The long way aroundby RisuUmbraChaptersChapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6Chapter 7Chapter 8Chapter 9IntoductionChapter 1“Maybe I could take the scenic route home” The thought struck me as I was walking back to my car after my quick run to the mall for art supplies after a particularly long assignment for my classes involving practically all my lead, erasers, and color pencils. My car was parked almost on the other side of the whole lot so it was a bit of a walk till I reached it, good thing I only had one bag with me and it was relatively small and light. I waited for a car to pass before stepping off the curb and down one of the parking lanes, during my walk you could see my reflection in the tinted glass of the parked cars revealing to me my caramel skin but slightly darkened by the dark windows and my signature warm black jacket which I am glad I grabbed due to the freezing evening winds of winter that seemed to somehow cut through any clothing I wore but grateful nonetheless. I finally reached my classic red mustang that my father gave to me for my 17 birthday, it was originally his till he got a new car and didn’t want to sell this one. I’m not very picky when it comes to cars so nothing lost, I unlocked and climbed into the vehicle and sat my bag in the passenger seat while I keyed up the engine, I checked my rearview mirror showing me my chocolate eyes before adjusting it to its proper position before checking if anyone was behind me which there wasn’t so I slowly backed out of the parking space then turned put it in drive then driving out of the parking lot and away from the mall “Maybe I could take the scenic route home” I entertained the thought once more and decided to indulge myself by going to my favorite park nearby that held a lot of fond memories from my childhood. The park itself was not that far away from my family's current home which is nice so after a quick detour I arrived at the old park. There wasn’t anything special about the park other than it’s pretty large and has a few trees planter for shade but other than that there are people walking around and having picnics, I got out of my car after parking nearby and started walking to a large willow tree that’s near the edge and looks comfortable, but when I arrived something felt off, like that feeling when your about to go down a drop on a ride at a fair i stood and after a moment of thought I realized my feelings, Dread. After my realization everything shifted and felt wrong, I looked at my surroundings and it seemed I wasn’t the only one to get this feeling as people were stopping and looking around searching for something until stopping at my position or near me. I quickly whipped around to see what everyone was looking at until I did something I will always slightly regret, I looked down. Below me was a glowing blue ring of energy slowing growing stronger in both light and energy if the arcs of electricity is anything to go by. By the way during this time I am literally freaking out and trying to run away but there’s some invisible barrier stopping me and any sound from getting through which makes me look like either a maniac or the world's greatest mime but most likely the latter in this case. Then it appeared, the wall of pure white that came from over the horizon and swallowed some things and disintegrating everything else. It killed everyone disintegrating then instantly while they filmed me on there phones while I pounded on the barrier and pointed behind them trying to warn them all while screaming my heart out hoping that at least someone would notice, but it was all for naught as the wall of what I could only describe as void devour everyone and close in on me on all sides like I was the epicenter of this … this … What the heck is even happening, I’m pretty sure I just witnessed the apocalypse!!? I was surrounded on all sides by white with a circle of bright electricity blue like I was trapped in a huge funnel. Everything was still and there were no soun- *SNAP* Oh never mind the circle beneath me is starting to crack . . . . OMG THE CIRCLE IS CRACKING WTF DO I DO!! *CRASH* My whole area of sight changed from white to every color on the spectrum for a moment until I realized I was literally skydiving through what looks to be the galaxies all streaking past me in different sizes and shapes but after continuously falling for a bit something seemed to be a bit fishing about this picture . . . y’know besides my panicking and screaming self but this is something I registered while all this is happening during a moment of clarity. Some of them are disappearing, including the one I just fell from and the cilindar that I’m inside of is connected to another on me as well as several others that were progressively getting smaller and it’s light dimming. Its . . Getting h..arder . T . O . . Thi . . nk . . . Fuck Author's Note Comments appreciated but please don’t flame First story so beginning will be a bit suck-ish BUT (big but) it will get way better Chapter 2Chapter 2: ???’s POV The sky was bright and sun’s rays cascaded over a small farm that covered the area full of growing green healthy crops and a big red barn near the center and a medium sized house next to it, down near the main house of the farm were three figures spoke softly and happily like talking to a family member, which they were. “Do you have enough to eat, Are you sure you’ll be alright out there?” A older female sounding voice said worriedly “Yeah, you can wait till your ready before leaving there’s no rush” A older male voice spoke in a soft baritone. “Yes!, i’ll be just fine you don’t have to worry i’m an adult now so I can take care of myself” A younger sounding male voice responded to their concern with confidence. “Okay we’ll stop smothering you but still are you sure you’ll be okay out there, the only threat isn’t just hunger and weather son.” The revealed father and mother said to their grown child with a tone of underlying danger to which the son smirked and said “I’m far from defenceless myself, but I will be careful thanks” the son smiled and adjusted his bag off his wings then continued “I should start heading to the next town before it gets dark so I guess this is goodbye for now huh?” he faced his mother who was tearing up and embraced her lovingly and held her for a moment then had to reach around and pry her claws off because she wouldn’t let go. Then turned and started walking down the path leading off the property and to his future, as he exited the farm the sign post next to it caught his attention and he smiled warmly at it “Won’t see this again for a while hehe” he shook off the fond memories and continued past and opened his wings then kicking off the ground with a paw showing the sign no longer blocked by his body “WELCOME TO BLACK FEATHER FIELDS”. ORIGINAL POV: Have you ever been forced to wake up and you get that disoriented but alert feeling and you feel on edge which either results in you punching someone in the face or run away from something, well imagine that feeling along with having a minor concussion which in itself is like having someone play a bass drum in your head. That’s how it felt when I woke up earlier and after some events i’m still trying to explain I am now standing at the edge of what looks to be a cliffside that had the actual cliff part cut off from it, and when I say cut off I mean freaking cleanly chopped off and now the side of the cliff is smooth as marble. I’m covered in small burn marks and bruises while holding a very odd sword in a sheath in my right hand but I’ll explain that in a moment, first I need to recall everything that happened in like the last half hour or so 30 Minutes earlier… Referring back to the waking up feeling I woke up feeling like I feel asleep on a rock then to my horror I found I was on a large stone or to be more specific an altar of the sacrificial kind if the bones i’m feeling next to me are any indication but i’m still to disoriented to react to it, my hearing started to kick in and I heard what seemed to be chanting around me in a very throaty tongue which sounded like they were trying to hack up a lung while talking… wait one of the voices sound like they are getting closer …Hold on one second!, do the math Alter plus bones multiplied by creepy chanting and divided by nausea equals … I have to get out of here, now that my body is catching up to my mind I tried to say something or yell but somehow my mouth was sealed by what looks to be a type of paste or sap so when I tried to sit up but I could feel the leather straps holding me down around my chest and legs so I immediately set to work on the first strap to release me with both hands then stopped and looked down at my arms to see the stupidest thing ever . . . They tied down the arms of my jacket instead of my arms so my hands were free. If I could speak I would either call them idiots or just yell profanities at them. The voice from earlier is getting closer and I could hear … is that clopping? Are they gonna sacrifice a horse too? Not even moments after I had that thought a figure leaned over my side so I kept my arms limp on my chest to make it seem i’m defenceless just in case. When the figure leaned into the light I nearly choked on my own spit to see a old grey haired or “maned” earth PONY with a grey coat and covered in a hooded robe grin gloatingly down at me “Ah it seems our guest is finally awake hmm” He spoke with an old italian accent that a villain from a james bond movie would have then started to pace around the altar I was strapped to an started what sounded like an evil monologue to his nemesis “Comfortable? Good, wouldn’t want our special guest to miss his appointment. It would be quite rude to back out now but if you say something now I’ll let you leave now ok” I didn’t even grace him with a sound and just gave him a deadpanned stare “Why do I get the feeling he practiced this before hand?” I thought to myself “You're probably wondering whats going on and how you got here well… I might as well tell you what in store for your miserable existence” He took a step closer to my right side and pointed to my left side with a hoof and when I turned my head to look I saw a open stone door that led down a dark stone hallway “Down that hallway is an artifact of great power that was bestowed to us by our benefactor that lets us complete the will of our leader and also brought me here” “Hello escape route I missed you” I kept my grin to myself as I planned my escape. The earth pony pulled their hoof back and reached behind them to somewhere I couldn’t see while he kept spelling out their plans to me “To Destroy all the Heretic filth worlds that claim they can live in the same space as us superior ponies! DIE” The pony nazi finished his rant with a manic smile and yanked a dagger from a sheath behind him somewhere and started to bring it down on where my heart is “Alright that's enough of this” I reached up with my left hand and easily caught the the wrist of the pony much to his surprise then wrenched the knife out of his weak grip with my right hand and slammed the handle of the dagger into the space between his eyes knocking him out cold before he even slammed into the ground. That was too easy when it comes to knocking someone out so he might wake up soon, I immediately got to work on my restraints with the knife which easily cut through it because instead of leather the binds were what looks to be just thick cloth sewed together so it wasn’t long before I was free except I couldn’t get my mouth open from whatever they did to it but I suspect magic. “Now that I think about it shouldn’t I be freaking out about everything that’s happened?” I stopped and thought stunned by the implication “I suspect more magic bullshit” I turned towards the only hallway leading from this room and remembered that Professor evil over there had mention a powerful magic item down there that brought me here so maybe it can do the opposite. I started down the hallway at a slow jog cautious about being snuck up on, I passed a few doors on my way down but they closed and heavy looking. The hallway was dark with no decorations adorning the walls except for the doors that were passed and the occasional unlit torch hanging off the wall. I just kept going the same pace until I heard talking coming from a door I just passed and it's getting louder “Crap where can I hide ugh” I jumped behind the door as it started to open so the door perfectly obscured me and my height from view “I heard that the high priest is doing the sacrifice this time” A younger male voice echoed from around the door “ Yeah, I heard that he said that this one was special for some reason so he wanted to finish it himself” A more feminine but raspy voice The voices continued to speak as they walked down the hallway I just came from and I felt I was in the clear until “Oh wait for me I forgot to close the door” the male voice spoke up and I heard him ... trot? Back over, I didn’t have time to get ready so when the stallion closed the door they were face to face with my stomach and froze for a few seconds and slowly looked up at my face which was slowly trying to move away from him “SOUND THE ALARM!” *Crack* He was able to get that warning off before I grabbed his mane and slammed his face into the door next to me cracking it. The mare turned and sprinted down the hall a bit then slammed her hoof into the wall where a red diamond shaped rune glowed to life Then all Hell broke loose Multiple door were flung open and a bunch of acolytes ran out and looked in our direction, by that time I was sprinting for my life in the opposite direction and hoping that the supposed artifact could save me. It was like running from giant ants while in their ant hill, they were popping out of nowhere which made me either jump over them or have to kick them out of the way, but after a few agonizing minutes of me running for my life from a army of cultists I entered a large antechamber that had a pedestal in that center with a statue of human behind it and on the pedestal was my saving grace A floating sword that had a plaque under it that said “Watcher blade”. It was all probably an awesome sight but I was preoccupied with the literal tidal wave of angry pony behind me so I ran with everything I could and reached for the sword but fell short when a pegasus collided with my back just a few inches from the sword’s handle and other ponies started to pile on so I crawled and reached with everything I got and when I got a few finger around the handle it felt as if I was struck by lightning in every part of my body; the pain was so bad that my mouth flew open from my scream then everything went white from the light and heat the sword and I were giving off and from the mind shattering pain I blacked out. Author's Note Grey text = thoughts Please don’t flame but comments are appreciated and if you have any ideas please let me know I’m gonna be adding a few background characters so if you want a specific kind of character or your own OC that just tell me alright? That’s for reading bye now Chapter 3Chapter 3 I shook myself out of my self imposed flashback and stumbled back from the newly cut cliff face and fell onto the ground in a sitting position still reeling from the experience and trying to calm myself down with my goto plan, Thinking “So I was just abducted from basically nazi-ponies via dimensional explosion and then was going to be sacrificed until I escaped… this is not helping me stay calm” I stood back up when I remember the weight in my right hand and looked down to examine the sword I had taken with me, The sheath was standard black leather with a few lines of iron going down the sides for reinforcement and two strap loops near the tip and handle attached to a leather belt with a buckle for adjusting it so all in all the sheath was normal but the sword itself was a whole nother story beginning with the handle it was cross stitched with some kind of padding for grip colored black and ended in a blunt point so it wouldn’t scratch the holder attached to it was the reason for its namesake as there was a jewel embedded in the center of it that was an eerie blue glowing gem in the shape of a diamond and inside of the gem look like a dragons eye that looked to be staring into your soul, connected to the jewel was a odd curling crossguard that had four point with two larger ones curling upwards and the two smaller ones curling downward. I took my left hand and gripped the handle and pulled it from its sheath revealing its blade that was colored black with the sharpened edges being the natural silver of metal. “This thing is so cool but I could do without the staring gem but oh well a swords a sword and a awesome one at that” Before I could fully pull it out I heard a loud howl in the distance and was reminded of my current predicament, I resheathed my new sword and quickly checked my surroundings and only saw the cliff face and a row of dead trees and shrubs that stopped what little light there was from getting through restricting my sight. Speaking of witch I pulled out my phone to check what time it was and to my shock in was about 10:30 at night! Which is odd because it was like 2 o’clock when I was transported another weird thing is that my clock auto adjusted the time somehow either its that or I was in there for longer that I thought. I’m out in the open in the middle of the night while who knows what is hunting for dinner and I don’t want to be on the menu so I grabbed the belt on the sword and put it over my shoulder and tighten it so it won’t fall off zip up my jacket and throw my hood on so I don’t get too cold then start walking into the dark forest. ???’s POV After flying for a few minutes I land on the path leading to the next village and rest for a moment, I was never the strongest flyer because of my large body build but over time my wings will get stronger but for now i’m gonna walk the rest of the way “It’s pretty quiet today” I observed my surroundings in silence showing me various green trees and other miscellaneous plants in the undergrowth covered from the bright sun overhead that started to lean towards the evening side of the sky. Then the sky cracked… *CRASH* A loud shattering noise blared from the air itself that shocked me back into the air why watching the sky suddenly repair itself like nothing happened. “Yeah, I’m just gonna fly the rest of the way there” And with a flap of my wings I left that area behind and flew the rest of the way to the next village. ————————————————————————————————————— I’ve been walking for a few minutes now and all I’ve been seeing is foliage and dirt, no civilization, no pathways, and no animals. It eerily quiet too leading me to believe that this whole area is dead, with nothing else to do my mind went back to the probably destroyed temple I escaped from, specifically the stallion I knocked out by smashing him into the stone door “ how did I crack solid stone with just one hand” I stopped and looked down at my hand opening and closing it “I don’t feel any different” I walked up to a tree and put my hand on the bark and tried to crush the surface but nothing happened “That’s a normal reaction at least hmm” Now I know I’m in My little pony so maybe it’s either a magic thing or a physics thing. I continued to walk as I thought this out. “What about density? That could be it, denser object have higher strength against small lighter objects but doesn’t that mean I’m Superman because that’s the reason he has his power and all or a least the strength and speed, but I could even put a dent in the tree hmm maybe it’s also because of living things having magic which makes it have a lower density and have its abilities, that also explains how those ponies were able to just open a door made of solid stone with their bare hooves because it was enchanted to move for them thus making it lighter and me stronger than it”. My thought tangent was interrupted when I stepped onto a empty dirt road instead of grass much to my surprise and relief, now I just need to follow this to find a town and figure out what to do next. I looked to the left to see a few buildings and torches guiding my way towards what I hoped was warm food and shelter. Author's Note I DID THE THING!!! I apologize about the massive haitus but my answer to that is ... school suck EVERY DUCK I’m sorry about the science speech but it’s something I’ve been thing about for a while How would the physics of our world react to theirs Please like and all comments are welcome See ya next time Chapter 4Chapter 4 ???'s POV I landed a few talons away from the entrance of the town of Greenleaf exhausted from the none stop flight away from whatever happened to the sky and I'm in dire need of some water and a place to sleep. After falling to the dirt road from my extreme level tiredness I looked up at the town to ask one of its residence to direct me to the nearest tavern or inn but to my astonishment and befuddlement all of what I could see of the town was empty of its residence like everyone decided to not leave their homes today. "What happened to everyone?"� I voiced my thoughts hoping somehow it will be answered but to no avail my confusion overrode my exhaustion and I stood back up and started to wander into the small town noting my surrounding as I passed them. The town of Greenleaf was founded at the entrance of the forest that's in front of my home, there is nothing particularly special about the forest other than the fruit and herbs that can be found in it also the animals that made it their home making the only threat it bares the occasional wolf, bear, or hawk. The forest opens up to a large hilly grassland that has a path leading to another town that is connected to the train system to enter Equestria through what they call the Macintosh Hills and through a large ravine before it. The town itself is very greed due to the large amount of grass and the sparse number of trees from the forest with a tan pathway leading through the middle of it and cutting off to the left and right. There aren’t many building from what I could see maybe ten give or take a few, It was fully evening by now and the sun was setting casting an orange glow on the sky usually around the time you would see town folk heading home from their jobs and schools but it was completely silent except for the sound of my steps. I had just reached the center of the town when I saw that one of the larger buildings had a large sign on it that said Gold Flower Inn at the very end of the pathway to the left and looked to be open for business, filled with relief and anticipation for a good night's rest I started on my way to the Inn and on passing I registered that there was a tavern to my right and two buildings down from it which furthered my anticipation then the front doors of the Inn opened and out stepped or should I say clopped four ponies one earth pony, one Pegasus, and two unicorns talking and laughing loudly and breaking the dead silence that reigned before their arrival onto the scene until they saw me and stopped in their tracks their action making me do so as well in front of the tavern which I could hear was full of patrons of all sorts. The group in front of me looked at each other at talked amongst each other and glanced at me from time to time leaving me time to look at each of them thoroughly starting with the earth pony, He looked to be middle aged and had a dirt brown coat with eyes of the same hue his mane was a bit wild but short leaving its color a very dark brown borderline black and he had a small goatee growing on his chin, he was wearing a brown leather vest with no decorations aside from a few buckles that were used to tighten the vest itself and metal and leather bracers on all of his legs stopping just above the hoof. The whole group was similarly clothed with the exceptions where the Pegasus had holes for his wings and lacked the bracers on his legs most likely because they weighed him down when in flight. The Pegasus was gray in coat coloration with his eyes being a lighter grey and his windswept mane the same shade with a line of white going through it. The last two unicorns seemed to be twins with them both having the same shade of dark lavender with one being a stallion and the other a mare with the same hair and eye color of auburn with a mischievous glint in their eyes that would give anyone chills and they were both wearing saddlebags that seemed to be full of something. My description of the group ended when they stopped talking to one another and turned to the mare of the group and nodded which does not bode well for me and lit up her horn and opened up her left bag the was out of my sight, I slowly started edging my way towards the tavern entrance when I heard it. The soft sound of metal against fabric and turned back over to the mare and watch her unsheathe two daggers slowly trying to catch me off guard but griffin hearing is much better that the other races so once I caught sight of the weapon I ran back and to my right into the tavern and closing the door behind me I stopped to calm my heart be realized it was quiet in the recently loud tavern so I turned to see various race staring at me ranging from pony to griffin to diamond dog to dragons, feeling embarrassed for interrupting their time I quietly apologized and walked over and took a seat at an empty table in the back near a door and silently hoped and prayed to every God out there that they wouldn't follow me *CREAK* WELL SCREW YOU TOO WORLD The tavern once again fell silent as the occupants looked to the new arrivals only to see the pony group glaring at them and averting their eyes moments later to afraid to do anything and returning to their original conversations only much at a much more hushed volume. The pony group quickly spotted me even with me trying to blend in with the crowd and the earth pony grinned and directed his associates over to the bar which was being tended by a blue dragon wearing a black vest and shining a empty glass. Every once in a while one of the group would glance over to make sure I was still there while wearing mocking grins on their muzzles. Them being there and constantly watching me made it so I couldn't escape and no one would help me if these thugs tried to kill me later, right when I started to lose hope the front entrance opened up again but this time reveal something that confused me and gave me a shred of hope back. Standing in the entryway was a tall bipedal creature with dark brown SKIN not fur unlike the diamond dogs wearing a black jacket and pants? But what interested me the most was strapped to its back was a very curious looking sword but a sword non the less meaning he might be an adventurer that could help me with my current situation and by how the aforementioned problem group sneered at the being means he might have to deal with them sooner or later so it might be for the best if we teamed up so I waited for when he sat down in the booth in the back right corner of the tavern and slowly stood up so not to set off the bandits and walked over to the booth till I stood almost over its shoulder and I could hear it mumble "That was much farther than it looked". Author's Note I'm sorry it took so long for me to post this but I hope you enjoy Comments are well appreciated as well as constructive criticism Also if you want a video game, book or movie crossover or reference, comment which one and I just might choose yours. Also here is a map of Equestria that I will be using for reference This is all happening past the Macintosh Hills and past the ravine at the middle bottom so I made it so its just a few farms and two small towns and grasslands that lead into Equestria proper via train tracks or through the cursed forest or other territories. If you don't like this then please tell me any substitutes you may have and I will try and change things to your needs Until next time c ya Chapter 5Chapter 5 Normal POV: A few minutes earlier The walk was long and silent with plenty of emphasis on LONG, I was walking for a good hour or so until I reached the entrance if the village and it was well past evening by then and the forest around me was quiet except for the occasional cricket chirp so not much to note it was a run of the mill forest and I'm sure I don't have to describe a regular forest to anyone just guess. The only thing I could do without was the hunger because this was around the time I would have finished my dinner so at least I got to the town but unfortunately because of my hunger all my hesitation was removed with promise of dinner and help for my current predicament. The town itself was quiet and empty but that's to be expected when you enter in the middle of the night, and the buildings were normal run of the mill fantasy buildings with thatch roofs on some and wood on others with the exception of a blacksmith at the corner of the intersection from what I could see. I started back up at a brisk pace into the town noting the various stores like a flower shop, tailor, and bakery that were as expected all closed for the night so when I reached the intersection I was pleasantly surprised to see an Inn and Tavern still open with the light from inside glowing from within. "Finally my feet are killing me" I voice my discomfort from the long walk in my old thin sneakers as I approached the open tavern hoping that the owner is sympathetic to weary travelers. When I was closer I briefly entertained the cliché of someone getting thrown out of the place around now and slightly hoped it would happen but was disappointed when nothing continued to happen when I stepped up to the two swinging doors that served as the entrance way and pushed them both open and stepped inside only to look back up to see various creatures staring at me in what I assumed was confusion and mild distress and after a quick glance around the room I could see why. There was a group of four ponies sitting at the bar openly sneering at me but what surprised me about them was they looked to be dressed like the thieves guild members from Skyrim only ponified that included the knives that I could see so I simply pulled my hood down more to cover my face and walked to an empty booth at the back right corner of the tavern, as I passed I could hear them mumbling to each other. "What is it" "Where does it come from" "What's with that a sword?" I just ignored them and sat down in the wooden booth with a sigh and thought to myself for a moment "That was much farther than it looked" I mumbled to myself after a brief moment of rest and almost jumped when what felt like a claw tapped me on my shoulder and I quickly turned to see who it was and to my mild surprise what stood there was a griffin that was way bigger that what I pictured, I'm 5'10 and if I stood up straight his top feather would reach my chest. His colors were mostly grey with dark brown fur on his lion half and the grey on his feathers with them turning black once they reach his talons and his wings, his head was covered in grey feathers that were flattened smoothly over his head and lead up to his dark brown eyes which looked over his yellow beak. He was wearing only a travelers messengers bag that was slung over his chest and dangled to his left for easy access so otherwise he was a pretty normal griffin besides his height. I snapped back to reality when I realized he asked me a question "Come again?" He was caught off guard from my reply and shifted uneasily before he glanced around and repeated his question "Uum is it alright if I sit with you?" Something about this makes me feel like he gonna ask me to do something for him but that might also mean free stuff if my video game knowledge is right so I gestured over to the booth seat in front of me and said "Be my guest" He nodded in return and turned to walk over to the seat in front of me and sat down and got comfortable, he glanced over at the group of ponies from before and turned back to face me. "Do you know how to use that sword?" he whispered Now he caught me off guard with the question and much to my amusement I can said I know the basics of swordplay thanks to my uncle who"s a nut for always being prepared and had bought a wooden sword from one of his friends alongside some basic kickboxing for if I'm disarmed. I remember thinking he was so stupid for making me practice when I'm either at his house or home but now not so much. "A bit why?" He seemed to relax a bit with my answer and then got serious again "I think we're both in quite a bit of trouble now and we'll need to team up to get out" He nodded over to the group of ponies who were now snickering and pointing at me and him. They must be more like the thieves guild from Skyrim then I thought, they're going to either try to rob us or beat us up both involve a fight and we're outnumbered separately but together we might have a chance, but he still asked me to help so I'm gonna try to get something out of this. "I see what you mean but in return you got to rent me a room at the Inn along with something to eat" He hesitated for a moment and looked like he was going to decline until we heard a wolf whistle from across the tavern coming from the male unicorn of the group who held up a knife and made the "cut it out" gesture across his neck while grinning at us. "Deal" He quickly stuck out his talons for a handshake for which I obliged him and the deal was set now we need a plan, we can't fight them head on especially when they have two unicorns that can just toss us around with their magic. "You can use those big things right?" I pointed at his wings "Umm yeah just not for hours on end why?" if he had any eyebrows I imagine one would be arched right now in interest hopefully. "Here's the plan" _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3rd Person POV: The human and Griffin stood from their respective seats and made their way towards the exit at a relaxed pace with the griffin in front and the human following behind which caught the attention of the earth pony who alerted his associates by rough slaps to their heads to get their attention he then pointed to the two leaving and rose to follow the two with a grin of his muzzle. The griffin left through the door first and the human next who checked behind him before leaving as well. The patrons of the tavern watch with bated breath at the two groups tried to leave and wondered what would happen to either side, on the outside the human was standing in the middle of the path a bit aways from the tavern entrance with hood obscuring his eyes and grinning as the four ponies exited the building with the earth pony in front and the pegasus next to him and the two magic users in the back. "So I hear you got a problem with me?" The human shouted over to the lead pony who arched a brow and responded "If you and your griffin friend hand over all your valuables we might leave ya with yer lives" His tone smug and confident which changed to irritation when he heard the laughter from the creature in front of him, who calmed back down and said "Don't hold your breath, NOW!" Three things happened after that exclamation, The griffin leaped from the roof and landed hard on the two unicorns heads slamming their heads into the ground knocking them out cold, the pegasus taking flight to dodge and the human rushing forward and swinging his foot into the neck of the earth pony who choked and passed out from the shock of no air getting to his brain. "You BASTARD!" yelled the pegasus in the air He then dived at the human as fast as he could and almost immediately got tackled out of the sky by the griffin who has WINGS and landed on the ground struggling with him but it he was immobilized quickly by the large size of the avian feline and gave up with a irritated sigh putting an end to what some would call a fight and others would call a steamroll. ______________________________________________________________________________ Normal POV: "Well that went much better than I thought, I was ready for things to go wrong but it went pretty smoothly" I said to my new friend in relief. "I didn't think just me landing on them would knock them out" The griffin said from on top of the defeated Pegasus. This even further proves my magical density theory because they began circulating their magic most likely and that lowered their density thus meaning a griffin is much heavier to them and stronger, that wouldn't have worked on the Pegasus or earth pony. "Now let's find out why your here" I stepped over next to the restrained Pegasus' head and leaned down so he would see my face "You'll be sorry once the boss gets here!" he smiled smugly at me and I just rolled my eyes "Aaand where is he?" He started to struggle again but was quickly stopped when he heard my feathery compatriot start growling "Ok ok he's at the next town over we were ordered to gather all of the valuables of this backwater town just call off your pet griffin" wow I didn't take him for a squealer but we got what I wanted. I look at the griffin who turned to look at me while wearing an annoyed scowl and I nodded at him he grinned and raised his right talon and swung it hard at his captive smashing him into unconsciousness. "Well that was fun but we really should like tie these guys up right?" He pointed out after getting off of the downed Pegasus. I turned to look at the unconscious group and was about to respond but a new voice cut me off "No need fellas we got it from here" and walking out of the tavern was a diamond dog wearing a sheriff badge on his vest followed by a green unicorn wearing a similar vest except with a deputy badge "Thanks to you two they won't be terrorizing the citizens anymore, before this our paws were tied due to them using loopholes in the laws but those are being amended soon He held out a paw for a handshake from both of us which we responded in kind and when finish the sheriffs face went serious "There is a 200 bit bounty for catching these four but because of them extorting all the money from us we don't have much so if you could come to my office tomorrow we could discuss this more but for now we can put you two up for a room at the Inn" My eyes widen at the mention of 200 bits and dropped back from the mention of them stealing so much from them so we both nodded to the sheriff in agreement to visit his office tomorrow and the promise of a free room. "If you give this to the owner of the Inn she'll understand and give ya some dinner and a room, now I got to get to the jail to put these bandits in cells see you tomorrow" The sheriff pulled a slip of paper out this air behind him somehow and handed it to me before walking over to his deputy who had tied together all the ponies and started dragging them past us "Were they waiting there the whole time?" I questioned my feathered friend when the duo were out of earshot. He just shrugged in response with confused look on his beak then said "Lets just get to the Inn, I'm pretty sure were both exhausted from today I know I am" then he turned and started for the Inn with me trailing behind wondering what we'll get as a reward tomorrow instead of bits. The walk was silent but not uncomfortable just a tired silence that said that neither of us wanted to speak anymore and just wanted to get to the room. We reached the Inn and entered only to be greeted by a well groomed female diamond dog smaller than the sheriff wearing a brown dress. "Welcome to Gold Flower Inn how my I help you" she said with a soft warm voice, I handed her the slip of paper I got from the sheriff and she grabbed it and read it only for a moment before softly gasping and smiling at us then directing us up the stairs. "I will be up in a moment with your dinners but for now here is your key" she reached under the reception desk and grabbed a key from somewhere and handed it to my because I was closer and pointed over to the stairs "Your room number is 7 I hope you enjoy your stay" after finishing he walked away into a back room most likely to prepare some food. I shared a look with . . . . . I never asked his name so I'll have to do that when we get to the room. We started our way up stairs and upon reaching the top we immediately could see room 7 so we just walked over and I used the key to open it showing me a sparsely decorated room housing two beds side by side with a desk in between them and a lamp on top of it and a closet on the right wall, there was still plenty of floor space left and to the right of the beds was a door leading to what I presumed was a bathroom. I didn't need to relieve myself due to me not having anything to get rid of but my friend made a beeline for it while I walked over to the bed and laid down and then remember the sword on my back when it poked me so I took it off and leaned it on the desk then laid down for a moment just letting everything sink in. "I just took out a group of bandits using only my wits and planning" I thought to myself and allowed myself a grin in pride but it quickly went away when my thoughts turned to what the Pegasus said "Our leader is in the next town over" Does that mean I might have to use this sword sooner than I thought? This isn't an RPG game where the enemies just dissolve into thin air each living thing has flesh and bone that can bleed and die from one strong swing of my sword, am I ready to take a life that I have no right to take bandit or not. Before I could continue my dark train for thought a knock sounded at the door right as the griffin stepped out of the bathroom with his feathers a bit damp and said "Come In" and in walked our diamond dog host carrying two trays of what smelled to be fried fish which reminded my stomach decided to tell me by giving off a loud gurgle. She giggled and handed us our respective meals which was just two fillets of fried fish, the both of us said thank you before digging in with vigor. Something has never tasted better after so long so it was quickly devoured by the both of us and we sat in a comfortable silence that would have led to sleep if I hadn't remembered something important so I turned to my roommate and asked "Hey, what's your name?" He looked back at me a bit shocked that he didn't introduce himself then sat up and grinned then responded "Triton, Triton Blackfeather. Your name?" I smiled at him and offered my hand to him "Mychael, Mychael Moore. It's a pleasure to meet you officially Triton" He grasped my hand with his claw and shook it. "The pleasures all mine Mychael" I have a feeling this is the beginning of a long beautiful friendship. Author's Note YAAAAAY Finally finish another chapter and got some character names as well BONUS I was having trouble posting this because my computer decided it hated me and stpped wanting to function properly so I apologize on its behalf. Questions, Comments, and ideas are always welcome and hope you enjoyed this chapter Good day and I'll C ya next chapter BAI! Chapter 6Chapter 6 Normal POV: The way I sleep is odd, I usually set an alarm to wake me up at a certain time but this time I slept like the dead woke up at 7:25 according to the wall clock. I hoped with all my being that everything was a dream and I would wake up at my home or a hospital or heck even JAIL but no I awoke to the sight of the sun coming through the window over the desk lamp and into a sparsely decorated room with Triton slaying upside down on his bed twitching in his sleep. “Ugh whyyyy” I spoke out to the air wanting an answers but got nothing back so I stood up from my bed and checked my surroundings which revealed nothing of immediate importance other than my growling stomach and now that I look at myself my ragged clothes. My black shirt had a large tear in the side of it and my jeans had small tears all over it from my run through the forest scraping against the underbrush constantly until it snagged and I pulled it free. My jacket was oddly fine just a bit ragged from constant activity so the tear on my side must have happened during the whole cultist swarm thing, I hope they have a tailor here somewhere. I heard a groan come from a sleeping Triton and watched as he turned over and showed his back to me then continued to sleep, He must have been a lot more tired than I thought so I decided to let him sleep and go get ready for the day. I stood and walked over to the attached bathroom absently noting that I slept with my shoes on and opened the door showing me a standard bathroom having a bath, sink, and a oddly shaped toilet that must be made to accommodate various creatures of different size that was my first stop and after I handled that I washed my hands and looked at myself in the mirror and saw that right under my cheekbone I had a scrape that was still a bit pink and in the process of making a scar but still healed very quickly and neatly which is odd to me because it take humans more that a good night’s sleep for an injury to heal into a scar even if it’s a small one like this so how? It might be because of the ambient magic that i’m being exposed to so its acting like a temporary boost to my system but my body should adjust to it. I also realized that I don’t have a toothbrush to brush my teeth with so general hygiene will have to wait but there is a mint plant growing here so I tore off a leaf and started to chew it to get rid of the morning breath until I somehow buy some general items. I just splashed my face and walked out of the bathroom but not before spitting out the mint plant into the trashcan by the door, outside the bathroom I could see that Triton has just woke and and his feathers and sticking out in EVERY direction it was hilarious he looked like someone took a joy buzzer and tried to use it like a brush on him. “Why-” “Not a word” I restrained my laughter the best I could but a few small snorts escaped through while I nodded quickly and stepped to the side to let him enter the bathroom and once the door was closed all my laughter was released but I was silently wondering what did that to him? ______________________________________________________________________________ Triton’s POV 5 minutes ago: “NAAGUH” That was the first sound that came out of my mouth after the best sleep i’ve had in years of waking up at dawn to work but now I can sleep late as much as I wanted, I opened my eyes to see that I had somehow turned around in my sleep and was laying at the foot of the bed so I rolled over and off of the bed landing on my talons then giving myself a good shake to wake to fully then stretching to loosen my tense muscles my back legs bumped into something and I heard it fall over with a thump, I turned to go pick up the object but then I remember that I was sharing this room with someone else when I saw the odd sword that Mychael had with him was now on the floor. I reached out with a talon to pick it up and when my index claw made contact with the side there was a sudden bright light that made me stumble back and a flash of pain then I standing at the end of the bed while smelling like burned chicken and with my feathers puffed out like a overstuffed pillow. I heard the creak of the bathroom door opening and turned to see Mychael holding in his laughter with one hand and pointing at me with the other, he removed the appendage from his mouth and said “Why-” “Not a word” I cut him off before he even had a chance then stalked into the bathroom to take a bath to get the burned chicken smell off of me. ______________________________________________________________________________ Mychael’s POV: While waiting for Triton to finish up his daily routine I grabbed my sword which I swore was standing before I left to the bathroom but no harm done so I just strapped it to my back sat back down on the bed to wait for my newly acquired friend to finish up patting his feathers down. Oh yeah I remember that the sheriff wanted us to come by his office for the reward or a substitute for it anyway that should help with our money problem for now or atleast the cloths one. My thoughts were interrupted when Triton walked out of the bathroom now ready for the day, He walked over to the bed across from me and grabbed his bag and slung it over his neck. His bag was a standard brown travel sack that had only one large pocket and a flap and string to close it with, he turned to me and said “So what are you gonna do today?” then grinned at me like speaking to an old friend and I raised my brow at the question and replied in turn “Well WE”RE going to the sheriff’s office to collect our reward but after that I don’t know” I shrugged after saying the last part and waited for his response “Oh yeah I forgot about that haha i’m still in disbelief that we did that but after that I was going to refill and supplies and head to the next town” This peaked my interest he might have a specific destination “Oh where ya heading” I leaned forward waiting for the answer to which he rolled his eyes to “I’m heading to the Griffin kingdom capital to get some work to help support my parents even though their pretty well off but I want to help” Triton smiled at the mention of his family but only reminded me of mine, trying not to let it affect me I had a pretty good idea “Hey, what if I come with you?” I smiled and spread my arms in presentation of the idea “Wait what, really?” He seemed genuinely surprised that I wanted to come with him “Yeah! I got no destination to mind right now and I think we make a pretty good team if I do say to myself” I nodded at my declaration “GURGLLER” then my stomach made its own declaration for food “But first let get some breakfast” We both nodded in unison and stood to leave the room. We opened the door leading out into a hallway that had multiple doors leading to other rooms and their occupants, the hallway had yellow flower wallpaper and the floor was wooden planks that were smoothed over and after a few doors a small table stood with a flower pot on it but they were currently empty. We turned towards the stairs and walked out with me in front and Triton trailing behind, at the bottom of the stairs stood the caretaker of the Inn that I don’t know the name of. “Good morning dears, are you ready for breakfast” she smiled at use and beconded us to follow her and follow we did after smelling what smelled like toast and eggs, at the bottom of the stairs we turned right and saw there was a small table over in the corner of the room that had four chairs with two plates of toast and eggs. Standing next to the table was the Innkeeper with a happy smile “I hope you enjoy” she was about to walk into the back room behind the counter but before she could I called out to her and asked for her name “Oh everyone just called me Auntie Paws, now hurry and eat before it gets cold” she smiled then made a shooing motion towards the table and left us. I look to Triton and nudged him to get his attention then nodded my head toward the table, he got the message and we both sat down to eat a good breakfast. ______________________________________________________________________________ After Breakfast: I closed the door to the Inn after holding it for Triton to which he said thanks for and waited for me to finish looking around. It was so much different now from when I first entered this town, The diverse population were walking around some working others shopping. The sun was bright and gave a warm and happy atmosphere to the white noise of people speaking in the background but something just occurred to me. “Do you know where the sheriff’s office is?” I asked Triton who suddenly stopped and face clawed fiercely then grunted out an exasperated No. I walked over to a nearby pedestrian who was a sky blue unicorn who had an open book for a cutie mark “Excuse me do you know where the sheriff’s office is” I asked politely to which he smiled and joyful responded “Oh yes, First go to the intersection of town and it should be on one of the corners” I thanked him and he nodded in return then trotted off, I turned to Triton who was rubbing his beak from how hard he slapped his face and asked if he heard all of that so which also nodded. “What’s up with everyone nodding today?” anyway just kept walking and on the way I saw a few stores that I should probably visit such as tailor, a bakery, a few fruit stalls, and a blacksmith but it will have to wait till after we meet with the sheriff to get our reward. When we arrived at the town center I could see down all four walkways, the one to my left led out of town to the next town and the one to my right led back to the forest I came from. I felt someone nudge me on my arm and looked over to my right where Triton was standing and I saw him pointing to the station which was across the road from us. “Good eye” I praised him and started walking with him to the station which looked to be the strongest building in the area, the outside of the building was made of a mix of cobblestone and wood with what looks like metal reinforcement on the front door and Its two stories tall. We walked up to the door and I knocked three times then stepped back with triton to wait, It only took a few seconds before the unicorn from before opened the door “Hello, welcome the the station the sheriff was expecting you please follow me” she smiled at us and opened the door wider for us to enter behind her. I followed without a word with Triton behind me into the building, the interior was pretty sperse when it came to decoration but there was a table over by a set of stairs going downward at the corner of the room and on the wall there is a cork board with a bunch of bounty pictures on them and a few of them had the pictures of the group from last night with a 50 under each picture. My analysis was interrupted by the unicorn trotting upstairs and away from us so I grabbed Triton’s shoulder and pulled him along to speed him up the stairs which showed a focused sheriff working on some paperwork in what looked like a normal study with paperwork on the desk and a small table on the side of the room with a stack of forms on it and across the room lying on the wall was a weapons rack that had three iron swords on it, The unicorn from before was standing next to the desk of the sheriff waiting for us. “Ah there you are I was wondering when you would arrive, now down to business and hurry I have much work to do” The sheriff looked up at us and folded his paws to show he was paying attention to us. “As i’ve told you each of the bandits are worth 50 bits but with them occupying the town for so long and them sending the wealth they gathered from us away were a bit strapped for cash and can’t afford to just give you hard bits so to remedy that i’ve sent out letters to all of the shop owners in town that you can choose a limit of four stores to buy 50 bits worth of items from them in pre-paid credit, how does that sound?” He looked to use for a response while I was still a bit stunned at the efficiency of his plan even though he only had a small amount of time to make it. I looked down at Triton who was just as surprised as I was and asked if he was okay with this arrangement “Yeah i’m good, but I get 100 bits to do what I want” He bargained with me “ 50” Me. “75” Triton “How about we both get 50 and the last 100 we can use for tools for the journey” He tried to compromise with him to which he was silent and thinking about it then nodded to me in agreement “ Alright we agree to these terms” I said to the sheriff who was patiently waiting for us to finish debating “ Alright, so take this note that has the 200 bits on it and go spend it on any supplies you want but I recommend spending all of it because after today that is invalid” He turned his head back down to his documents after setting down a sealed envelope signaling that the conversation was over so I stood along with my companion and said goodbye and thank you after pocketing the note and walked back down stairs to the exit with Triton following me but before I left I snagged a few wanted posters for later if I ever wanted to be a bounty hunter. We stepped out onto the road and looked around to see what to buy first. “Want to split up and meet back up at the town center?” I asked him and he considered the idea then nodded to me. “Well then see you in like an hour so something” then he just walked off into the town leaving me. Well now I hope I remember where that tailor is. Author's Note Yaaaay new chapter I hope your enjoying the story so far And if you have any theories about what the sword did to Triton then post them in the comments : 3 Please like and comment if you have anything to say Bai Chapter 7Chapter 7 My first stop should be that tailor from before that I passed on the way to the meeting, I retraced my steps back to the tailor by the Inn. Arriving back at the tailor I looked up to see its name which was “ Mother’s Needle” which was a nice name if I do say so myself, I walked up to the store and opened it to show me what looked to be Rarity’s shop but no garish colors and kitchin there were some fabrics on the floor and ponyquins showing various garments and colors that looked like a pain to wear and others that looked just like work clothes for the farmers. The reception desk was unma-empty at the moment but there was a silver bell to ring and ring it I did *Ting* A fairly loud ring sang through the room and a few seconds later I heard the clop of hooves coming from the back room. “I’ll be there is a moment” A young male voice rang out from the back room along with the sound of a low twinkling noise, moments later a tan unicorn with a brown mane with measuring tape around their neck exited from the backroom and trotted over to the front desk “What can I do for you sir-Oh it’s you yes I was told about the bits and have already made preparations in case you came by please follow me” He grinned and turned to walk back into the room he exited prior to the conversation. This would kind of freak me out and make me very suspicious if I didn’t know about the letter that was sent to everyone with a business, I followed the pony into his backroom which turned out to be a similarly sized room than the last that had a stage with mirrors in the center with various sewing utensils around it. “Well what are you waiting for come come step up onto the stage” I followed his orders with slight hesitation, now that he’s speaking more I think he sounds a bit british somehow like with the underlying speed of their speech patterns and different emphasis on words. “Arms up” I raised my arms in to a T-pose and felt the measuring tape coil around my midsection like a snake but not crushing me then move up to my chest then my arms and neck which made me flinch and almost ripe it off me but it quickly came off then floated back down to my legs and feet. “There we go now that I have your measurements you can tell me what your preferences are and how many bits you have to work with hmm” He look up at me waiting for me to give details “What will 50 bits get me?” He stopped and thought for a moment with a hoof to his chin and bringing his brown eyes to the ceiling “I would get you a regular tunic, trousers, boots, and coat but there would be about half quality but if you choose to remove one of those then the others can be of a much higher quality” I thought about it, my jacket doesn’t need to be replaced just yet but everything else does so I’ll hold off on that then and go for the shirt, pants, and boots. “I think i’ll get just the tunic, pants, and boots please no coat I want the others to be a bit higher quality and I’ll leave the colors and design to the professional” I grinned and nodded the him to which he returned then turned over to a table full of different color swatches “ Well if you insist on leaving the coloring to me than I must do my best for this, Now sir if you could please stay very still and keep your arms up” I raised my arms back up and tried to stay as still as I could “Thank you, now this might be a bit disorienting but you will be fine after” He lit his horn and the pile of fabrics glowed with it- wait disorienting? “Wait wha-” I was cut off by a literal TORNADO of color surrounding me and spinning around me so fast that I has to shut my eyes or else I might get dizzy and throw up. After a few seconds the wind dies down and I cracked open an eye to see what’s happening but the room had returned to before with the color swatches on the table in a neat pile except for two which were floating in the unicorns magical grip a dark blue and a black piece of fabric “All done, that wasn’t too bad was it? Now I’ll need you to come back in a few hours for me to see if it fits you or if there are any areas that are too tight” He walked away from me while saying that and finished when he left the room leaving me stunned from my colorful assault but after a few seconds I shook it off and what he said registered after a second so I stepped off of the stage walked out of the room, He wasn’t in sight so he might have gone into a different room there is a side room so maybe there. I walked out of store only slightly stunned still and wondered what I could do in the meantime, It’s gonna be a while until I see Triton again so that a no for now hmm maybe I could go shopping for supplies but I said I would do that with Triton as per our agreement so what do I do? I shifted my weight and felt my sword shift with me reminding me of its presence and also giving me an idea of what to do with my free time. I started to walk back over to the forest to find a suitable training dummy, on my way many of the citizens waved to me in respect to which I waved back and I’m pretty sure I saw Triton in the blacksmith's shop but that's his business so I continued till I arrived in the forest walked into the foliage for a but till I found a withered tree. The forest was nice and cool with all its shade and the subtle ambiance of bugs and small animals around me, I found a nice old looking tree after a bit of walking and if I turned around I could see the edge of the town so I couldn’t get lost easily. The tree looked like it was on its last legs but was still stand through sheer plant determination but that made it the perfect practice dummy so sorry in advance, I reached back and unsheathed my sword and hold it at arm's length to admire the blade. The blade itself was the length of a bastard sword which means it could be used as both a one handed and two handed weapon, the eye crystal in the hilt of the blade still slightly unnerved me bit I was getting over it. I brought the hilt down near my stomach and pointed the tip towards the leaves of the dead tree, Now contrary to what most believe about sword fighting it's mostly about countering and steering your opponent to either their demise or defeat so basically tennis but without the ball and the players are trying to bash each other with rackets… okay that analogy got away from me but non the less the same move are used in tennis, Backslash to back hand, parry to feint, counter to spike. They are in essence the same but that doesn’t mean I know how to play either only how to block and counter are the only things I don’t need practice in, what I need to work on is my strikes. When I used a training sword for the first time I took parrying and countering like a fish to water but when I strike I end up overextending myself to the point i’m left wide open for an attack. I took a step forward and lifted the sword up with two hands in the standard kendo stance and swing down at the tree leaving a deep scrape and then going down past my right leg, it felt wrong to attack like that maybe sideways. I switch my stance to something similar to a fencers stance but with only one hand on the sword and my left hard ready in the air then I dashed forward and thrust the sword into the tree which ended up with it awkwardly bumping off of it and pulling me off balance. Well that was a big no hmm maybe I should imitate other shows and video games since i’m in a t.v. show, I turned my body to the right and turned my head to the left to see the tree and positioned my sword in my right hand then jumped forward and slashed diagonally across the tree leaving a very deep gash in the bark surprising me. “Wow I can’t believe that worked-wait a second if that worked then” I took a few steps back and placed my swords blade on my shoulder leaning its weight on it then took a few shuffles towards the tree then I swung the sword from my shoulder much faster from before leaving another diagonal slash but I kept going with the momentum and spun around with it and left another slash on the tree completing the cross slash from power rangers the cringiest show of my childhood. I would have slapped someone if someone told me that I would learn how to slash from POWER freaking RANGERS the show where even the slightest tape sent them flying in a shower of sparks and bad camera angles, I stood there silently ranting in my head when it crossed my mind to probably check the time because I don’t know how long I was standing there just ranting in my head. I started to walk back to the town to check up on my clothes with no interruptions on the way and safely made it there. Nothing really happened along the way besides the chattering in the background noise from the other residences so I stepped back into the tailor just as the tailor himself walked out of the side room looking tired but satisfied, his eyes went to me as the door made a sound of closing shut and his smile brightened with excitement. “Ah there you are, your a bit early but that’s find i’ve completed your clothes much faster because I was struck by a moment of inspiration” I was genuinely curious about how it turned out so I was about to ask but he just rush over to me and started to pull my arm with magic over to the fitting room from before. “Now now no more dilly dallying we must get this done” He left me back on the stage then left the retrieve the clothes, while he was gone I looked at myself in the mirror. I had a few wood splinters on my clothes and the tear in my shirt has gotten bigger somehow and now reaches my back so I reached back and took off my sword and sat it on the floor then proceed to remove my jacket when the stallion returned with my new garment in tow. The tunic was long sleeved and dark blue but had a lighter cerulean running longwise down it over my heart, the pants were black and similar in design but the line only went down the side of my left leg and was darker then the line on the shirt, The boots looked like ordinary black work boots that would last a long time but the left boot had the blue line on it and ending in a circle on the side of the boot, I love it so much “Hurry now put it on I want to see how it looks” He floated the clothes over to me and I didn’t even care he was in the room I threw off my shirt, jeans, and shoes then put on the pants on first which felt like jeans but felt like I was wearing cotton then the shirt which was just as comfortable then lastly the boots which fit perfectly. The only problem was that I had to use my old belt to hold up the pants a bit. “These are perfect and the fit amazingly thank you so much!” I am being very sincere about this these are very awesome and I feel about 20% cooler just wearing them. “You are very welcome I was inspired by your weapon and thought to make a matching set so I decided to make the coat as well but only if you do me a favor” He floated over a coat about the size and thickness of my jacket and had a zipper only it didn’t have pockets but it did have a beaked hood, the coat was the same dark cerulean as the pants but had a wide lighter colored line going down over my heart but also crossing over it horizontally as well and wrapping around the back. “What do you need me to do?” ________________________________________________________________________ Triton POV: After leaving Mychael I went straight for the blacksmith the get some basic tools for the journey, after just one day I realized how under equipped I am. The blacksmith wasn’t far from where I was standing, I saw it when I first entered to so its back by the forest entrance so I made my way through the small traffic over there and low and behold there is was with a stone foundation and forge exposed in front with someone hammering away on an anvil. When I got closer I was sort of surprised to see it was being handled by a dragon with red scales but it's missing one of its wings which makes me wince just thinking of losing one of mine. The dragons underbelly was covered by a very large apron and its wearing a pair of goggles to cover their eyes, as I stepped up to the dragon I saw he was hammering a horse shoe into its iconic shape. “Excuse me?” I tried to get his attention but he was so focused that he was tuning everything out, I was about to try again but a different sound gained my attention *TAP TAP TAP*, it was coming from the window so I turned to look and saw a smaller pink dragoness gesturing me to come inside with a claw then stepping away. I followed her directions and entered the blacksmith showing a standard counter with various small metal wares on it and a few larger items on the walls like swords, wood cutting axes, and a few braces and gloves. Behind the counter was the dragoness from before waiting for me with a happy smile on her face. “Welcome to Tallow Forge, my name is Pitch what can I do for you” she finished were introduction with a nod in my direction. “Well I need some basic traveling tools, you know the usual” I don’t know what the usual was but I hoped she did. Pitch arched her scaly browe at me in amusement then gestured to a few crates that were next to the counter that I somehow missed upon entering. “Well come have a look here” I approached the counter and there was three crates one was filled with bed rolls the next with small carving knives and the last had a few miscellaneous stuff like fire starters, lanterns, and compasses. I reached for the compass first and a few fire starters, then went for two bed rolls and a carving knife. I put everything on the counter and asked how much all that would cost. “That comes up to an even 60 bits” Celestia dang it! So close “I could shave off a few bits if you do me a favor?” I perked back up and looked to her to show I was listening and replied. “Depends on what the favor is?” I waited for her to respond to my question “Oh it won’t be nothing dangerous to a big griffon, I need herl collecting some minerals were running low on but can be found in abundance nearby” I was slightly interested so I nodded to tell her to continue and her smile grew a little wider “So a bit a ways into the forest there is a natural mineral deposit of raw light crystal that we use for the lanterns and fire starters but recently a few timber wolves have made that area its home, its not much of a problem for two dragons but my brother put there is a bit busy and I have to mind the store right now so could you deal with the puppy problem and bring me 5 light shards, that should last us quite a while as we turn them to dust” It seemed pretty easy from the way she said it but it’s still a timber wolf den so i’m gonna need some help with this hmm maybe Mychael would be willing to help since he was so keen to travel with me? “Is it okay if I get some help from a friend?”She just shrugged “Sure go ahead, i’ll be waiting here for the shards either way” I nodded and left the building to find my new friend for our first adventure. Author's Note Finally!!! It took unreasonably long to finish this chapter for some reason. And what is this? Double first quest? Madness! I modeled the new clothes after future events so you’ll have to wait to see why. ; 3 I HOPE YOU ENJOY!!! C ya later Chapter 8Chapter 8 Normal POV: After grabbing my original clothes and leaving my new ones with the tailor who’s name I never asked and set out to find my feathered companion for his assistance in what could be the beginning of an EPIC QUEST *Flashback sounds* “What do I need to do?” I eagerly asked after seeing my new coat amd slowly reaching out for it but it was yanked away from me when I was noticed “In the forest a special blue plant called Polycanthium or more commonly known as Ocean Blossom, I used the last of my stock when I made your clothes and I tend to go through it quite fast but it only grows in the glow of light crystals due to its magical properties and its need to be exposed to it to grow.” I was confused when he told me this part because it sounds like he knows exactly where it is so I asked “Why can’t you just go grab some yourself if you know where its located?” I was slightly irritated when he started to chuckle at me and when he calmed down he continued “The plant can’t just be plucked and brought home, its reliance on the crystals makes it so once it leave the light it was quickly start to wither away to dust so I will give you a bag that had a mortar and pestle along with a few vials of cold water to mix with them then use the vials to contain the dye” This seems almost too easy, he was giving me everything to get this right so what is he not telling me? After the silent deadpanned stare he relented and spoke once more “Well there is another small problem, the area seems to have been claimed by some wild timberwolves so they might serve a small problem but you have a weapon with you so I think you’ll be fine good luck!” He gave a dismissive wave to the mention of living automatus wood wolves that could tear my delicate insides to pieces then handed me my old clothes all patched up and my sword with a messengers bag on top with something heavy inside then happily trotted out of the room with my new clothes in tow leaving me almost naked in a fitting room trying to figure out how I got into this situation. *Flashback Over sounds* Maybe Chose was the wrong word for this whole thing, I felt like the moment he suggested the ‘little’ errand he put me on I had no choice but to accept or he would hold my clothes for ransom. I sighed once more and put my sword over my shoulder and the bag hanging off my left side, speaking of which I opened it up to see how much dye he needed and so my relief there were only three medium clay flasks full of what I assumed was water all sitting inside the mortar next to the pestle. The bag itself had multiple pockets on it but the items were placed in the largest or ‘main’ pocket, the sound of talons hitting the ground alerted me to my friend Triton running towards me then coming to a quick stop in front of me. “I need your help to get something?. . .” “I need your help to get something?. . .” The both of us spoke at the same time and we had the same confused face “What do you need help with?” He asked just as surprised as I was “I was ‘asked’ to help gather and make some special dyes from the forest that only grow in the light of some magic light crystals or whatever but apparently there are some timber wolves in the area and the only way I know of to make the dye is to mix it in the light of the stupid light crystals” I finished with a sigh and look to Triton who had a growing ‘What?’ face during my whole story then he collected himself then said “I was just tasked to find the very crystals your flowers grow under and to exterminate the wolves so I was coming to ask for your help with it but it seems we have to help each other if we want to finish our respective goals” he finished with a flat look aimed at the blacksmith down the road. I facepalmed at the mention of him needing the very crystals I need to find, which brought up another problem that needed addressing. “So, do you know where the crystals even are?” I questioned my friend while having a strange sense of deja vu as he face ’clawed’ at the mention of us having no clue where to go. “Give me a second, let me think” Triton started to pace back and forth in front of me while I had the idea to check my pockets to see if the tailor stole my stuff while he stitched up my clothes, so far everything was accounted for. I had my wallet, my phone which is for some reason still charging, my bronze pocket watch, but when I patted my back pocket it crackled like paper which didn’t make sense because I didn’t have any paper on me, I reached in and pulled out a small folded piece of scratch paper. I unfolded it and read what it said “Sorry for not telling you in pony but I am very busy at the moment so to reach the flowers you must go back on the main road through the forest and once you pass an almost dead tree take an immediate left turn towards it and a little ways past it is a clearing housing the flowers and crystals growing from the ground naturally Have Fun!” I stifled back the idea of crumpling up the paper and tried to get the still pacing griffins attention. “Maybe I could search from the skies? No that would take to long” “Triton” “Or I could go buy a map of the area it could have it on there, but we have no more bits to use for anything except for basic tools” “Triton!” “What!? Oh what’s this?” After showing him the paper he calmed down just stared at it. “You ready to go?” I asked to which he stowed the note away in his bag and nodded then we both turned towards the forest and started walking. ______________________________________________________________________________ (One and only time skip because i’m lazy right now :3) We had reached the dead tree I practiced on earlier and were starting to go past it to the clearing where our respective quarries would be growing along with the problems living there. I was just about to ask him if he had a plan when he shushed me and pointed in front of us and for very good reason, the crearing was in sight along with the crystals and blue flowers scatered around the area and unfortunately that also included the timberwolves. This area isn’t very saturated in magic so there wasn’t many and they didn’t have that green glow like the ones from the everfree, there are six wolves that I could see and all looked grown so no pups so they must have just migrated here. They were just milling around the area gathering sticks possibly for themselves to regenerate with but other than that nothing else was there. “There’s the crystals and flowers, what should we do first?” Triton spoke in a very low whisper to not alert the wolves. “I think you should fly up then dive onto one of the bigger ones while I fight on the ground, you back me up if you can and if you have time gather some crystals but that might have to wait till after the fight” He nodded in response and got ready to lift off but as he shifted to the side a sharp *CRACK* rang through the area Triton stepped on a branch… . . . “Oops” “Fly Now!” I shoved Triton away from me while the wolves all turned and charged our position while I tried to run to the left into the clearing trying to buy time, but I didn’t account for how light wood is compared to flesh and blood meaning they were immediately gaining on me leaving me fumbling for my sword. Right when I was able to unsheath my sword one of the faster wolves lunged at me and I turned to meet it and bat it to the side with the flat of my sword, downside to that though is the vibrations rang through my arms feeling like I had a bunch of needles drilling into my arms causing me to drop my sword but launching and braking the brittle wolves when it crashed to the ground. The next wolf tried to accomplish what the other could not but before it even got off the ground it was slammed into the ground along with another wolf by Triton from above, his attack gave me enough time to dive for my sword next to the slowly reforming wolf. I grabbed my sword with slightly numb hands and kicked the reforming wolf back into pieces for good measure then turned to the remaining three which were circling the bigger catch Triton and disregarded me which gave me the chance to run up while preparing my sword to slash one in the back or neck, I charged this time and caught one unaware and clashed downward as hard as I could lopping its head off with splinters flying from it. Triton took this as an opportunity and grabbed one of the wolves head and slammed his claw straight into it then pulled it back out showing a hollow center and letting the wolf just fall to the ground leaving only one wolf remaining and unfortunately it was giving me the death stare and growling at me like I killed its family…oh “Look Out!” I snapped back into reality at Triton’s warning and the wolf jumping at me startling me making me fumble for a moment before falling backwards to move out of the way and thrusting out my sword… I waited for a moment before looking up at the wolf speared onto the end of my sword by its own momentum. “That was a complete shitshow” I let my voice show how I felt about this whole thing while I stood up and kicked the timberwolf off my sword leaving me covered in wood pieces and what I think is tree sap. “Well… it could have been worse” Triton added with a shrug then started to walk over to the nearest area of growing crystals with me following him to help. The flowers I had to harvest looked almost identical to poison joke but without the yellow stamen which is the fluffy yellow stuff in the center of a flower and is a slightly lighter blue. Wait! are the bottles okay, I hurriedly checked the bag and the bottles were strewn about but still full of liquid good. I pulled out the mortar and pestle along with the water bottles then got to work just grinding up the flowers and adding the water from their respective flasks then when finished I stowed them away leaving my hands with small blue stains on my fingers. “It looks like I lost a game of thumb war with a blue marker” Triton snorted from that and went to pull some of the smaller crystals from the ground leaving himself with five and stowing them away. “All done here, let’s leave before something bigger comes” He turned to walk away but stopped when I didn’t move with him and was reaching down. “What's wrong?” I answered with me holding a another light shard up and grinning “First quest, First trophy” I pocketed the shard and started my way back to the town with Triton with my spirits slightly higher ______________________________________________________________________________ Author's Note Yay, I finished it finally I’m sorry if it took so long but I have school stuff and it’s killing me ugh! Also I saw I got my first dislike so I’m sorry if the story is not to your liking so I’ll try and get better so it’s more suited to everyone’s tastes I hope you enjoy my story and if you have any ideas or comments about it please just tell me I accept all criticism. Also if you want a specific quest to come up in the story just comment it and I’ll try to work it in if it’s clever or funny Chapter 9Chapter 9 The walk back to the town was in silence but not the awkward kind of silence, just a mutually tired kind of silence. Triton’s feathers were still a bit ruffled and had a bit of wood fragments in his … well everywhere and i’m pretty sure I look similar along with some new scratches and holes in my clothes from slashing and falling down onto the ground twice. We exited the forest edge showing us the bright almost noon sky over the town, I looked to Triton as we walk in. “Meet back up at the center?” He looked up at me and nodded then held up a claw for a bro fist for which I reciprocated then we split up to finish our respective requests. I walked straight to the tailor which wasn’t far while walking past the inhabitants who also avoided me from the irritated look on my face and the trail of wood chips trail behind me from my clothes. By the time I reached the tailor I was in full don’t give a fuck mode and didn’t care for manners at the moment so I just walked into tailor without knocking with the bell ringing overhead and continued to the side room where he is most likely at. I opened the side room showing a sparse work area with sewing tools everywhere with the unicorn owner in the corner sorting through fabrics “Oh! Back already?” He put the fabrics down and started towards me “I didn’t hear you come in” “Here” I sat the bag down on the nearest desk and waited for his response which would hopefully include giving me my new clothes NOW! Sensing my irritation the tailor who’s name I still havent asked levitated over my clothes including the jacket in a neat bundle tied together by a leather belt “Thank you for your help and if you take out the dye and mortar then you can keep the bag also I have too many extras” he waved me off and returned to sorting through the pile of fabrics, I just sighed at this and took a hold of the clothes and the bag after dumping it out onto the table and leaving with it in slightly better spirits but still wanting to shower so I went down to the blacksmith I saw earlier to see if Triton is done and we can get some food and water for the trip. ______________________________________________________________________________ Happening at the same time Triton POV: I split up from Mychael after agreeing to meet up at the center of town and started my way over to the blacksmith through the crowd and ending up in front of the aforementioned building but this time the older dragon was not at his station hammering away at something on the anvil so I just continued into the building and I saw that instead of Pitch waiting for me her brother was standing at the counter with a bored look on his face that livened up a bit when he saw me. “Ah, you must be the griffin my sister told me about” his voice had the standard deep baritone most older dragons had and he grinned at me and started to turn around and walk into a room in the back then swiftly returned while holding a medium sized burlap sack, while he walked back I moved closed to the counter. “This contains your standard survival gear including a few collapsible pots and pans along with the items you chose” He handed me the bag which I happily grabbed and set to the side then reached into my bag to retrieve the handful of light shards the sat them onto the counter leaving his to inspect them to his own leisure. “Hmm Perfect this should last us a few weeks until the traders finally arrives” He nodded in satisfaction at the sight but what he said caught my attention. “Are the traders late or something?” I was slightly alarmed by that because the trade route leads through the next town that we have to travel to. “Yeah, lately the usual traders that come through the area have been either going missing or just up and giving up before they even reach our town so I hope they make it this time” He just shrugged his shoulders and turned away from me to walk into the store room from before leaving me with some slightly alarming news that might mean something is wrong white the next town, I turned and hurried to exit the building “I have to tell Mychael” ______________________________________________________________________________ Third Person POV: Mychael had reached the center of town by the time Triton had left the blacksmith in a hurry to find his new companion and tell him what he just learned. They met at the town square that was still full of small stalls selling trinkets and produce to the remaining populace “Hey I think we may have a slight problem and by light I mean roadblock sized” Triton said worrying slightly upon meeting up with his friend while only slightly registering his attire who looked slightly concerned from his tone and raised an eyebrow at his behavior but realized that facial expression is lost on beings that doesn’t have eyebrows to he said “Whats up?” “I just found out that anyone who has crossed through the next town never makes it to this town even the local traveling merchants which wouldn’t make sense because traveling is their livelihood” “Can’t we just go around the next town?” Mychael was confused from the urgency in his tone. “We can’t just go around because the next town is the only actual town in a twenty mile radius that has a train station that leads into equestria proper and not around the edge according to the map” the two would slap whoever thought to build only one train station if they weren’t already dead for the sheer short sightedness of their design. “So what your telling me is we have to walk straight into what is probably a bandit base camp that no one has returned from with only our bare hands to fight with and my sword” Mychael asked rhetorically while giving the most deadpan look ever witnessed, “Yes” “Fan-fucking-tastic let’s get the food and leave” ______________________________________________________________________________ Hour 1 of travel Mychael POV: “This is such an interesting wide open field of grass but how long is this going to take?” I said to Triton while fixing my bag on my shoulder “At most a few days but if really hurry a day and a half” Triton said with a bit of dread before he continued with “so what’s the plan for when we get to the possibly bandit infested town” I was silent for a few moments thinking, We can’t fight our way through no matter how bullshit this world is so that’s out but we might be able to sneak in at night then wait for the next train to come and sneak onboard but then we might be kicked off for not buying a ticket in town. “All I got for now is sneak in and don’t fuck up” That earned a look from Triton that said both Not amused and at least that’s something “Well that’s at least a start but what about all the original citizens that lived there?” Triton shot me a worried look waiting for my answer but I was stuck thinking about the citizens and the idea they brought with them “I think I got the rest of the plan but its a bit rough so bare with me” CUE PLANNING MONTAGE STEP 1: Sneak into town Shows Mychael and Triton tiptoeing past a sleeping guard STEP 2: Find and Release Towns folk Shows Mychael and Triton looking at conveniently placed floor map of town then turning around to see the townsfolk looked in a cage then opening it to everyone cheering STEP 3: Reclaim town Shows Mychael and Triton standing on top of pile of unconscious bandits with the townsfolk cheering around them STEP 4:$$Profit$$ Bits start to rain from the sky in slow motion *Record Scratch* “What about the bandits patrolling the area? And I doubt finding and releasing the citizens would be that easy” Triton said skeptically “Fine killjoy” REWIND PLANNING MONTAGE STEP 1: Sneak into town and knockout any guard who gets close to catching us Shows a bandit standing guard standing still until Mychael smashes him on head with the flat of his sword and tiptoeing past with Triton STEP 2: Get location of townsfolk and key to release them Shows Mychael knocking out another guard and taking a key ring from his saddlebag while Triton opens a rolled up paper that had a large red X on it STEP 3:Reclaim town Shows Mychael and Triton standing on an even bigger pile of bandits with the people cheering and confetti raining down STEP 4:$$Profit$$ A solid gold chariot pulls up next to them full of gold coins and treasure *Another Record Scratch* “Maybe we should make a plan later when were closer” Triton said while trying not to laugh and walking ahead “You just can't handle my awesome plan making skills” I sped up to meet his pace Cue Travel Music ______________________________________________________________________________ Hour 7 of travel Evening “How long have we been walking?” I asked “A few hours, why?” Triton answered “It’s like we were making plans only a few sentences ago” “What?” “What?” Both confused we continued to walk in silence ______________________________________________________________________________ Hour 15 of travel just woke up and started again Early Morning “I just realized why they never show the traveling in books” Triton just raised a non-existent eyebrow and said “Why? “It’s so BORING!” Triton just laughed “Were making good pace so we could be there tonight so I guess entertain yourself for now” “Fine then I guess I’ll just sing for now” I took a deep breath while Triton was staring at me and wondering what I was going to sing “Let’s gather ‘round the campfire and sing our campfire song, our C A M P F I R E S O N G song and if you don’t think we can’t sing it fast then you're wrong but it would help if you just sing along~” I looked to Triton and took a VERY deep breath “C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E-S-O-N-G-song-C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E-S-O-N-G-song,ifyoudon’tthinkwecan’tsingitfasterthenyourwrongbutitwouldhelpifyoujustsingalong PATRICK!” I pointed at Triton who just face clawed and mumbled “This is gonna be a long walk” Author's Note Sorry school sucks and I hope you enjoy If you have any suggestion please tell me instead of only disliking so pls Spongebob rules IntoductionTHE INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~~{^|>*<|^}~~~~~~~~~~ The Multiverse is a very fickle thing, always crisscrossing in the strangest of ways but ways that always make sense somehow in the end or beginning. No, the multiverse is infinitely more complex than what your mind can comprehend and that is just a small strand of the metaphorical fabric of existence, one idea you could have would give birth to over trillions of realities with the only difference between them is what color shirt you wore in the morning, but I digress this story will not focus on just one little fiber in the large infinite wool sweater that is the multiverse, no it will begin with the first strand, the first thought, the seed of creation, the beginning, but in order to understand the beginning of everything you must understand what brought about the thought of the strange yet beautiful concept that anything is possible and is, had, and will happen or won’t happen, The single action which set in motion everything yet nothing at all, the action which started with a single deviation of thought, the thought that was-. Author's Note So how do you like it. This is just a little snippet of how it will be for now but it will pick up in the next chapter. This is my first story on here so please cut me a little slack but criticism is greatly appreciated so please don’t just flame me. See ya next time everyone
Chapter 1“Maybe I could take the scenic route home” The thought struck me as I was walking back to my car after my quick run to the mall for art supplies after a particularly long assignment for my classes involving practically all my lead, erasers, and color pencils. My car was parked almost on the other side of the whole lot so it was a bit of a walk till I reached it, good thing I only had one bag with me and it was relatively small and light. I waited for a car to pass before stepping off the curb and down one of the parking lanes, during my walk you could see my reflection in the tinted glass of the parked cars revealing to me my caramel skin but slightly darkened by the dark windows and my signature warm black jacket which I am glad I grabbed due to the freezing evening winds of winter that seemed to somehow cut through any clothing I wore but grateful nonetheless. I finally reached my classic red mustang that my father gave to me for my 17 birthday, it was originally his till he got a new car and didn’t want to sell this one. I’m not very picky when it comes to cars so nothing lost, I unlocked and climbed into the vehicle and sat my bag in the passenger seat while I keyed up the engine, I checked my rearview mirror showing me my chocolate eyes before adjusting it to its proper position before checking if anyone was behind me which there wasn’t so I slowly backed out of the parking space then turned put it in drive then driving out of the parking lot and away from the mall “Maybe I could take the scenic route home” I entertained the thought once more and decided to indulge myself by going to my favorite park nearby that held a lot of fond memories from my childhood. The park itself was not that far away from my family's current home which is nice so after a quick detour I arrived at the old park. There wasn’t anything special about the park other than it’s pretty large and has a few trees planter for shade but other than that there are people walking around and having picnics, I got out of my car after parking nearby and started walking to a large willow tree that’s near the edge and looks comfortable, but when I arrived something felt off, like that feeling when your about to go down a drop on a ride at a fair i stood and after a moment of thought I realized my feelings, Dread. After my realization everything shifted and felt wrong, I looked at my surroundings and it seemed I wasn’t the only one to get this feeling as people were stopping and looking around searching for something until stopping at my position or near me. I quickly whipped around to see what everyone was looking at until I did something I will always slightly regret, I looked down. Below me was a glowing blue ring of energy slowing growing stronger in both light and energy if the arcs of electricity is anything to go by. By the way during this time I am literally freaking out and trying to run away but there’s some invisible barrier stopping me and any sound from getting through which makes me look like either a maniac or the world's greatest mime but most likely the latter in this case. Then it appeared, the wall of pure white that came from over the horizon and swallowed some things and disintegrating everything else. It killed everyone disintegrating then instantly while they filmed me on there phones while I pounded on the barrier and pointed behind them trying to warn them all while screaming my heart out hoping that at least someone would notice, but it was all for naught as the wall of what I could only describe as void devour everyone and close in on me on all sides like I was the epicenter of this … this … What the heck is even happening, I’m pretty sure I just witnessed the apocalypse!!? I was surrounded on all sides by white with a circle of bright electricity blue like I was trapped in a huge funnel. Everything was still and there were no soun- *SNAP* Oh never mind the circle beneath me is starting to crack . . . . OMG THE CIRCLE IS CRACKING WTF DO I DO!! *CRASH* My whole area of sight changed from white to every color on the spectrum for a moment until I realized I was literally skydiving through what looks to be the galaxies all streaking past me in different sizes and shapes but after continuously falling for a bit something seemed to be a bit fishing about this picture . . . y’know besides my panicking and screaming self but this is something I registered while all this is happening during a moment of clarity. Some of them are disappearing, including the one I just fell from and the cilindar that I’m inside of is connected to another on me as well as several others that were progressively getting smaller and it’s light dimming. Its . . Getting h..arder . T . O . . Thi . . nk . . . Fuck Author's Note Comments appreciated but please don’t flame First story so beginning will be a bit suck-ish BUT (big but) it will get way better
Chapter 2Chapter 2: ???’s POV The sky was bright and sun’s rays cascaded over a small farm that covered the area full of growing green healthy crops and a big red barn near the center and a medium sized house next to it, down near the main house of the farm were three figures spoke softly and happily like talking to a family member, which they were. “Do you have enough to eat, Are you sure you’ll be alright out there?” A older female sounding voice said worriedly “Yeah, you can wait till your ready before leaving there’s no rush” A older male voice spoke in a soft baritone. “Yes!, i’ll be just fine you don’t have to worry i’m an adult now so I can take care of myself” A younger sounding male voice responded to their concern with confidence. “Okay we’ll stop smothering you but still are you sure you’ll be okay out there, the only threat isn’t just hunger and weather son.” The revealed father and mother said to their grown child with a tone of underlying danger to which the son smirked and said “I’m far from defenceless myself, but I will be careful thanks” the son smiled and adjusted his bag off his wings then continued “I should start heading to the next town before it gets dark so I guess this is goodbye for now huh?” he faced his mother who was tearing up and embraced her lovingly and held her for a moment then had to reach around and pry her claws off because she wouldn’t let go. Then turned and started walking down the path leading off the property and to his future, as he exited the farm the sign post next to it caught his attention and he smiled warmly at it “Won’t see this again for a while hehe” he shook off the fond memories and continued past and opened his wings then kicking off the ground with a paw showing the sign no longer blocked by his body “WELCOME TO BLACK FEATHER FIELDS”. ORIGINAL POV: Have you ever been forced to wake up and you get that disoriented but alert feeling and you feel on edge which either results in you punching someone in the face or run away from something, well imagine that feeling along with having a minor concussion which in itself is like having someone play a bass drum in your head. That’s how it felt when I woke up earlier and after some events i’m still trying to explain I am now standing at the edge of what looks to be a cliffside that had the actual cliff part cut off from it, and when I say cut off I mean freaking cleanly chopped off and now the side of the cliff is smooth as marble. I’m covered in small burn marks and bruises while holding a very odd sword in a sheath in my right hand but I’ll explain that in a moment, first I need to recall everything that happened in like the last half hour or so 30 Minutes earlier… Referring back to the waking up feeling I woke up feeling like I feel asleep on a rock then to my horror I found I was on a large stone or to be more specific an altar of the sacrificial kind if the bones i’m feeling next to me are any indication but i’m still to disoriented to react to it, my hearing started to kick in and I heard what seemed to be chanting around me in a very throaty tongue which sounded like they were trying to hack up a lung while talking… wait one of the voices sound like they are getting closer …Hold on one second!, do the math Alter plus bones multiplied by creepy chanting and divided by nausea equals … I have to get out of here, now that my body is catching up to my mind I tried to say something or yell but somehow my mouth was sealed by what looks to be a type of paste or sap so when I tried to sit up but I could feel the leather straps holding me down around my chest and legs so I immediately set to work on the first strap to release me with both hands then stopped and looked down at my arms to see the stupidest thing ever . . . They tied down the arms of my jacket instead of my arms so my hands were free. If I could speak I would either call them idiots or just yell profanities at them. The voice from earlier is getting closer and I could hear … is that clopping? Are they gonna sacrifice a horse too? Not even moments after I had that thought a figure leaned over my side so I kept my arms limp on my chest to make it seem i’m defenceless just in case. When the figure leaned into the light I nearly choked on my own spit to see a old grey haired or “maned” earth PONY with a grey coat and covered in a hooded robe grin gloatingly down at me “Ah it seems our guest is finally awake hmm” He spoke with an old italian accent that a villain from a james bond movie would have then started to pace around the altar I was strapped to an started what sounded like an evil monologue to his nemesis “Comfortable? Good, wouldn’t want our special guest to miss his appointment. It would be quite rude to back out now but if you say something now I’ll let you leave now ok” I didn’t even grace him with a sound and just gave him a deadpanned stare “Why do I get the feeling he practiced this before hand?” I thought to myself “You're probably wondering whats going on and how you got here well… I might as well tell you what in store for your miserable existence” He took a step closer to my right side and pointed to my left side with a hoof and when I turned my head to look I saw a open stone door that led down a dark stone hallway “Down that hallway is an artifact of great power that was bestowed to us by our benefactor that lets us complete the will of our leader and also brought me here” “Hello escape route I missed you” I kept my grin to myself as I planned my escape. The earth pony pulled their hoof back and reached behind them to somewhere I couldn’t see while he kept spelling out their plans to me “To Destroy all the Heretic filth worlds that claim they can live in the same space as us superior ponies! DIE” The pony nazi finished his rant with a manic smile and yanked a dagger from a sheath behind him somewhere and started to bring it down on where my heart is “Alright that's enough of this” I reached up with my left hand and easily caught the the wrist of the pony much to his surprise then wrenched the knife out of his weak grip with my right hand and slammed the handle of the dagger into the space between his eyes knocking him out cold before he even slammed into the ground. That was too easy when it comes to knocking someone out so he might wake up soon, I immediately got to work on my restraints with the knife which easily cut through it because instead of leather the binds were what looks to be just thick cloth sewed together so it wasn’t long before I was free except I couldn’t get my mouth open from whatever they did to it but I suspect magic. “Now that I think about it shouldn’t I be freaking out about everything that’s happened?” I stopped and thought stunned by the implication “I suspect more magic bullshit” I turned towards the only hallway leading from this room and remembered that Professor evil over there had mention a powerful magic item down there that brought me here so maybe it can do the opposite. I started down the hallway at a slow jog cautious about being snuck up on, I passed a few doors on my way down but they closed and heavy looking. The hallway was dark with no decorations adorning the walls except for the doors that were passed and the occasional unlit torch hanging off the wall. I just kept going the same pace until I heard talking coming from a door I just passed and it's getting louder “Crap where can I hide ugh” I jumped behind the door as it started to open so the door perfectly obscured me and my height from view “I heard that the high priest is doing the sacrifice this time” A younger male voice echoed from around the door “ Yeah, I heard that he said that this one was special for some reason so he wanted to finish it himself” A more feminine but raspy voice The voices continued to speak as they walked down the hallway I just came from and I felt I was in the clear until “Oh wait for me I forgot to close the door” the male voice spoke up and I heard him ... trot? Back over, I didn’t have time to get ready so when the stallion closed the door they were face to face with my stomach and froze for a few seconds and slowly looked up at my face which was slowly trying to move away from him “SOUND THE ALARM!” *Crack* He was able to get that warning off before I grabbed his mane and slammed his face into the door next to me cracking it. The mare turned and sprinted down the hall a bit then slammed her hoof into the wall where a red diamond shaped rune glowed to life Then all Hell broke loose Multiple door were flung open and a bunch of acolytes ran out and looked in our direction, by that time I was sprinting for my life in the opposite direction and hoping that the supposed artifact could save me. It was like running from giant ants while in their ant hill, they were popping out of nowhere which made me either jump over them or have to kick them out of the way, but after a few agonizing minutes of me running for my life from a army of cultists I entered a large antechamber that had a pedestal in that center with a statue of human behind it and on the pedestal was my saving grace A floating sword that had a plaque under it that said “Watcher blade”. It was all probably an awesome sight but I was preoccupied with the literal tidal wave of angry pony behind me so I ran with everything I could and reached for the sword but fell short when a pegasus collided with my back just a few inches from the sword’s handle and other ponies started to pile on so I crawled and reached with everything I got and when I got a few finger around the handle it felt as if I was struck by lightning in every part of my body; the pain was so bad that my mouth flew open from my scream then everything went white from the light and heat the sword and I were giving off and from the mind shattering pain I blacked out. Author's Note Grey text = thoughts Please don’t flame but comments are appreciated and if you have any ideas please let me know I’m gonna be adding a few background characters so if you want a specific kind of character or your own OC that just tell me alright? That’s for reading bye now
Chapter 3Chapter 3 I shook myself out of my self imposed flashback and stumbled back from the newly cut cliff face and fell onto the ground in a sitting position still reeling from the experience and trying to calm myself down with my goto plan, Thinking “So I was just abducted from basically nazi-ponies via dimensional explosion and then was going to be sacrificed until I escaped… this is not helping me stay calm” I stood back up when I remember the weight in my right hand and looked down to examine the sword I had taken with me, The sheath was standard black leather with a few lines of iron going down the sides for reinforcement and two strap loops near the tip and handle attached to a leather belt with a buckle for adjusting it so all in all the sheath was normal but the sword itself was a whole nother story beginning with the handle it was cross stitched with some kind of padding for grip colored black and ended in a blunt point so it wouldn’t scratch the holder attached to it was the reason for its namesake as there was a jewel embedded in the center of it that was an eerie blue glowing gem in the shape of a diamond and inside of the gem look like a dragons eye that looked to be staring into your soul, connected to the jewel was a odd curling crossguard that had four point with two larger ones curling upwards and the two smaller ones curling downward. I took my left hand and gripped the handle and pulled it from its sheath revealing its blade that was colored black with the sharpened edges being the natural silver of metal. “This thing is so cool but I could do without the staring gem but oh well a swords a sword and a awesome one at that” Before I could fully pull it out I heard a loud howl in the distance and was reminded of my current predicament, I resheathed my new sword and quickly checked my surroundings and only saw the cliff face and a row of dead trees and shrubs that stopped what little light there was from getting through restricting my sight. Speaking of witch I pulled out my phone to check what time it was and to my shock in was about 10:30 at night! Which is odd because it was like 2 o’clock when I was transported another weird thing is that my clock auto adjusted the time somehow either its that or I was in there for longer that I thought. I’m out in the open in the middle of the night while who knows what is hunting for dinner and I don’t want to be on the menu so I grabbed the belt on the sword and put it over my shoulder and tighten it so it won’t fall off zip up my jacket and throw my hood on so I don’t get too cold then start walking into the dark forest. ???’s POV After flying for a few minutes I land on the path leading to the next village and rest for a moment, I was never the strongest flyer because of my large body build but over time my wings will get stronger but for now i’m gonna walk the rest of the way “It’s pretty quiet today” I observed my surroundings in silence showing me various green trees and other miscellaneous plants in the undergrowth covered from the bright sun overhead that started to lean towards the evening side of the sky. Then the sky cracked… *CRASH* A loud shattering noise blared from the air itself that shocked me back into the air why watching the sky suddenly repair itself like nothing happened. “Yeah, I’m just gonna fly the rest of the way there” And with a flap of my wings I left that area behind and flew the rest of the way to the next village. ————————————————————————————————————— I’ve been walking for a few minutes now and all I’ve been seeing is foliage and dirt, no civilization, no pathways, and no animals. It eerily quiet too leading me to believe that this whole area is dead, with nothing else to do my mind went back to the probably destroyed temple I escaped from, specifically the stallion I knocked out by smashing him into the stone door “ how did I crack solid stone with just one hand” I stopped and looked down at my hand opening and closing it “I don’t feel any different” I walked up to a tree and put my hand on the bark and tried to crush the surface but nothing happened “That’s a normal reaction at least hmm” Now I know I’m in My little pony so maybe it’s either a magic thing or a physics thing. I continued to walk as I thought this out. “What about density? That could be it, denser object have higher strength against small lighter objects but doesn’t that mean I’m Superman because that’s the reason he has his power and all or a least the strength and speed, but I could even put a dent in the tree hmm maybe it’s also because of living things having magic which makes it have a lower density and have its abilities, that also explains how those ponies were able to just open a door made of solid stone with their bare hooves because it was enchanted to move for them thus making it lighter and me stronger than it”. My thought tangent was interrupted when I stepped onto a empty dirt road instead of grass much to my surprise and relief, now I just need to follow this to find a town and figure out what to do next. I looked to the left to see a few buildings and torches guiding my way towards what I hoped was warm food and shelter. Author's Note I DID THE THING!!! I apologize about the massive haitus but my answer to that is ... school suck EVERY DUCK I’m sorry about the science speech but it’s something I’ve been thing about for a while How would the physics of our world react to theirs Please like and all comments are welcome See ya next time
Chapter 4Chapter 4 ???'s POV I landed a few talons away from the entrance of the town of Greenleaf exhausted from the none stop flight away from whatever happened to the sky and I'm in dire need of some water and a place to sleep. After falling to the dirt road from my extreme level tiredness I looked up at the town to ask one of its residence to direct me to the nearest tavern or inn but to my astonishment and befuddlement all of what I could see of the town was empty of its residence like everyone decided to not leave their homes today. "What happened to everyone?"� I voiced my thoughts hoping somehow it will be answered but to no avail my confusion overrode my exhaustion and I stood back up and started to wander into the small town noting my surrounding as I passed them. The town of Greenleaf was founded at the entrance of the forest that's in front of my home, there is nothing particularly special about the forest other than the fruit and herbs that can be found in it also the animals that made it their home making the only threat it bares the occasional wolf, bear, or hawk. The forest opens up to a large hilly grassland that has a path leading to another town that is connected to the train system to enter Equestria through what they call the Macintosh Hills and through a large ravine before it. The town itself is very greed due to the large amount of grass and the sparse number of trees from the forest with a tan pathway leading through the middle of it and cutting off to the left and right. There aren’t many building from what I could see maybe ten give or take a few, It was fully evening by now and the sun was setting casting an orange glow on the sky usually around the time you would see town folk heading home from their jobs and schools but it was completely silent except for the sound of my steps. I had just reached the center of the town when I saw that one of the larger buildings had a large sign on it that said Gold Flower Inn at the very end of the pathway to the left and looked to be open for business, filled with relief and anticipation for a good night's rest I started on my way to the Inn and on passing I registered that there was a tavern to my right and two buildings down from it which furthered my anticipation then the front doors of the Inn opened and out stepped or should I say clopped four ponies one earth pony, one Pegasus, and two unicorns talking and laughing loudly and breaking the dead silence that reigned before their arrival onto the scene until they saw me and stopped in their tracks their action making me do so as well in front of the tavern which I could hear was full of patrons of all sorts. The group in front of me looked at each other at talked amongst each other and glanced at me from time to time leaving me time to look at each of them thoroughly starting with the earth pony, He looked to be middle aged and had a dirt brown coat with eyes of the same hue his mane was a bit wild but short leaving its color a very dark brown borderline black and he had a small goatee growing on his chin, he was wearing a brown leather vest with no decorations aside from a few buckles that were used to tighten the vest itself and metal and leather bracers on all of his legs stopping just above the hoof. The whole group was similarly clothed with the exceptions where the Pegasus had holes for his wings and lacked the bracers on his legs most likely because they weighed him down when in flight. The Pegasus was gray in coat coloration with his eyes being a lighter grey and his windswept mane the same shade with a line of white going through it. The last two unicorns seemed to be twins with them both having the same shade of dark lavender with one being a stallion and the other a mare with the same hair and eye color of auburn with a mischievous glint in their eyes that would give anyone chills and they were both wearing saddlebags that seemed to be full of something. My description of the group ended when they stopped talking to one another and turned to the mare of the group and nodded which does not bode well for me and lit up her horn and opened up her left bag the was out of my sight, I slowly started edging my way towards the tavern entrance when I heard it. The soft sound of metal against fabric and turned back over to the mare and watch her unsheathe two daggers slowly trying to catch me off guard but griffin hearing is much better that the other races so once I caught sight of the weapon I ran back and to my right into the tavern and closing the door behind me I stopped to calm my heart be realized it was quiet in the recently loud tavern so I turned to see various race staring at me ranging from pony to griffin to diamond dog to dragons, feeling embarrassed for interrupting their time I quietly apologized and walked over and took a seat at an empty table in the back near a door and silently hoped and prayed to every God out there that they wouldn't follow me *CREAK* WELL SCREW YOU TOO WORLD The tavern once again fell silent as the occupants looked to the new arrivals only to see the pony group glaring at them and averting their eyes moments later to afraid to do anything and returning to their original conversations only much at a much more hushed volume. The pony group quickly spotted me even with me trying to blend in with the crowd and the earth pony grinned and directed his associates over to the bar which was being tended by a blue dragon wearing a black vest and shining a empty glass. Every once in a while one of the group would glance over to make sure I was still there while wearing mocking grins on their muzzles. Them being there and constantly watching me made it so I couldn't escape and no one would help me if these thugs tried to kill me later, right when I started to lose hope the front entrance opened up again but this time reveal something that confused me and gave me a shred of hope back. Standing in the entryway was a tall bipedal creature with dark brown SKIN not fur unlike the diamond dogs wearing a black jacket and pants? But what interested me the most was strapped to its back was a very curious looking sword but a sword non the less meaning he might be an adventurer that could help me with my current situation and by how the aforementioned problem group sneered at the being means he might have to deal with them sooner or later so it might be for the best if we teamed up so I waited for when he sat down in the booth in the back right corner of the tavern and slowly stood up so not to set off the bandits and walked over to the booth till I stood almost over its shoulder and I could hear it mumble "That was much farther than it looked". Author's Note I'm sorry it took so long for me to post this but I hope you enjoy Comments are well appreciated as well as constructive criticism Also if you want a video game, book or movie crossover or reference, comment which one and I just might choose yours. Also here is a map of Equestria that I will be using for reference This is all happening past the Macintosh Hills and past the ravine at the middle bottom so I made it so its just a few farms and two small towns and grasslands that lead into Equestria proper via train tracks or through the cursed forest or other territories. If you don't like this then please tell me any substitutes you may have and I will try and change things to your needs Until next time c ya
Chapter 5Chapter 5 Normal POV: A few minutes earlier The walk was long and silent with plenty of emphasis on LONG, I was walking for a good hour or so until I reached the entrance if the village and it was well past evening by then and the forest around me was quiet except for the occasional cricket chirp so not much to note it was a run of the mill forest and I'm sure I don't have to describe a regular forest to anyone just guess. The only thing I could do without was the hunger because this was around the time I would have finished my dinner so at least I got to the town but unfortunately because of my hunger all my hesitation was removed with promise of dinner and help for my current predicament. The town itself was quiet and empty but that's to be expected when you enter in the middle of the night, and the buildings were normal run of the mill fantasy buildings with thatch roofs on some and wood on others with the exception of a blacksmith at the corner of the intersection from what I could see. I started back up at a brisk pace into the town noting the various stores like a flower shop, tailor, and bakery that were as expected all closed for the night so when I reached the intersection I was pleasantly surprised to see an Inn and Tavern still open with the light from inside glowing from within. "Finally my feet are killing me" I voice my discomfort from the long walk in my old thin sneakers as I approached the open tavern hoping that the owner is sympathetic to weary travelers. When I was closer I briefly entertained the cliché of someone getting thrown out of the place around now and slightly hoped it would happen but was disappointed when nothing continued to happen when I stepped up to the two swinging doors that served as the entrance way and pushed them both open and stepped inside only to look back up to see various creatures staring at me in what I assumed was confusion and mild distress and after a quick glance around the room I could see why. There was a group of four ponies sitting at the bar openly sneering at me but what surprised me about them was they looked to be dressed like the thieves guild members from Skyrim only ponified that included the knives that I could see so I simply pulled my hood down more to cover my face and walked to an empty booth at the back right corner of the tavern, as I passed I could hear them mumbling to each other. "What is it" "Where does it come from" "What's with that a sword?" I just ignored them and sat down in the wooden booth with a sigh and thought to myself for a moment "That was much farther than it looked" I mumbled to myself after a brief moment of rest and almost jumped when what felt like a claw tapped me on my shoulder and I quickly turned to see who it was and to my mild surprise what stood there was a griffin that was way bigger that what I pictured, I'm 5'10 and if I stood up straight his top feather would reach my chest. His colors were mostly grey with dark brown fur on his lion half and the grey on his feathers with them turning black once they reach his talons and his wings, his head was covered in grey feathers that were flattened smoothly over his head and lead up to his dark brown eyes which looked over his yellow beak. He was wearing only a travelers messengers bag that was slung over his chest and dangled to his left for easy access so otherwise he was a pretty normal griffin besides his height. I snapped back to reality when I realized he asked me a question "Come again?" He was caught off guard from my reply and shifted uneasily before he glanced around and repeated his question "Uum is it alright if I sit with you?" Something about this makes me feel like he gonna ask me to do something for him but that might also mean free stuff if my video game knowledge is right so I gestured over to the booth seat in front of me and said "Be my guest" He nodded in return and turned to walk over to the seat in front of me and sat down and got comfortable, he glanced over at the group of ponies from before and turned back to face me. "Do you know how to use that sword?" he whispered Now he caught me off guard with the question and much to my amusement I can said I know the basics of swordplay thanks to my uncle who"s a nut for always being prepared and had bought a wooden sword from one of his friends alongside some basic kickboxing for if I'm disarmed. I remember thinking he was so stupid for making me practice when I'm either at his house or home but now not so much. "A bit why?" He seemed to relax a bit with my answer and then got serious again "I think we're both in quite a bit of trouble now and we'll need to team up to get out" He nodded over to the group of ponies who were now snickering and pointing at me and him. They must be more like the thieves guild from Skyrim then I thought, they're going to either try to rob us or beat us up both involve a fight and we're outnumbered separately but together we might have a chance, but he still asked me to help so I'm gonna try to get something out of this. "I see what you mean but in return you got to rent me a room at the Inn along with something to eat" He hesitated for a moment and looked like he was going to decline until we heard a wolf whistle from across the tavern coming from the male unicorn of the group who held up a knife and made the "cut it out" gesture across his neck while grinning at us. "Deal" He quickly stuck out his talons for a handshake for which I obliged him and the deal was set now we need a plan, we can't fight them head on especially when they have two unicorns that can just toss us around with their magic. "You can use those big things right?" I pointed at his wings "Umm yeah just not for hours on end why?" if he had any eyebrows I imagine one would be arched right now in interest hopefully. "Here's the plan" _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3rd Person POV: The human and Griffin stood from their respective seats and made their way towards the exit at a relaxed pace with the griffin in front and the human following behind which caught the attention of the earth pony who alerted his associates by rough slaps to their heads to get their attention he then pointed to the two leaving and rose to follow the two with a grin of his muzzle. The griffin left through the door first and the human next who checked behind him before leaving as well. The patrons of the tavern watch with bated breath at the two groups tried to leave and wondered what would happen to either side, on the outside the human was standing in the middle of the path a bit aways from the tavern entrance with hood obscuring his eyes and grinning as the four ponies exited the building with the earth pony in front and the pegasus next to him and the two magic users in the back. "So I hear you got a problem with me?" The human shouted over to the lead pony who arched a brow and responded "If you and your griffin friend hand over all your valuables we might leave ya with yer lives" His tone smug and confident which changed to irritation when he heard the laughter from the creature in front of him, who calmed back down and said "Don't hold your breath, NOW!" Three things happened after that exclamation, The griffin leaped from the roof and landed hard on the two unicorns heads slamming their heads into the ground knocking them out cold, the pegasus taking flight to dodge and the human rushing forward and swinging his foot into the neck of the earth pony who choked and passed out from the shock of no air getting to his brain. "You BASTARD!" yelled the pegasus in the air He then dived at the human as fast as he could and almost immediately got tackled out of the sky by the griffin who has WINGS and landed on the ground struggling with him but it he was immobilized quickly by the large size of the avian feline and gave up with a irritated sigh putting an end to what some would call a fight and others would call a steamroll. ______________________________________________________________________________ Normal POV: "Well that went much better than I thought, I was ready for things to go wrong but it went pretty smoothly" I said to my new friend in relief. "I didn't think just me landing on them would knock them out" The griffin said from on top of the defeated Pegasus. This even further proves my magical density theory because they began circulating their magic most likely and that lowered their density thus meaning a griffin is much heavier to them and stronger, that wouldn't have worked on the Pegasus or earth pony. "Now let's find out why your here" I stepped over next to the restrained Pegasus' head and leaned down so he would see my face "You'll be sorry once the boss gets here!" he smiled smugly at me and I just rolled my eyes "Aaand where is he?" He started to struggle again but was quickly stopped when he heard my feathery compatriot start growling "Ok ok he's at the next town over we were ordered to gather all of the valuables of this backwater town just call off your pet griffin" wow I didn't take him for a squealer but we got what I wanted. I look at the griffin who turned to look at me while wearing an annoyed scowl and I nodded at him he grinned and raised his right talon and swung it hard at his captive smashing him into unconsciousness. "Well that was fun but we really should like tie these guys up right?" He pointed out after getting off of the downed Pegasus. I turned to look at the unconscious group and was about to respond but a new voice cut me off "No need fellas we got it from here" and walking out of the tavern was a diamond dog wearing a sheriff badge on his vest followed by a green unicorn wearing a similar vest except with a deputy badge "Thanks to you two they won't be terrorizing the citizens anymore, before this our paws were tied due to them using loopholes in the laws but those are being amended soon He held out a paw for a handshake from both of us which we responded in kind and when finish the sheriffs face went serious "There is a 200 bit bounty for catching these four but because of them extorting all the money from us we don't have much so if you could come to my office tomorrow we could discuss this more but for now we can put you two up for a room at the Inn" My eyes widen at the mention of 200 bits and dropped back from the mention of them stealing so much from them so we both nodded to the sheriff in agreement to visit his office tomorrow and the promise of a free room. "If you give this to the owner of the Inn she'll understand and give ya some dinner and a room, now I got to get to the jail to put these bandits in cells see you tomorrow" The sheriff pulled a slip of paper out this air behind him somehow and handed it to me before walking over to his deputy who had tied together all the ponies and started dragging them past us "Were they waiting there the whole time?" I questioned my feathered friend when the duo were out of earshot. He just shrugged in response with confused look on his beak then said "Lets just get to the Inn, I'm pretty sure were both exhausted from today I know I am" then he turned and started for the Inn with me trailing behind wondering what we'll get as a reward tomorrow instead of bits. The walk was silent but not uncomfortable just a tired silence that said that neither of us wanted to speak anymore and just wanted to get to the room. We reached the Inn and entered only to be greeted by a well groomed female diamond dog smaller than the sheriff wearing a brown dress. "Welcome to Gold Flower Inn how my I help you" she said with a soft warm voice, I handed her the slip of paper I got from the sheriff and she grabbed it and read it only for a moment before softly gasping and smiling at us then directing us up the stairs. "I will be up in a moment with your dinners but for now here is your key" she reached under the reception desk and grabbed a key from somewhere and handed it to my because I was closer and pointed over to the stairs "Your room number is 7 I hope you enjoy your stay" after finishing he walked away into a back room most likely to prepare some food. I shared a look with . . . . . I never asked his name so I'll have to do that when we get to the room. We started our way up stairs and upon reaching the top we immediately could see room 7 so we just walked over and I used the key to open it showing me a sparsely decorated room housing two beds side by side with a desk in between them and a lamp on top of it and a closet on the right wall, there was still plenty of floor space left and to the right of the beds was a door leading to what I presumed was a bathroom. I didn't need to relieve myself due to me not having anything to get rid of but my friend made a beeline for it while I walked over to the bed and laid down and then remember the sword on my back when it poked me so I took it off and leaned it on the desk then laid down for a moment just letting everything sink in. "I just took out a group of bandits using only my wits and planning" I thought to myself and allowed myself a grin in pride but it quickly went away when my thoughts turned to what the Pegasus said "Our leader is in the next town over" Does that mean I might have to use this sword sooner than I thought? This isn't an RPG game where the enemies just dissolve into thin air each living thing has flesh and bone that can bleed and die from one strong swing of my sword, am I ready to take a life that I have no right to take bandit or not. Before I could continue my dark train for thought a knock sounded at the door right as the griffin stepped out of the bathroom with his feathers a bit damp and said "Come In" and in walked our diamond dog host carrying two trays of what smelled to be fried fish which reminded my stomach decided to tell me by giving off a loud gurgle. She giggled and handed us our respective meals which was just two fillets of fried fish, the both of us said thank you before digging in with vigor. Something has never tasted better after so long so it was quickly devoured by the both of us and we sat in a comfortable silence that would have led to sleep if I hadn't remembered something important so I turned to my roommate and asked "Hey, what's your name?" He looked back at me a bit shocked that he didn't introduce himself then sat up and grinned then responded "Triton, Triton Blackfeather. Your name?" I smiled at him and offered my hand to him "Mychael, Mychael Moore. It's a pleasure to meet you officially Triton" He grasped my hand with his claw and shook it. "The pleasures all mine Mychael" I have a feeling this is the beginning of a long beautiful friendship. Author's Note YAAAAAY Finally finish another chapter and got some character names as well BONUS I was having trouble posting this because my computer decided it hated me and stpped wanting to function properly so I apologize on its behalf. Questions, Comments, and ideas are always welcome and hope you enjoyed this chapter Good day and I'll C ya next chapter BAI!
Chapter 6Chapter 6 Normal POV: The way I sleep is odd, I usually set an alarm to wake me up at a certain time but this time I slept like the dead woke up at 7:25 according to the wall clock. I hoped with all my being that everything was a dream and I would wake up at my home or a hospital or heck even JAIL but no I awoke to the sight of the sun coming through the window over the desk lamp and into a sparsely decorated room with Triton slaying upside down on his bed twitching in his sleep. “Ugh whyyyy” I spoke out to the air wanting an answers but got nothing back so I stood up from my bed and checked my surroundings which revealed nothing of immediate importance other than my growling stomach and now that I look at myself my ragged clothes. My black shirt had a large tear in the side of it and my jeans had small tears all over it from my run through the forest scraping against the underbrush constantly until it snagged and I pulled it free. My jacket was oddly fine just a bit ragged from constant activity so the tear on my side must have happened during the whole cultist swarm thing, I hope they have a tailor here somewhere. I heard a groan come from a sleeping Triton and watched as he turned over and showed his back to me then continued to sleep, He must have been a lot more tired than I thought so I decided to let him sleep and go get ready for the day. I stood and walked over to the attached bathroom absently noting that I slept with my shoes on and opened the door showing me a standard bathroom having a bath, sink, and a oddly shaped toilet that must be made to accommodate various creatures of different size that was my first stop and after I handled that I washed my hands and looked at myself in the mirror and saw that right under my cheekbone I had a scrape that was still a bit pink and in the process of making a scar but still healed very quickly and neatly which is odd to me because it take humans more that a good night’s sleep for an injury to heal into a scar even if it’s a small one like this so how? It might be because of the ambient magic that i’m being exposed to so its acting like a temporary boost to my system but my body should adjust to it. I also realized that I don’t have a toothbrush to brush my teeth with so general hygiene will have to wait but there is a mint plant growing here so I tore off a leaf and started to chew it to get rid of the morning breath until I somehow buy some general items. I just splashed my face and walked out of the bathroom but not before spitting out the mint plant into the trashcan by the door, outside the bathroom I could see that Triton has just woke and and his feathers and sticking out in EVERY direction it was hilarious he looked like someone took a joy buzzer and tried to use it like a brush on him. “Why-” “Not a word” I restrained my laughter the best I could but a few small snorts escaped through while I nodded quickly and stepped to the side to let him enter the bathroom and once the door was closed all my laughter was released but I was silently wondering what did that to him? ______________________________________________________________________________ Triton’s POV 5 minutes ago: “NAAGUH” That was the first sound that came out of my mouth after the best sleep i’ve had in years of waking up at dawn to work but now I can sleep late as much as I wanted, I opened my eyes to see that I had somehow turned around in my sleep and was laying at the foot of the bed so I rolled over and off of the bed landing on my talons then giving myself a good shake to wake to fully then stretching to loosen my tense muscles my back legs bumped into something and I heard it fall over with a thump, I turned to go pick up the object but then I remember that I was sharing this room with someone else when I saw the odd sword that Mychael had with him was now on the floor. I reached out with a talon to pick it up and when my index claw made contact with the side there was a sudden bright light that made me stumble back and a flash of pain then I standing at the end of the bed while smelling like burned chicken and with my feathers puffed out like a overstuffed pillow. I heard the creak of the bathroom door opening and turned to see Mychael holding in his laughter with one hand and pointing at me with the other, he removed the appendage from his mouth and said “Why-” “Not a word” I cut him off before he even had a chance then stalked into the bathroom to take a bath to get the burned chicken smell off of me. ______________________________________________________________________________ Mychael’s POV: While waiting for Triton to finish up his daily routine I grabbed my sword which I swore was standing before I left to the bathroom but no harm done so I just strapped it to my back sat back down on the bed to wait for my newly acquired friend to finish up patting his feathers down. Oh yeah I remember that the sheriff wanted us to come by his office for the reward or a substitute for it anyway that should help with our money problem for now or atleast the cloths one. My thoughts were interrupted when Triton walked out of the bathroom now ready for the day, He walked over to the bed across from me and grabbed his bag and slung it over his neck. His bag was a standard brown travel sack that had only one large pocket and a flap and string to close it with, he turned to me and said “So what are you gonna do today?” then grinned at me like speaking to an old friend and I raised my brow at the question and replied in turn “Well WE”RE going to the sheriff’s office to collect our reward but after that I don’t know” I shrugged after saying the last part and waited for his response “Oh yeah I forgot about that haha i’m still in disbelief that we did that but after that I was going to refill and supplies and head to the next town” This peaked my interest he might have a specific destination “Oh where ya heading” I leaned forward waiting for the answer to which he rolled his eyes to “I’m heading to the Griffin kingdom capital to get some work to help support my parents even though their pretty well off but I want to help” Triton smiled at the mention of his family but only reminded me of mine, trying not to let it affect me I had a pretty good idea “Hey, what if I come with you?” I smiled and spread my arms in presentation of the idea “Wait what, really?” He seemed genuinely surprised that I wanted to come with him “Yeah! I got no destination to mind right now and I think we make a pretty good team if I do say to myself” I nodded at my declaration “GURGLLER” then my stomach made its own declaration for food “But first let get some breakfast” We both nodded in unison and stood to leave the room. We opened the door leading out into a hallway that had multiple doors leading to other rooms and their occupants, the hallway had yellow flower wallpaper and the floor was wooden planks that were smoothed over and after a few doors a small table stood with a flower pot on it but they were currently empty. We turned towards the stairs and walked out with me in front and Triton trailing behind, at the bottom of the stairs stood the caretaker of the Inn that I don’t know the name of. “Good morning dears, are you ready for breakfast” she smiled at use and beconded us to follow her and follow we did after smelling what smelled like toast and eggs, at the bottom of the stairs we turned right and saw there was a small table over in the corner of the room that had four chairs with two plates of toast and eggs. Standing next to the table was the Innkeeper with a happy smile “I hope you enjoy” she was about to walk into the back room behind the counter but before she could I called out to her and asked for her name “Oh everyone just called me Auntie Paws, now hurry and eat before it gets cold” she smiled then made a shooing motion towards the table and left us. I look to Triton and nudged him to get his attention then nodded my head toward the table, he got the message and we both sat down to eat a good breakfast. ______________________________________________________________________________ After Breakfast: I closed the door to the Inn after holding it for Triton to which he said thanks for and waited for me to finish looking around. It was so much different now from when I first entered this town, The diverse population were walking around some working others shopping. The sun was bright and gave a warm and happy atmosphere to the white noise of people speaking in the background but something just occurred to me. “Do you know where the sheriff’s office is?” I asked Triton who suddenly stopped and face clawed fiercely then grunted out an exasperated No. I walked over to a nearby pedestrian who was a sky blue unicorn who had an open book for a cutie mark “Excuse me do you know where the sheriff’s office is” I asked politely to which he smiled and joyful responded “Oh yes, First go to the intersection of town and it should be on one of the corners” I thanked him and he nodded in return then trotted off, I turned to Triton who was rubbing his beak from how hard he slapped his face and asked if he heard all of that so which also nodded. “What’s up with everyone nodding today?” anyway just kept walking and on the way I saw a few stores that I should probably visit such as tailor, a bakery, a few fruit stalls, and a blacksmith but it will have to wait till after we meet with the sheriff to get our reward. When we arrived at the town center I could see down all four walkways, the one to my left led out of town to the next town and the one to my right led back to the forest I came from. I felt someone nudge me on my arm and looked over to my right where Triton was standing and I saw him pointing to the station which was across the road from us. “Good eye” I praised him and started walking with him to the station which looked to be the strongest building in the area, the outside of the building was made of a mix of cobblestone and wood with what looks like metal reinforcement on the front door and Its two stories tall. We walked up to the door and I knocked three times then stepped back with triton to wait, It only took a few seconds before the unicorn from before opened the door “Hello, welcome the the station the sheriff was expecting you please follow me” she smiled at us and opened the door wider for us to enter behind her. I followed without a word with Triton behind me into the building, the interior was pretty sperse when it came to decoration but there was a table over by a set of stairs going downward at the corner of the room and on the wall there is a cork board with a bunch of bounty pictures on them and a few of them had the pictures of the group from last night with a 50 under each picture. My analysis was interrupted by the unicorn trotting upstairs and away from us so I grabbed Triton’s shoulder and pulled him along to speed him up the stairs which showed a focused sheriff working on some paperwork in what looked like a normal study with paperwork on the desk and a small table on the side of the room with a stack of forms on it and across the room lying on the wall was a weapons rack that had three iron swords on it, The unicorn from before was standing next to the desk of the sheriff waiting for us. “Ah there you are I was wondering when you would arrive, now down to business and hurry I have much work to do” The sheriff looked up at us and folded his paws to show he was paying attention to us. “As i’ve told you each of the bandits are worth 50 bits but with them occupying the town for so long and them sending the wealth they gathered from us away were a bit strapped for cash and can’t afford to just give you hard bits so to remedy that i’ve sent out letters to all of the shop owners in town that you can choose a limit of four stores to buy 50 bits worth of items from them in pre-paid credit, how does that sound?” He looked to use for a response while I was still a bit stunned at the efficiency of his plan even though he only had a small amount of time to make it. I looked down at Triton who was just as surprised as I was and asked if he was okay with this arrangement “Yeah i’m good, but I get 100 bits to do what I want” He bargained with me “ 50” Me. “75” Triton “How about we both get 50 and the last 100 we can use for tools for the journey” He tried to compromise with him to which he was silent and thinking about it then nodded to me in agreement “ Alright we agree to these terms” I said to the sheriff who was patiently waiting for us to finish debating “ Alright, so take this note that has the 200 bits on it and go spend it on any supplies you want but I recommend spending all of it because after today that is invalid” He turned his head back down to his documents after setting down a sealed envelope signaling that the conversation was over so I stood along with my companion and said goodbye and thank you after pocketing the note and walked back down stairs to the exit with Triton following me but before I left I snagged a few wanted posters for later if I ever wanted to be a bounty hunter. We stepped out onto the road and looked around to see what to buy first. “Want to split up and meet back up at the town center?” I asked him and he considered the idea then nodded to me. “Well then see you in like an hour so something” then he just walked off into the town leaving me. Well now I hope I remember where that tailor is. Author's Note Yaaaay new chapter I hope your enjoying the story so far And if you have any theories about what the sword did to Triton then post them in the comments : 3 Please like and comment if you have anything to say Bai
Chapter 7Chapter 7 My first stop should be that tailor from before that I passed on the way to the meeting, I retraced my steps back to the tailor by the Inn. Arriving back at the tailor I looked up to see its name which was “ Mother’s Needle” which was a nice name if I do say so myself, I walked up to the store and opened it to show me what looked to be Rarity’s shop but no garish colors and kitchin there were some fabrics on the floor and ponyquins showing various garments and colors that looked like a pain to wear and others that looked just like work clothes for the farmers. The reception desk was unma-empty at the moment but there was a silver bell to ring and ring it I did *Ting* A fairly loud ring sang through the room and a few seconds later I heard the clop of hooves coming from the back room. “I’ll be there is a moment” A young male voice rang out from the back room along with the sound of a low twinkling noise, moments later a tan unicorn with a brown mane with measuring tape around their neck exited from the backroom and trotted over to the front desk “What can I do for you sir-Oh it’s you yes I was told about the bits and have already made preparations in case you came by please follow me” He grinned and turned to walk back into the room he exited prior to the conversation. This would kind of freak me out and make me very suspicious if I didn’t know about the letter that was sent to everyone with a business, I followed the pony into his backroom which turned out to be a similarly sized room than the last that had a stage with mirrors in the center with various sewing utensils around it. “Well what are you waiting for come come step up onto the stage” I followed his orders with slight hesitation, now that he’s speaking more I think he sounds a bit british somehow like with the underlying speed of their speech patterns and different emphasis on words. “Arms up” I raised my arms in to a T-pose and felt the measuring tape coil around my midsection like a snake but not crushing me then move up to my chest then my arms and neck which made me flinch and almost ripe it off me but it quickly came off then floated back down to my legs and feet. “There we go now that I have your measurements you can tell me what your preferences are and how many bits you have to work with hmm” He look up at me waiting for me to give details “What will 50 bits get me?” He stopped and thought for a moment with a hoof to his chin and bringing his brown eyes to the ceiling “I would get you a regular tunic, trousers, boots, and coat but there would be about half quality but if you choose to remove one of those then the others can be of a much higher quality” I thought about it, my jacket doesn’t need to be replaced just yet but everything else does so I’ll hold off on that then and go for the shirt, pants, and boots. “I think i’ll get just the tunic, pants, and boots please no coat I want the others to be a bit higher quality and I’ll leave the colors and design to the professional” I grinned and nodded the him to which he returned then turned over to a table full of different color swatches “ Well if you insist on leaving the coloring to me than I must do my best for this, Now sir if you could please stay very still and keep your arms up” I raised my arms back up and tried to stay as still as I could “Thank you, now this might be a bit disorienting but you will be fine after” He lit his horn and the pile of fabrics glowed with it- wait disorienting? “Wait wha-” I was cut off by a literal TORNADO of color surrounding me and spinning around me so fast that I has to shut my eyes or else I might get dizzy and throw up. After a few seconds the wind dies down and I cracked open an eye to see what’s happening but the room had returned to before with the color swatches on the table in a neat pile except for two which were floating in the unicorns magical grip a dark blue and a black piece of fabric “All done, that wasn’t too bad was it? Now I’ll need you to come back in a few hours for me to see if it fits you or if there are any areas that are too tight” He walked away from me while saying that and finished when he left the room leaving me stunned from my colorful assault but after a few seconds I shook it off and what he said registered after a second so I stepped off of the stage walked out of the room, He wasn’t in sight so he might have gone into a different room there is a side room so maybe there. I walked out of store only slightly stunned still and wondered what I could do in the meantime, It’s gonna be a while until I see Triton again so that a no for now hmm maybe I could go shopping for supplies but I said I would do that with Triton as per our agreement so what do I do? I shifted my weight and felt my sword shift with me reminding me of its presence and also giving me an idea of what to do with my free time. I started to walk back over to the forest to find a suitable training dummy, on my way many of the citizens waved to me in respect to which I waved back and I’m pretty sure I saw Triton in the blacksmith's shop but that's his business so I continued till I arrived in the forest walked into the foliage for a but till I found a withered tree. The forest was nice and cool with all its shade and the subtle ambiance of bugs and small animals around me, I found a nice old looking tree after a bit of walking and if I turned around I could see the edge of the town so I couldn’t get lost easily. The tree looked like it was on its last legs but was still stand through sheer plant determination but that made it the perfect practice dummy so sorry in advance, I reached back and unsheathed my sword and hold it at arm's length to admire the blade. The blade itself was the length of a bastard sword which means it could be used as both a one handed and two handed weapon, the eye crystal in the hilt of the blade still slightly unnerved me bit I was getting over it. I brought the hilt down near my stomach and pointed the tip towards the leaves of the dead tree, Now contrary to what most believe about sword fighting it's mostly about countering and steering your opponent to either their demise or defeat so basically tennis but without the ball and the players are trying to bash each other with rackets… okay that analogy got away from me but non the less the same move are used in tennis, Backslash to back hand, parry to feint, counter to spike. They are in essence the same but that doesn’t mean I know how to play either only how to block and counter are the only things I don’t need practice in, what I need to work on is my strikes. When I used a training sword for the first time I took parrying and countering like a fish to water but when I strike I end up overextending myself to the point i’m left wide open for an attack. I took a step forward and lifted the sword up with two hands in the standard kendo stance and swing down at the tree leaving a deep scrape and then going down past my right leg, it felt wrong to attack like that maybe sideways. I switch my stance to something similar to a fencers stance but with only one hand on the sword and my left hard ready in the air then I dashed forward and thrust the sword into the tree which ended up with it awkwardly bumping off of it and pulling me off balance. Well that was a big no hmm maybe I should imitate other shows and video games since i’m in a t.v. show, I turned my body to the right and turned my head to the left to see the tree and positioned my sword in my right hand then jumped forward and slashed diagonally across the tree leaving a very deep gash in the bark surprising me. “Wow I can’t believe that worked-wait a second if that worked then” I took a few steps back and placed my swords blade on my shoulder leaning its weight on it then took a few shuffles towards the tree then I swung the sword from my shoulder much faster from before leaving another diagonal slash but I kept going with the momentum and spun around with it and left another slash on the tree completing the cross slash from power rangers the cringiest show of my childhood. I would have slapped someone if someone told me that I would learn how to slash from POWER freaking RANGERS the show where even the slightest tape sent them flying in a shower of sparks and bad camera angles, I stood there silently ranting in my head when it crossed my mind to probably check the time because I don’t know how long I was standing there just ranting in my head. I started to walk back to the town to check up on my clothes with no interruptions on the way and safely made it there. Nothing really happened along the way besides the chattering in the background noise from the other residences so I stepped back into the tailor just as the tailor himself walked out of the side room looking tired but satisfied, his eyes went to me as the door made a sound of closing shut and his smile brightened with excitement. “Ah there you are, your a bit early but that’s find i’ve completed your clothes much faster because I was struck by a moment of inspiration” I was genuinely curious about how it turned out so I was about to ask but he just rush over to me and started to pull my arm with magic over to the fitting room from before. “Now now no more dilly dallying we must get this done” He left me back on the stage then left the retrieve the clothes, while he was gone I looked at myself in the mirror. I had a few wood splinters on my clothes and the tear in my shirt has gotten bigger somehow and now reaches my back so I reached back and took off my sword and sat it on the floor then proceed to remove my jacket when the stallion returned with my new garment in tow. The tunic was long sleeved and dark blue but had a lighter cerulean running longwise down it over my heart, the pants were black and similar in design but the line only went down the side of my left leg and was darker then the line on the shirt, The boots looked like ordinary black work boots that would last a long time but the left boot had the blue line on it and ending in a circle on the side of the boot, I love it so much “Hurry now put it on I want to see how it looks” He floated the clothes over to me and I didn’t even care he was in the room I threw off my shirt, jeans, and shoes then put on the pants on first which felt like jeans but felt like I was wearing cotton then the shirt which was just as comfortable then lastly the boots which fit perfectly. The only problem was that I had to use my old belt to hold up the pants a bit. “These are perfect and the fit amazingly thank you so much!” I am being very sincere about this these are very awesome and I feel about 20% cooler just wearing them. “You are very welcome I was inspired by your weapon and thought to make a matching set so I decided to make the coat as well but only if you do me a favor” He floated over a coat about the size and thickness of my jacket and had a zipper only it didn’t have pockets but it did have a beaked hood, the coat was the same dark cerulean as the pants but had a wide lighter colored line going down over my heart but also crossing over it horizontally as well and wrapping around the back. “What do you need me to do?” ________________________________________________________________________ Triton POV: After leaving Mychael I went straight for the blacksmith the get some basic tools for the journey, after just one day I realized how under equipped I am. The blacksmith wasn’t far from where I was standing, I saw it when I first entered to so its back by the forest entrance so I made my way through the small traffic over there and low and behold there is was with a stone foundation and forge exposed in front with someone hammering away on an anvil. When I got closer I was sort of surprised to see it was being handled by a dragon with red scales but it's missing one of its wings which makes me wince just thinking of losing one of mine. The dragons underbelly was covered by a very large apron and its wearing a pair of goggles to cover their eyes, as I stepped up to the dragon I saw he was hammering a horse shoe into its iconic shape. “Excuse me?” I tried to get his attention but he was so focused that he was tuning everything out, I was about to try again but a different sound gained my attention *TAP TAP TAP*, it was coming from the window so I turned to look and saw a smaller pink dragoness gesturing me to come inside with a claw then stepping away. I followed her directions and entered the blacksmith showing a standard counter with various small metal wares on it and a few larger items on the walls like swords, wood cutting axes, and a few braces and gloves. Behind the counter was the dragoness from before waiting for me with a happy smile on her face. “Welcome to Tallow Forge, my name is Pitch what can I do for you” she finished were introduction with a nod in my direction. “Well I need some basic traveling tools, you know the usual” I don’t know what the usual was but I hoped she did. Pitch arched her scaly browe at me in amusement then gestured to a few crates that were next to the counter that I somehow missed upon entering. “Well come have a look here” I approached the counter and there was three crates one was filled with bed rolls the next with small carving knives and the last had a few miscellaneous stuff like fire starters, lanterns, and compasses. I reached for the compass first and a few fire starters, then went for two bed rolls and a carving knife. I put everything on the counter and asked how much all that would cost. “That comes up to an even 60 bits” Celestia dang it! So close “I could shave off a few bits if you do me a favor?” I perked back up and looked to her to show I was listening and replied. “Depends on what the favor is?” I waited for her to respond to my question “Oh it won’t be nothing dangerous to a big griffon, I need herl collecting some minerals were running low on but can be found in abundance nearby” I was slightly interested so I nodded to tell her to continue and her smile grew a little wider “So a bit a ways into the forest there is a natural mineral deposit of raw light crystal that we use for the lanterns and fire starters but recently a few timber wolves have made that area its home, its not much of a problem for two dragons but my brother put there is a bit busy and I have to mind the store right now so could you deal with the puppy problem and bring me 5 light shards, that should last us quite a while as we turn them to dust” It seemed pretty easy from the way she said it but it’s still a timber wolf den so i’m gonna need some help with this hmm maybe Mychael would be willing to help since he was so keen to travel with me? “Is it okay if I get some help from a friend?”She just shrugged “Sure go ahead, i’ll be waiting here for the shards either way” I nodded and left the building to find my new friend for our first adventure. Author's Note Finally!!! It took unreasonably long to finish this chapter for some reason. And what is this? Double first quest? Madness! I modeled the new clothes after future events so you’ll have to wait to see why. ; 3 I HOPE YOU ENJOY!!! C ya later
Chapter 8Chapter 8 Normal POV: After grabbing my original clothes and leaving my new ones with the tailor who’s name I never asked and set out to find my feathered companion for his assistance in what could be the beginning of an EPIC QUEST *Flashback sounds* “What do I need to do?” I eagerly asked after seeing my new coat amd slowly reaching out for it but it was yanked away from me when I was noticed “In the forest a special blue plant called Polycanthium or more commonly known as Ocean Blossom, I used the last of my stock when I made your clothes and I tend to go through it quite fast but it only grows in the glow of light crystals due to its magical properties and its need to be exposed to it to grow.” I was confused when he told me this part because it sounds like he knows exactly where it is so I asked “Why can’t you just go grab some yourself if you know where its located?” I was slightly irritated when he started to chuckle at me and when he calmed down he continued “The plant can’t just be plucked and brought home, its reliance on the crystals makes it so once it leave the light it was quickly start to wither away to dust so I will give you a bag that had a mortar and pestle along with a few vials of cold water to mix with them then use the vials to contain the dye” This seems almost too easy, he was giving me everything to get this right so what is he not telling me? After the silent deadpanned stare he relented and spoke once more “Well there is another small problem, the area seems to have been claimed by some wild timberwolves so they might serve a small problem but you have a weapon with you so I think you’ll be fine good luck!” He gave a dismissive wave to the mention of living automatus wood wolves that could tear my delicate insides to pieces then handed me my old clothes all patched up and my sword with a messengers bag on top with something heavy inside then happily trotted out of the room with my new clothes in tow leaving me almost naked in a fitting room trying to figure out how I got into this situation. *Flashback Over sounds* Maybe Chose was the wrong word for this whole thing, I felt like the moment he suggested the ‘little’ errand he put me on I had no choice but to accept or he would hold my clothes for ransom. I sighed once more and put my sword over my shoulder and the bag hanging off my left side, speaking of which I opened it up to see how much dye he needed and so my relief there were only three medium clay flasks full of what I assumed was water all sitting inside the mortar next to the pestle. The bag itself had multiple pockets on it but the items were placed in the largest or ‘main’ pocket, the sound of talons hitting the ground alerted me to my friend Triton running towards me then coming to a quick stop in front of me. “I need your help to get something?. . .” “I need your help to get something?. . .” The both of us spoke at the same time and we had the same confused face “What do you need help with?” He asked just as surprised as I was “I was ‘asked’ to help gather and make some special dyes from the forest that only grow in the light of some magic light crystals or whatever but apparently there are some timber wolves in the area and the only way I know of to make the dye is to mix it in the light of the stupid light crystals” I finished with a sigh and look to Triton who had a growing ‘What?’ face during my whole story then he collected himself then said “I was just tasked to find the very crystals your flowers grow under and to exterminate the wolves so I was coming to ask for your help with it but it seems we have to help each other if we want to finish our respective goals” he finished with a flat look aimed at the blacksmith down the road. I facepalmed at the mention of him needing the very crystals I need to find, which brought up another problem that needed addressing. “So, do you know where the crystals even are?” I questioned my friend while having a strange sense of deja vu as he face ’clawed’ at the mention of us having no clue where to go. “Give me a second, let me think” Triton started to pace back and forth in front of me while I had the idea to check my pockets to see if the tailor stole my stuff while he stitched up my clothes, so far everything was accounted for. I had my wallet, my phone which is for some reason still charging, my bronze pocket watch, but when I patted my back pocket it crackled like paper which didn’t make sense because I didn’t have any paper on me, I reached in and pulled out a small folded piece of scratch paper. I unfolded it and read what it said “Sorry for not telling you in pony but I am very busy at the moment so to reach the flowers you must go back on the main road through the forest and once you pass an almost dead tree take an immediate left turn towards it and a little ways past it is a clearing housing the flowers and crystals growing from the ground naturally Have Fun!” I stifled back the idea of crumpling up the paper and tried to get the still pacing griffins attention. “Maybe I could search from the skies? No that would take to long” “Triton” “Or I could go buy a map of the area it could have it on there, but we have no more bits to use for anything except for basic tools” “Triton!” “What!? Oh what’s this?” After showing him the paper he calmed down just stared at it. “You ready to go?” I asked to which he stowed the note away in his bag and nodded then we both turned towards the forest and started walking. ______________________________________________________________________________ (One and only time skip because i’m lazy right now :3) We had reached the dead tree I practiced on earlier and were starting to go past it to the clearing where our respective quarries would be growing along with the problems living there. I was just about to ask him if he had a plan when he shushed me and pointed in front of us and for very good reason, the crearing was in sight along with the crystals and blue flowers scatered around the area and unfortunately that also included the timberwolves. This area isn’t very saturated in magic so there wasn’t many and they didn’t have that green glow like the ones from the everfree, there are six wolves that I could see and all looked grown so no pups so they must have just migrated here. They were just milling around the area gathering sticks possibly for themselves to regenerate with but other than that nothing else was there. “There’s the crystals and flowers, what should we do first?” Triton spoke in a very low whisper to not alert the wolves. “I think you should fly up then dive onto one of the bigger ones while I fight on the ground, you back me up if you can and if you have time gather some crystals but that might have to wait till after the fight” He nodded in response and got ready to lift off but as he shifted to the side a sharp *CRACK* rang through the area Triton stepped on a branch… . . . “Oops” “Fly Now!” I shoved Triton away from me while the wolves all turned and charged our position while I tried to run to the left into the clearing trying to buy time, but I didn’t account for how light wood is compared to flesh and blood meaning they were immediately gaining on me leaving me fumbling for my sword. Right when I was able to unsheath my sword one of the faster wolves lunged at me and I turned to meet it and bat it to the side with the flat of my sword, downside to that though is the vibrations rang through my arms feeling like I had a bunch of needles drilling into my arms causing me to drop my sword but launching and braking the brittle wolves when it crashed to the ground. The next wolf tried to accomplish what the other could not but before it even got off the ground it was slammed into the ground along with another wolf by Triton from above, his attack gave me enough time to dive for my sword next to the slowly reforming wolf. I grabbed my sword with slightly numb hands and kicked the reforming wolf back into pieces for good measure then turned to the remaining three which were circling the bigger catch Triton and disregarded me which gave me the chance to run up while preparing my sword to slash one in the back or neck, I charged this time and caught one unaware and clashed downward as hard as I could lopping its head off with splinters flying from it. Triton took this as an opportunity and grabbed one of the wolves head and slammed his claw straight into it then pulled it back out showing a hollow center and letting the wolf just fall to the ground leaving only one wolf remaining and unfortunately it was giving me the death stare and growling at me like I killed its family…oh “Look Out!” I snapped back into reality at Triton’s warning and the wolf jumping at me startling me making me fumble for a moment before falling backwards to move out of the way and thrusting out my sword… I waited for a moment before looking up at the wolf speared onto the end of my sword by its own momentum. “That was a complete shitshow” I let my voice show how I felt about this whole thing while I stood up and kicked the timberwolf off my sword leaving me covered in wood pieces and what I think is tree sap. “Well… it could have been worse” Triton added with a shrug then started to walk over to the nearest area of growing crystals with me following him to help. The flowers I had to harvest looked almost identical to poison joke but without the yellow stamen which is the fluffy yellow stuff in the center of a flower and is a slightly lighter blue. Wait! are the bottles okay, I hurriedly checked the bag and the bottles were strewn about but still full of liquid good. I pulled out the mortar and pestle along with the water bottles then got to work just grinding up the flowers and adding the water from their respective flasks then when finished I stowed them away leaving my hands with small blue stains on my fingers. “It looks like I lost a game of thumb war with a blue marker” Triton snorted from that and went to pull some of the smaller crystals from the ground leaving himself with five and stowing them away. “All done here, let’s leave before something bigger comes” He turned to walk away but stopped when I didn’t move with him and was reaching down. “What's wrong?” I answered with me holding a another light shard up and grinning “First quest, First trophy” I pocketed the shard and started my way back to the town with Triton with my spirits slightly higher ______________________________________________________________________________ Author's Note Yay, I finished it finally I’m sorry if it took so long but I have school stuff and it’s killing me ugh! Also I saw I got my first dislike so I’m sorry if the story is not to your liking so I’ll try and get better so it’s more suited to everyone’s tastes I hope you enjoy my story and if you have any ideas or comments about it please just tell me I accept all criticism. Also if you want a specific quest to come up in the story just comment it and I’ll try to work it in if it’s clever or funny
Chapter 9Chapter 9 The walk back to the town was in silence but not the awkward kind of silence, just a mutually tired kind of silence. Triton’s feathers were still a bit ruffled and had a bit of wood fragments in his … well everywhere and i’m pretty sure I look similar along with some new scratches and holes in my clothes from slashing and falling down onto the ground twice. We exited the forest edge showing us the bright almost noon sky over the town, I looked to Triton as we walk in. “Meet back up at the center?” He looked up at me and nodded then held up a claw for a bro fist for which I reciprocated then we split up to finish our respective requests. I walked straight to the tailor which wasn’t far while walking past the inhabitants who also avoided me from the irritated look on my face and the trail of wood chips trail behind me from my clothes. By the time I reached the tailor I was in full don’t give a fuck mode and didn’t care for manners at the moment so I just walked into tailor without knocking with the bell ringing overhead and continued to the side room where he is most likely at. I opened the side room showing a sparse work area with sewing tools everywhere with the unicorn owner in the corner sorting through fabrics “Oh! Back already?” He put the fabrics down and started towards me “I didn’t hear you come in” “Here” I sat the bag down on the nearest desk and waited for his response which would hopefully include giving me my new clothes NOW! Sensing my irritation the tailor who’s name I still havent asked levitated over my clothes including the jacket in a neat bundle tied together by a leather belt “Thank you for your help and if you take out the dye and mortar then you can keep the bag also I have too many extras” he waved me off and returned to sorting through the pile of fabrics, I just sighed at this and took a hold of the clothes and the bag after dumping it out onto the table and leaving with it in slightly better spirits but still wanting to shower so I went down to the blacksmith I saw earlier to see if Triton is done and we can get some food and water for the trip. ______________________________________________________________________________ Happening at the same time Triton POV: I split up from Mychael after agreeing to meet up at the center of town and started my way over to the blacksmith through the crowd and ending up in front of the aforementioned building but this time the older dragon was not at his station hammering away at something on the anvil so I just continued into the building and I saw that instead of Pitch waiting for me her brother was standing at the counter with a bored look on his face that livened up a bit when he saw me. “Ah, you must be the griffin my sister told me about” his voice had the standard deep baritone most older dragons had and he grinned at me and started to turn around and walk into a room in the back then swiftly returned while holding a medium sized burlap sack, while he walked back I moved closed to the counter. “This contains your standard survival gear including a few collapsible pots and pans along with the items you chose” He handed me the bag which I happily grabbed and set to the side then reached into my bag to retrieve the handful of light shards the sat them onto the counter leaving his to inspect them to his own leisure. “Hmm Perfect this should last us a few weeks until the traders finally arrives” He nodded in satisfaction at the sight but what he said caught my attention. “Are the traders late or something?” I was slightly alarmed by that because the trade route leads through the next town that we have to travel to. “Yeah, lately the usual traders that come through the area have been either going missing or just up and giving up before they even reach our town so I hope they make it this time” He just shrugged his shoulders and turned away from me to walk into the store room from before leaving me with some slightly alarming news that might mean something is wrong white the next town, I turned and hurried to exit the building “I have to tell Mychael” ______________________________________________________________________________ Third Person POV: Mychael had reached the center of town by the time Triton had left the blacksmith in a hurry to find his new companion and tell him what he just learned. They met at the town square that was still full of small stalls selling trinkets and produce to the remaining populace “Hey I think we may have a slight problem and by light I mean roadblock sized” Triton said worrying slightly upon meeting up with his friend while only slightly registering his attire who looked slightly concerned from his tone and raised an eyebrow at his behavior but realized that facial expression is lost on beings that doesn’t have eyebrows to he said “Whats up?” “I just found out that anyone who has crossed through the next town never makes it to this town even the local traveling merchants which wouldn’t make sense because traveling is their livelihood” “Can’t we just go around the next town?” Mychael was confused from the urgency in his tone. “We can’t just go around because the next town is the only actual town in a twenty mile radius that has a train station that leads into equestria proper and not around the edge according to the map” the two would slap whoever thought to build only one train station if they weren’t already dead for the sheer short sightedness of their design. “So what your telling me is we have to walk straight into what is probably a bandit base camp that no one has returned from with only our bare hands to fight with and my sword” Mychael asked rhetorically while giving the most deadpan look ever witnessed, “Yes” “Fan-fucking-tastic let’s get the food and leave” ______________________________________________________________________________ Hour 1 of travel Mychael POV: “This is such an interesting wide open field of grass but how long is this going to take?” I said to Triton while fixing my bag on my shoulder “At most a few days but if really hurry a day and a half” Triton said with a bit of dread before he continued with “so what’s the plan for when we get to the possibly bandit infested town” I was silent for a few moments thinking, We can’t fight our way through no matter how bullshit this world is so that’s out but we might be able to sneak in at night then wait for the next train to come and sneak onboard but then we might be kicked off for not buying a ticket in town. “All I got for now is sneak in and don’t fuck up” That earned a look from Triton that said both Not amused and at least that’s something “Well that’s at least a start but what about all the original citizens that lived there?” Triton shot me a worried look waiting for my answer but I was stuck thinking about the citizens and the idea they brought with them “I think I got the rest of the plan but its a bit rough so bare with me” CUE PLANNING MONTAGE STEP 1: Sneak into town Shows Mychael and Triton tiptoeing past a sleeping guard STEP 2: Find and Release Towns folk Shows Mychael and Triton looking at conveniently placed floor map of town then turning around to see the townsfolk looked in a cage then opening it to everyone cheering STEP 3: Reclaim town Shows Mychael and Triton standing on top of pile of unconscious bandits with the townsfolk cheering around them STEP 4:$$Profit$$ Bits start to rain from the sky in slow motion *Record Scratch* “What about the bandits patrolling the area? And I doubt finding and releasing the citizens would be that easy” Triton said skeptically “Fine killjoy” REWIND PLANNING MONTAGE STEP 1: Sneak into town and knockout any guard who gets close to catching us Shows a bandit standing guard standing still until Mychael smashes him on head with the flat of his sword and tiptoeing past with Triton STEP 2: Get location of townsfolk and key to release them Shows Mychael knocking out another guard and taking a key ring from his saddlebag while Triton opens a rolled up paper that had a large red X on it STEP 3:Reclaim town Shows Mychael and Triton standing on an even bigger pile of bandits with the people cheering and confetti raining down STEP 4:$$Profit$$ A solid gold chariot pulls up next to them full of gold coins and treasure *Another Record Scratch* “Maybe we should make a plan later when were closer” Triton said while trying not to laugh and walking ahead “You just can't handle my awesome plan making skills” I sped up to meet his pace Cue Travel Music ______________________________________________________________________________ Hour 7 of travel Evening “How long have we been walking?” I asked “A few hours, why?” Triton answered “It’s like we were making plans only a few sentences ago” “What?” “What?” Both confused we continued to walk in silence ______________________________________________________________________________ Hour 15 of travel just woke up and started again Early Morning “I just realized why they never show the traveling in books” Triton just raised a non-existent eyebrow and said “Why? “It’s so BORING!” Triton just laughed “Were making good pace so we could be there tonight so I guess entertain yourself for now” “Fine then I guess I’ll just sing for now” I took a deep breath while Triton was staring at me and wondering what I was going to sing “Let’s gather ‘round the campfire and sing our campfire song, our C A M P F I R E S O N G song and if you don’t think we can’t sing it fast then you're wrong but it would help if you just sing along~” I looked to Triton and took a VERY deep breath “C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E-S-O-N-G-song-C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E-S-O-N-G-song,ifyoudon’tthinkwecan’tsingitfasterthenyourwrongbutitwouldhelpifyoujustsingalong PATRICK!” I pointed at Triton who just face clawed and mumbled “This is gonna be a long walk” Author's Note Sorry school sucks and I hope you enjoy If you have any suggestion please tell me instead of only disliking so pls Spongebob rules
IntoductionTHE INTRODUCTION ~~~~~~~~~~~{^|>*<|^}~~~~~~~~~~ The Multiverse is a very fickle thing, always crisscrossing in the strangest of ways but ways that always make sense somehow in the end or beginning. No, the multiverse is infinitely more complex than what your mind can comprehend and that is just a small strand of the metaphorical fabric of existence, one idea you could have would give birth to over trillions of realities with the only difference between them is what color shirt you wore in the morning, but I digress this story will not focus on just one little fiber in the large infinite wool sweater that is the multiverse, no it will begin with the first strand, the first thought, the seed of creation, the beginning, but in order to understand the beginning of everything you must understand what brought about the thought of the strange yet beautiful concept that anything is possible and is, had, and will happen or won’t happen, The single action which set in motion everything yet nothing at all, the action which started with a single deviation of thought, the thought that was-. Author's Note So how do you like it. This is just a little snippet of how it will be for now but it will pick up in the next chapter. This is my first story on here so please cut me a little slack but criticism is greatly appreciated so please don’t just flame me. See ya next time everyone
