widens. “Why do this for your daughter?”

“Stealing is all I know, and tagging with this team of thieves made it stealing a whole lot easier."

Prey then knelt down in front of the thief, facing him eye to eye. “Why do you need to steal for your daughter?”

“We’re…...We’re poor.” He admitted turning away from Prey in shame. "I tried before looking for a job, but I found that stealing paid a lot more, it was a better payday. I would change if I could, but nopony would want someone like me."

"What kind of job would you like then?"

"Whatever could use my services or something simple."

Prey sighed heavily as he took his sword out. “My master had not commanded this but I must take action.” He stepped behind the stallion and brought up his sword. With accuracy he struck the blade down towards the thief, only for it to strike the bindings that were tying him up to break, releasing him. The thief looked at him shocked after releasing him. “Go...get a real job. And support your daughter so you don’t end up like your ‘friends’ here.” He said pointing at his colleges.

The thief stood up and took off his balaclava. “My name is Swift Swap. I owe you big time man.”

“Consider dropping by a bar called ‘The Ruff Fuzz’. The bartender is a bit rough but he is looking for somepony to hire.” Prey then took his sword and placed it back inside his sheath. “Now go, before the police come. I never saw you.” He said as the stallion started to flee from the scene.

Prey gave a small smile as the stallion ran away, at least he spared one life, possible making it better. He turned around to find that Applejack as there, she had been watching the whole time. Prey face became slightly pale as the sight of his master watching the whole thing. At that moment, he imagined any punishment that his master would give him, any that he would accept. Instead of a punishment however, she walked over and gave him a hug.

Further shocked by her action, Prey returned her action by embracing her back. “A-Appleja-”

“Shhh, can Ah just say something?” Applejack embraced him harder. “Thank you.” She then let go and gave him a passionate kiss, but what they weren’t aware of, is that the whole family was watching from the farm house. “You saved me and more importantly mah family. And you spared that mugger.” She said with tears welling up in her eyes.

“No, I was only doing my duty.” He responded with a smile.

“Aw don’t be so modest.” Prey then noticed the family walking towards them, he mostly noticed the raised eyebrow look that Big Mac was giving directly towards him. “What’s the matter?”

“Annooo….behind you.” Prey stated making Applejack turn around and go pale like a ghost.

“B-Big Mac! A-Ah can explain.”

Big Mac gave a heavy sigh as Applejack began to sweat nervously. But Prey stood forward for Applejack and faced him straight forward. “Big Macintosh, should anypony be punished, please let that someone be me.”

Big Mac’s face turned cross as he brought up a fist. Prey had noticed this and was prepared for a punch. But Big Mac instead turned his fist into an open hand in front of Prey, wanting a hand shake. Prey looked at the gesture and shook his hand in a firm and tough grip. “Don’t hurt her, or I’ll hurt you.”

“Understood.” Prey replied with a determined look on his face.

After that extremely awkward and tense moment between Prey and Big Mac, things started to see the light of day. The police soon came to pick up and arrest the perpetrators. Prey was not arrested for the deaths of some of the muggers since it was technically self defense and they had lethal weapons with the intent to kill and harm him. After all the thieves were arrested and taken away, Prey had now started to feel his energy (physical not magic) slowly slip away and he started to feel his eyes give in.

Giving a long yawn he turned to Applejack and the rest of her family. “Alright, now that everything is okay, I believe it is best if I go home and sleep.” He said as he started to walk home, until he was stopped by Applejack grabbing his shoulder.

“Please….be careful.”

Prey turned and gave her a smile. He placed his hand on her cheek making her blush harder, considering it was in front of her family. “Do not worry Applejack, I will be careful. It is I who should be saying that.” He said turning away and making his way back to the castle. He soon made his way back to the castle and eventually his room. He took off his jacket and lied down on his bed, thinking about the events that had transpired tonight.

He remembers the emotion he felt at that moment. Emotions of anger and rage, killing some of them without an ounce of mercy to give. He thought about the Apples whose lives was danger, the scream Applebloom made and the look of terror and fear on her face. But his face grew cross and his anger boiled when he thought back to Applejack. The one that cared for him was in danger, about to be harmed.

Prey got off his bed and walked up to one of his trunks, opening it and retrieving an empty parchment and pen. He wrote down a few words in japoneighs, words only he could understand. He then bit his finger to draw a small amount of blood, and planted a fingerprint at the end of his words. He gave a heavy sigh as he shimmered his horn, making the parchment glow green for only a moment as he then rolled it up and sealed it with a yarn.

He placed the scroll back in the chest and sat back down on his bed. Before he could go to sleep, he placed his hand on his heart. “I will always protect you.” He said to himself as he soon fell asleep.

Prey woke up by himself feeling his body waking up and his stomach gurgling. He picked himself up from the bed and made his way to the shower. After taking a nice shower he put on some regular clothes since his previous clothes and jacket were stained with blood from last night’s events. He put them aside to wash later as he took his belongings and left his room.

Walking down the halls of the castle, his phone started to ring. He checked the caller I.D. to see that it was Rarity. He answered the phone.

“Moshi Moshi?”

“Ah Prey darling, are you busy today?”

“Eeeetooo, no I am not. I just took a shower and I do not work today.”

“Oh that is wonderful, because I wanted to ask you if you could accompany me on something.”

“I shall be there as soon as possible Rarity.”

“It’s no rush darling. Just be here whenever you can be, I’ll see you later! Ta Taa~!”

Prey hung up his phone and made his way towards the kitchen to solve one problem, his hunger. He entered to kitchen to find Twilight and Starlight making food that was unknown to Prey on the kitchen counter. “Ohaiyoo gozaimasu.” Prey greeted catching both of their attention.

“Ah Ohaiyoo gozaimasu.” Twilight greeted back in japoneighs, leaving Starlight by herself with her monolingual speech.

“Eh….um….Good morning?” She said with a nervous smile only making Prey and Twilight laugh a bit.

“It is okay Starlight, I suppose it was a bit unfair for us to speak japoneighs.” Prey assured making her feel a bit better. “Jaa, what are you two making?”

“We’re making scones right now. It was a good opportunity for Starlight to test out a heat spell to see if this is can be a magical alternative to cooking.” Twilight explained as Starlight’s horn started to glow.

“Alright you two, get ready.” Starlight said as she shot a beam of magic at the tray of raw scones in front of her. After a few seconds the scones appeared golden brown and steaming from the heat of Starlight’s magic. “Alright, they should be done.” All three of them took a scone and started to eat the fresh magically baked goodness of them.

“Umai.” Prey said eating the scone and smiling. “This is delicious Starlight.” Prey complemented making her blush.

“Oh its nothing, its just a simple honey scone. And this doesn’t come close in comparison to the real baked goodies.” She said as she continued eating her scone.

“Ah Twilight, can I ask of something please?”

“Go ahead.” She then noticed the look of grimace on Prey’s face. “Something wrong Prey?”

“It is…..I need to tell you and the other masters something. I need to tell you about my past.”

“Your past? I mean we already know that Chrysalis hatched you and you served under her, basically as a guardian of the kingdom.”

“Hai, kore wa hontou….demo…..there is more. I want us to gather tonight after I help Master Rarity with something. There are a few things I must admit, and I hope you can judge me fairly for them.”

“F-Fairly? What do you mean?”

Prey sighed heavily. “Well…..I did very bad things under Chrysalis’ command. Things that are painful to remember.” The look on his face was sad, but it looked as if something in him had died. “Just...please.”

Twilight walked up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder. “It’s okay Prey, I’ll tell the others to gather here tonight.” Hearing that made Prey smile a little bit.

“Domo.”

“Doitashimashite.”

“Glad to see your studies are improving.” Prey complimented as he finished his scone. “Okay, I am going to Master Rarity’s house. She asked for my help earlier on the phone.”

“Alright, I’ll send a text to everyone else. You can tell Rarity yourself, I’ll see you tonight right?”

“Hai, Jaa Matta.” Prey said as he left the castle making his way to Rarity’s boutique. After some time walking through the town and saying “hello” to a few friendly faces from the town, who in turn have grown more towards him. After some more walking, he eventually reached Rarity’s boutique. He opened the door to her home and entered to find Rarity dressed like a miner. She had some work clothes with jewels sewing on, as well as a miner’s hat on her head. Beside her was a wagon with a shovel and a pickaxe. “Ohaiyou Gozaimasu Rarity.”

“Ah Good morning Prey. Are you ready?”

“Yes, what will I be assisting you with?”

“Well originally I had planned to go gem hunting with Spike. But he is actually on a date with my little sister. OOOOHHH so cute!” Rarity said squishing her cheeks with her hands at the thought of hr little sister dating. She realized her childish behavior and redressed herself. “Ahem….sorry. But anyhoo, I just need someone to help me hunt for gems.”

“I would be happy to assist you Rarity.” Prey said as the two soon left the boutique and eventually the outskirts of Ponyville. They reached a very rocky and dirt area, the place was bountiful of large rocks and stones.

“Here we are. Prey tell me, how strong are you?” Prey’s answer was in the form of him picking up a pebble with his hand and crushed it to mere dust and sand in the palm of his hand. “Ah….alright then. Anyhoo, let’s start.” Rarity then began to shimmer her horn as a ray of light and magic blanketed the area surrounding them. Stars of light then started to appear underground and inside the rocks themselves. “Alright dear, I’ve pinpointed the locations of gems inside the ground and in the rocks. I can handle the digging, so can you break open the rocks?”

“As you wish Rarity.” Prey approached a large boulder that was roughly about the size of a barrel making him get a fist ready. He punched the boulder making it break in half like an apple as a hoard of mixed gems appeared before him. “Master Rarity, is this good enough?”

Rarity walked up to Prey to observe his find, needless to say her eyes gleamed at the sight of a whole hoard of gems. “Oh my Celestia! All these gems! This is more than I needed!”

“Will this do then?”

She shook her head and stood straight, regaining her posh lady like self. “Ahem, well yes all of this should do. This should make my day a lot more easier. Now just load and tie that onto the wagon and we should be done for the day.”

Prey carried the boulder pieces one half at a time as he tied rope around the boulders with the wagon. “Yoshi, it is done Rarity. Is there anything else that needs to be done?”

“Yes, if you don’t mind could you pull the wagon back?”

“I do not mind at all.” Prey said as he grabbed the handle of the wagon and started to pull.

Suddenly the ground started to shake beneath them making the pebbles and gravel dance. In front of the two the ground exploded as a large furry creature came flying from the ground and landing in front of the two. It was a diamond dog, and he wasn’t okay. He was covered in several burns, scratches, and bruises.

Prey and Rarity rushed to the injured diamond dog. “Oh my goodness are you alright?” Rarity took a good look at the diamond dog, her eyes grew wide as her memory came back to her. “F-Fido?”

The diamond dog known as Fido than began to creak open his eyes, struggling through the pain. “Rggh….P-Pony? Is…...Is….is that you?” He asked through the pain.

The ground continued shaking with more holes of fire blowing up around them. Prey placed his hand on Rarity's shoulder and gripped it tight. “Master Rarity, please we need to leave the area. I recommend I teleport us to a safe location.”

“Do it Prey.” She commanded with tears in her eyes, fearing for the diamond dog’s life.

Prey got his magic ready and with all of his energy, he managed to teleport everyone in front of Twilight’s castle. Upon appearing at the castle, Prey quickly rushed to the door and started to pound his fist on it. The door soon opened revealing Twilight. “Hello? Oh Prey, what are you-” She then saw the crying Rarity kneeling over the familiar injured diamond dog. “Oh sweet Celestia, what on Equestria happened?”

“Twilight! Please help him!” Rarity pleaded with tears streaming down her face, dragging her makeup down with it. .

Twilight nodded and carried the diamond dog with her magic and brought him inside the castle. “Prey if you don’t mind, I’ll have to use your bed to treat him.”

“Nnn Kaimaimasen.” Prey responded as they reached Prey’s room.

“Okay, I’ll have myself and Starlight take a look at him. I’ll also call the hospital to have Nurse Redheart come over to take a look at him.” Prey and Rarity nodded as Twilight closed the doors to Prey’s room.

Hours had already passed since Prey and Rarity found the injured diamond dog. Nurse Redheart had came and inspected the diamond dog’s injuries, luckily he only had minor injuries of bruises and burns, nothing life threatening. Prey and Rarity were still sitting outside of Prey’s room, waiting for a response from Twilight or Starlight about the diamond dog. Luckily their hopes were soon answered as Twilight opened the door. “He’s awake now.”

They walked inside of Prey’s room to find the diamond dog known as Fido bandaged up and resting in Prey’s bed. Rarity got closer to Fido and placed a hand on his paw. “Fido dear, are you okay?”

Fido grunted and stirred a bit before answering. “Pony…..it is…..bad….” He said struggling to speak through the pain.

“Shhhshh it’s okay Fido, just slow down. What happened?”

“D-Dragons!” He exclaimed with pain. “D-Dragons took over caves….can’t get gems. Can’t win. Brothers are…..trapped.” Rarity covered her mouth in horror, but Prey cocked an eyebrow in interest. He stepped forward grasping Rarity’s shoulder.

“Master Rarity, how do you know this diamond dog?”

Rarity wiped away a few tears before speaking. “This is Fido, a diamond dog who lives under where we were digging. He’s an associate of mine, we would help each other out in search of specific gems whenever we needed each other.”

“Sou desuka?” Prey approached the injured diamond dog. “Tell me more about these dragons. I may be able to help.” He claimed, looking at Fido dead in the eyes with determination.

Twilight and Rarity both looked at Prey in shock, they knew what he was going to do. Twilight stood up and looked at Prey. “Prey, are you going to kill them?”

“Master Twilight, if it comes to it, these dragons must die. But I will use as much force as possible to have them surrender. Killing them would be a final option, but wounding and scaring them is the first.”

“You sure you know what you’re doing? I’ve seen dragons and they’re pretty big and tough.” Starlight commented.

“Their scales and skin may be tough, but my sword and I are stronger.” Prey said placing a hand on his katana's handle.

“Swords….not...enough…” Fido added with a struggle. “Dragons…..too….strong.”

“What do you mean?” Prey asked.

“Dragons….have….armor. We tried spears and swords…..but too strong. They have…..armor...steel.”

Prey then frowned at the word "steel", making him look away from everyone. He remembered his fight with Shining Armor, his steel plated armor was too strong for his sword to cut through. He started to eye at one of his chests and ‘hummed’ to himself. “Steel you say?” Prey walked towards the chest, opened, and reached inside. Shuffling inside the chest, he pulled out a large iron metal club with large rounded spikes all around it. “This is my solution then.” He said dropping one end of his club on the floor, making it echo throughout the castle.

Twilight look at his weapon, there was something about it that gave off an evil and sinister aura, it scared her. “Prey…..Sore wa…... nandesuka?” She asked in a stutter scared like tone.

He didn’t answer as he was getting one more thing from his chest. He pulled out a mask, but it wasn't the average samurai mask. It was one with an open mouth and sinister looking teeth that looked like could rip a pony to shreds. It also had big horns protruding from the head, assisting in its sinister evil look. Prey put on the mask, changing his voice to make him answer in a whole new persona.

“Kanabo.” He answered in a deeper, echo like, and unrecognizable voice making everyone including Fido feel tense and become scared of him. “Watashi wa Katsu!” He claimed raising his kanabo in the air.

Author's Note

So before you see the translations, let me just say thank you for tuning into this chapter. And if you're new to the story, Welcome to the story . Also I want to ask you guys and girls something. Should I just insert the translations inside the story next to the actual words rather than place then at the end? Feel free to answer in the comments. Anyways, hope ya'll had a good day. Love you all !!!

Wakatta = Understood/alright

Shine = Die

Oi oi = Hey, Hey

Umai = Tasty

Hai, kore wa hontou….demo = Yes, that is true....however

Hai, Jaa Matta = Alright, See you later

Nnn Kaimaimasen. = No, I don't mind.

Sou desuka? = Is that so?

Sore wa…... nandesuka = What is that?

Watashi wa Katsu! = I will Win!