The air grows tense as the cavalry Captain slowly rides up to the the chariot. Cautiously looking up in the sky and around the plains to make sure there are no extra flying horses to ambush them. And as the chariot gets closer he can see a dark colored horse, Curiously staring back at the captain while twirling a glass of wine in mid air. Which to the captain does a double take to make sure he isn't imagining this. Staring at this makes Him seem to question his current understanding of the world. But he quickly banishes those thoughts and makes his face neutral.

"Love to see those flying horses in the arena.." Mutters one cavalryman to the captains right. only for The captain to quickly look at him with a stare to shut him up.

Blank ink on the other hand is very intrigued and slightly disgusted at these humans. For one they appear to have equipped decently crafted armor that is most certainly not bits and pieces of stolen armor. That must have been forged for their form. Secondly they appear to be riding large ponies, Which disgusted her to no end. This was against nature itself, Ponies weren't subservient to humans. Yet these large ponies are almost double her size, nearing Celestia's height from what she's seen in books. All of them including those on the hill seem to have color ranges of brown and beige.

Her face turning into a small grin as she sees only two humans on large ponies ride up next to their leader. A Human with a slightly more ornate helmet yet appears to be more well worn. Signifying he has been in at least one fight or two. As they approach, Her Pegasus guards quickly form a makeshift spear wall before she raises her hoof and stares at them in order to get them to stand down.

"Stand down my little ponies. Let them come. Let us see what they wish to say to us. Also, have the pegasi ready to charge, yet tell them to do it slowly. Also get some crossbowponies behind us...." Black Ink states, having her grin widen just a little bit to make it unnerving.

The captain slows down about a dozen meters away from the chariot. He can clearly see a small horse with some sort of horn or spike on her head. Having raised with horses his whole life he can tell the 'leader' in the carriage was a mare. Yet the rest were slightly harder to tell due to their armor. Looking at their equipment most seem to have some sort of padded armor, although a few have chain-mail, limited as it is on them. Looking back to the center pony, he quickly dismounts his horse and walks a few feet in front of it.

"Hello there human." Black ink states, startling the captain a bit, but he quickly gains his composer back before anybody/pony notices.

"Hello there.. Im sorry i am not sure what to call you." The captain states, keeping his hands behind his back respectfully.

"Call me Black ink Human. Curious to know what you are all doing out here.. So free and in armor?" Blank ink states, a hint of malice behind the word 'human.

'Interesting.. she seems polite yet obviously not liking us if her emphasis on the word 'human' means anything..' he thinks to himself. "I am Captain-"

"Yes yes introductions over now tell me what your doing here and not in chains." Ink rose interrupts, getting slightly annoyed that this human has yet to show her any proper respect.

"Me and my companions were lost and were hoping to get directions. But i can see we are not wanted here." he states, Slightly annoyed at her interruption and harsh tone. "We will be out of your hai- er, Mane, shortly." He states turning around to mount his horse, Only to have a crossbow bolt Wiz by his head and miss it by a inch. The cavalrymen Quickly draw their swords and grab their shields from their backs.

"Oh you all are not going anywhere.. FIRE!" Black ink yells, causing the ponies that have been slowly creating a crescent in front of the cavalry to quickly unleash a barrage of crossbow-bolts. The Captain quickly jumps on his horse and along with his bodyguards raise their shields behind them to cover their retreat back to the scouting party. Most of the bolts having missed wildly and the few that do come close are easily blocked by the shields.

The rest of the cavalry, seeing their captain come under fire, yell out a battle-cry and charge towards the line of reloading crossbowponies. Black ink having expected them to run and not put up a fight, quickly yells at her chariot pullers to get her to safety as the mass of mounted humans charge towards them. Quickly crossing the gap between the hill and the line of crossbows. The captain rejoining his force and charging along with them. The pegasi seeing this stop slowly walking to flanks of the now charging cavalry quickly fly towards their fellow militia ponies to aid them. Only for them to watch in horror as the mass charge slams into the unprepared line of ponies still reloading crossbows. Ponies are trampled over by the larger horses while their riders stab down at them with their spears and slashed with their swords. The Captain seeing the Pegasi closing in blows his horn to sound a retreat, Causing the cavalry to quickly turn around and gallop at full speed towards the beach and tree line. The bloodied crossbowpoinies retreat back to their lines while the pegasi auxiliaries fly at full speed towards the retreating humans. Yelling war cries to avenge their fallen friends who have fallen to such lowly beings.

Holding their shields behind them to protect their backs and horses, the pegasi occasionally fire a bolt or two at the humans, only to miss due to the speed and maneuverability of the human steeds. The pegasi opting to fly faster and cut them to bits with their swords as they slowly close the distance.

The captain looks back, seeing the cloud of pegasi getting closer yet notices how much closer to the ground many of them are. Thinking quickly, he grabs his horn and blows it. Stopping his steed and turning around and charging towards the disorganized mass of pegasi along with this men. The pegasi don't even fly higher until its too late. The captain swings his sword at a Pegasus flying to his right, and lops his head clean off. The blood spraying into a Pegasus behind him, blinding him and forcing him to crash into the ground and get trampled by a charging horse.

The sudden and unexpected counter-charge left the pegasi within reach of the cavalry spears and swords to a slaughter as they were unable to slow down or change directions at the speed they were going. Hundreds of ponies were impaled upon spears as their comrades sailed over their dead and dying bodies, attempting to slow down while the cavalry regroups and changes directions again. Galloping full speed again towards the tree line closest to them.

As the pegasi force was sailing over their dying friends who flew too close to the ground, they immediately attempt to stop and assist their friends, But their speed makes them overshoot by a hundred meters and as they begin flying back towards their friends the pegasi flight commander spots the humans attempting to go towards the tree line, and knowing if they did they wouldn't be able to follow, He quickly blows his whistle and flies full speed to the humans.

The captain looks towards the approaching tree line and looks behind him to the racing ponies flying towards them. Now fueled by anger and a lust for revenge the ponies fly faster then the Humans could think was possible. The humans quickly try to make their horses go faster, hoping to get into the dense forest and be safe from the threat of the flying horses. And as the trees slowly get closer the captain looks behind him one more time to see the pony leader a single meter behind him, spear clutched in his hooves and ready to thrust it into the captain. The captain quickly positions his shield to block the incoming threat, Only to realize last minute that the pony wasn't going for him, But his horse.

Stabbing his horse in the flanks forces the horse to yell out in pain and collapse onto the ground, throwing the captain down to tumble into the dirt. His cavalry seeing this quickly turn to avoid the sudden hazard, Blazing past him as they enter the forest a mere twenty meters ahead of him. The ponies quickly break off the chase before they slam into the hard sides of hundred year old trees and begin to regroup.

The human captain attempts to get back up, he cant move his left shoulder and it hurts continuously as well as his right leg. His sword is nowhere nearby and his spear must've splintered into a hundred pieces during the fall. His left wrist bent at an unnatural angle when his shield was torn from his grasp on landing. His head bleeding, the helmet having flown off violently and leaving a harsh gash across his head. Rolling onto his back and looking up, He sees the swirling mass of pegasi around him, like vultures to a dead body in the desert. His hearing returns to him, to which he hears his horse wailing in the background, Just as the pony who speared his horse comes into view, a sadistic grin on his face before he hits him in the temple with his spear butt.

"Nighty night human.." Was the last thing the captain heard before blacking out...

Author's Note

Thanks for the support guys. Hope you like this chapter. Trying to make the pacing feel more natural and have the action start to appear. The usual please tell me of any mistakes i make and whatnot. Next chapter will be posted on patreon 1-2 days before i post it here.

P.S. Count the number of times i used the word 'Pegasi'.