Crazy Carriage Crash

"Y'know, I'm kinda glad we walked now."

Once we got close to the carriage I hopped off Hugo and looked around the crashed carriage.

The pegasi that were pulling the carriage were unfortunately killed in the crash, and one of the ponies inside the carriage managed to make it outside before passing away. I must have some seriously good detective skills or something.

The carriage was the type of carriage with a closed top and two side doors. Speaking of the carriage it had crashed on its side so I had to climb on top of it to enter. It was easier to enter due to the door being broken at the hinges.

I dropped into the carriage and was forced to crouch so I didn't donk my noggin. As soon as I looked up from the snow deposited in the carriage I came face to face with a pony. However, this was a pony I had seen before.

This was Brim Stone's daughter.

Hot damn! How much trouble does this mare get into, first bandits than a few days later a crash. Maybe it's just bad luck or a bounty hunter o-

My thinking was interrupted by a startling revelation. She was breathing! I floundered my way over to her side and looked her over. She had several cuts and splinters in her side but other than that she was as healthy as a hors- pony?

With her now in a semi-stable condition, I looked around the carriage.

The other pony in the carriage was a younger stallion by the looks of it. He wasn't breathing he must have hit his head or something since he had no obvious external injuries. There was a small black box in his hooves, letting my curiosity get the better of me I reached over and opened the box.

Inside the box was a lustrous silver ring with a peculiar gem. The gem was red and pulsing, it was similar to the engravings in the silver. It depicted a pony with both wings and a horn. Whatever this thing was it was bad news bears, for some odd reason I still felt the urge to pocket the item.

"Maybe I'm just greedy, but I'll say it's for the greater good that I keep it."

And pocket that ring I did.

With nothing more of noticeable importance in the carriage, I climbed up and hoisted Brim Stone's daughter out with me. Just as I lifted her out of the carriage it collapsed in on itself. As I hopped down, I awkwardly grabbed whatever her name is and hauled her onto my shoulder.

With a ton of effort, I barreled through the snow and put her on Hugo's back. I put my hands on Hugo's back and pulled myself up. As we left the clearing I glanced back and swore I saw something ominous and shadowy standing next to the carriage.

I blinked and there was nothing, it must have been my imagination. We continued up the northeastern ridge in hopes that we'd reach Stone Haven before nightfall.

As we went up the path I noticed pieces of wood scattered in trees and planted in the snow, maybe more than one carriage had crashed.

My condition was also something that caught my eye, it was weird. The pain in my right hand also felt significantly less and the cuts on my arm and back felt a lot less painful as well. Ever since I picked up the ring I kept feeling waves of warmth coming from it. Whatever the ring is, it just doesn't feel right to have on my person. It made traveling easier though, what a dilemma.

After an hour or so of travel, we arrived at a series of wooden towers. As we walked past I heard something.

"S-Stop! Halt! "

I turned around towards the tower but didn't see anything or anyone. The door at the bottom of the tower burst open revealing a blue pegasus equipped with a mix of cloth and metal armor.

"S-sorry one second."

The stallion was clearly out of breath. He has wings, why didn't he just fly down instead of running down all the stairs, I'm confused.

"Hello, welcome to Stone Haven. We're under lockdown at the momen-"

"Buddy, my fucking fingers are freezing off, I'm wearing a blood-stained shirt, I'm like ninety percent sure I'm a dead man walking. Let me in."

"W-well I can't jus-"

I pulled out that traveling pass that Brim Stone gave me and politly presented it to the guard.

"O-oh, sorry sir. I can't leave my post to show you the way but it's pretty easy to get to Stone Haven from here. Just continue up the path, or just follow the towers either way works."

"Yeah, man, I don't feel good."

The stallion said nothing and went back to his post. We continued following the path via the guard posts and eventually arrived at gargantuan stone doors. I saw a guard at the top of the gate with the 'I don't care, I don't want to be here look.

"Hey! You up there!"

He continued to ignore me.

"Hey, you donkus I'm trying to get in!"

He was still ignoring me.

"I have that pass thingy, now let me in you single-celled organism!"

He just sighed and turned away.

"Don't turn away from me you son of blee blop! I'll hug your mother, I'll do it I'm a mad man!"

I've reached the point of anger where cusswords are meaningless. Over the wind, I heard another sigh and with that sigh the sounds of large cogs and pieces of metal moving and rearranging.

The large stone doors slowly opened outwards revealing a large city. However, my attention was on the four or so guard standing in the way.

"Halt, I'm going to need to see the pass."

"Yeah, sure."

I handed him the pass from my back pocket.

"This isn't fake, you're good."

"Alright so you guys got it from here, right?"

"Yes, is something wrong?"

"Yep."

I faceplanted hard.

Author's Note

Okay, okay. This is a weird question.

Did you guys know that horse meat is stupid healthy for you? Cause I didn't.

Thanks for reading peeps.

Tell me about any errors you see.

Have a radical day my dudes.