The Sanguine Chronicles

The Sanguine Chronicles

Chapter 5

An Interesting Train Ride

The golden rays of dawn landed inside the home of Gold Waters. Everyone slowly started waking up. “Morning. How long do we have till the train arrives?” Sanguine said.

“We have enough time for breakfast. Then we got to be at the station.” Jessica replied.

“Well that is good.” Forrest commented.

“I got some water and toast ready.” Gold said bringing food from the kitchen.

“Perfect!” Sanguine cheered, the group sat and ate their meal. All but Sanguine chatted about their dreams.

“This meal is swell.” He commented as he finished the meal. The rest finished off their meals and they stood up.

“You three best get ready. I must head over to the boutique to get some more “special” garments.” Sanguine said. So Sanguine departed while the others packed. It was also an excuse for him to be alone for a little bit. Forrest kept the essentials such as food, water and a few tools. Jessica kept much of the same but with a few books and a backup pair of glasses.

“Whelp we best get going.” Forrest said standing up and stretching. The others nodded and the trio set off for the station. They arrived at the station and saw a pony in a black hooded cloak with red highlights and some small designs around the hood. The pony saw the group and slid four tickets from his sleeves.

“Got the tickets.” The figure asked.

“Do we know you?” Forrest asked with a twinge of worry that this figure was a mugger.Sanguine lifted his cloak hood and the others sighed with relief.

“Oh it’s only you Sanguine.” Forrest said.

“I like the new clothing.” Jessica commented. Gold Waters merely smiled.

“Rarity doesn’t mess around.” She said politely.

“This was more suitable for our travels to come. I believe this won’t be the last stop for us on this adventure.” Sanguine replied.

“Well we best board the train.” Said Forrest pointing to the guard calling for boarders. The group boarded the train and sat in their seats. The train wasn’t that busy, so the group was more secluded from any other passengers. The whistle weeshed loudly and the pistons slowly began pumping down the rails.

“So we are going to see the rulers?” Sanguine asked. After all he was still not the best informed.

“Princess Celestia and Luna, yes. They live in the castle you can see out the window. The group looked out and their eyes widened. “*Whistle* that is one heck of a home.” Forrest said.

“It is a grand sight when you see it for your first time. “ Gold Waters replied while reminiscing about see the castle for the first time.

“Well, we have at least we can’t lose sight of our goal once there.” Sanguine said.

“I really wish we had done more then gotten cleaned up. Now I feel underdressed.” Jessica said.

“Well we didn’t have the time.” Said Forrest.

“I agree. If you wanted to be on this train we didn’t have time or money for extra clothes aside from that cloak.” Gold Waters replied.

“It will be fine. We just need to get more clues. However, that requires the princesses having the key to getting us on the right path.” Sanguine stated.

“Well I am going to read the map I brought. How about you guys?” Forrest said.

“I am going to get us some drinks. The ride will take a while.” Jessica said getting up from her seat.

“I’ll give you a hand. What about you Sanguine?” she asked.

“I’m gonna nap. I didn’t have the most…relaxing of sleeps” He said lying down.

“Alright. See you two later!” She said as they departed to the dining car.

The two girls stepped out and Forrest pulled out his map. Sanguine stretched out near the window of the train car and fell asleep. In his dreams, Sanguine was bombarded with flashes. He couldn’t see anything but heard many voices and noises. He heard the sounds of yelling. He heard the sounds of him and his father talking and laughing again but he heard felt himself fall in through air.

“Doctor is he okay?” he heard again. Why was that voice always there? Then a pain lanced through him.

“Ah! Oh just a dream.” Sanguine panted as he whipped up out of his sleep. Forrest looked around scared.

“What is it? Did someone break in?” Forrest asked with fear.

“No. Just a more intense vision then before. Hopefully that’s a good sign.” Sanguine replied. The two heard a sound of a screams ring out. The two dashed in to see a few ponies with weapons holding passengers against their will. Including their friends

“Look what we have here. We missed a few!” The supposed leader said. Turning to face the new arrivals. Two bandits came forward but Forrest and Sanguine stayed defensive. They knocked Forrest onto the ground with a kick to his nose. Forrest’s nose bled as it was broken.

“Just give up and give us any valuables you got.” The bandit who kicked him said.

“Yeah.” His friend agreed.

“Let us have the mares and the money and we’ll be gone.” The other bandit continued. The two pinned down Forrest and the leader walked closely to Jessica.

“What a beautiful little flower. Perfect for plucking.” The leader said sniffing Jessica’s mane. He looked at his broken friend and the mare being touched against her will.

Sanguine’s head fell then he let out, in a low voice, “I’ll break you.” Sanguine slowly lifted his head up and his eyes started to glow. His eyes became blood red with black background and red streaks of mana was enveloping him. His aura danced around him like a fire as he floated in the air.

“I’ll break you!” He shouted. Sanguine knocked a bandit with his hoof and the bandit landed on the other side of the car. With a bone shattering crunch. The other bandit dropped his blade and slowly backed away. “Oh what’s wrong? You are going to make this boring retreating like that.” Sanguine said in a sadistic tone. He picked up the knife and used his magic to fling it with the speed of a darting arrow. The bandit was held by his impaled hoof against the wall.

“Who are you?” the leader said.

“I am Sanguine Blade. Remember me for this is your last sight.” He replied. Sanguine used his magic to slowly break the bones in his opponent while the foe screamed in agony.

“Sanguine!” Forrest yelled.

Sanguine turned his neck. After staring a long time at Forrest, his grin faded and turned into one of a more civil, nobler frown. He unpinned the bandit from the wall and levitated his leader to him.

“I’ve made my point clear. Now if I catch you doing anything else to these ponies until we arrive I shall finish what I started.” Sanguine said, his voice opposite of the person he was mere seconds ago. He turned to his friends “I’m sorry I couldn’t have stopped him sooner.” He spoke. Then, he fell to the ground unconscious.

Jessica and Forrest looked around to see the gruesome sight. Ponies were scared as they saw the shattered bandit and the other one left alive with a large hole in his hoof from the knife. A doctor checked the two and did what he could to fix them till they arrived.

“Something is definitely wrong in his mind.” Jessica said.

“Yes but that no one but the princesses could understand this problem. All we can do is make sure he doesn’t do that again.” Forrest said.

After an uncomfortable hour, the passengers congratulated Sanguine and his friends for helping them. Sanguine was very puzzled. However, his friends could only look at him with hints of fear behind their eyes as they went to the sleeping coaches.