“So, Sapphire, what did really hurt you? That looks like the slash of a sword, or a lion’s scratch,” said Felipe, wincing a bit at the sight of blood.

“I have already told you. This was because a diamond dog clawed me. Thank Celestia that I still managed to escape,” she answered kindly, but the group frowned at the mention of that name.

“Yeah, we get that, but don’t they have shitty claws? I think you said earlier that they were meant for digging,” recalled Samuel when they were on the way to the mines.

“Do not underestimate them. Their magic allows them to enhance their claws sharpness and density. They can be so sharp, that they can even cut through diamond and rocks like nothing,” said the pony, and her ears pointed straight down like a dog, which was a bit ironic given what they were talking about.

“Excuse me, but do you mind repeating that again? Magic? That doesn’t make sense,” said Samuel incredulous.

“What do you mean? All things have magic. Diamond dogs enhance their claws and jaws, earth ponies have super strength, pegasus can fly. Now that I think about it, what’s your race magical ability,” asked Sapphire, curious to know the answer.

Samuel was about to retort all the things Sapphire said, but he was interrupted by Hugo with a punch in his shoulder, but Hugo was smiling pleasantly. “The magic of our race is that of getting our skin and muscles super hard, but it only last about five seconds and it isn’t really noticeable with the naked eye. It’s not that strong or useful, and it can only be used once per day,” said Hugo coolly while Samuel was glaring at him.

“Huh, that doesn’t seem too strong, but it can be useful in certain cases,” said Sapphire, unaware of the punch that Hugo did.

“Hey Sapphire, do you mind if we stop for a second? I gotta talk to my associate real quick,” said Samuel, and the rest of the group rolled their eyes. In the last few days they only have been discussing between each other, and it was getting on everyone’s nerves. Sapphire agreed, and she rested on the floor.

The group moved away, and they formed a circle.

“Bro, what was that for,” asked Gabriel in spanish.

“That was kinda... fucking mean dude,” said Julio weirded out.

“I know, I know. But! I have a reason. I think we all know that we are on another world, but that chick over there mentioned something about magic. So, if we tell her that we don’t have magic, she might freak the fuck out. So, if you wanted a cooler superpower, then I am sorry, but I chose that one since it is short, unnoticeable and is supposedly used once per day. Is that alright with you guys? Guys? What’s the matter,” asked Hugo, since all of the boys looked like they were having an existential crisis.

“Holy fuck, we are on another planet, aren’t we,” whispered Sebastián, who now was looking down.

It dawned on Hugo, and he looked away in shame. They all stood in silence for a good five minutes, and they would’ve stood there more if it wasn’t for Sapphire telling them that the mines were only fifteen minutes of trot. They all agreed that what Hugo did wasn’t stupid, and moved on.
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“There it is,” said Sapphire scared. “They have all of the ponies mining all day and night, exploiting them horribly.” At the entrance there were two diamond dogs resting and guarding it.

“Do you mind telling us how many baddies are there,” asked Alfredo.

“Twenty four, and they don’t have ranged weapons,” Sapphire answered.

“Alright, cool. So, what’s the plan,” asked Felipe.

“We can’t really wait for the night since Celestia’s guards are looking for us, so we must attack them as soon as possible. And my plan is a bit shaky BUT hear me out. Sebastián, do you remember in that arid place were we fought the dogs,” asked Alfredo to Sebastián.

“Yes. One of them fuckers gave me this,” said Sebastián as he showed his bruise, that was a lot better now.

“Do you recall how one of them stumbled backwards until he fell,” said Alfredo with a hint of a smile.

“Do go on,” said Sebastián intrigued.

“I’ve been thinking about it, and I really do think that all we need to do is push them,” said Alfredo excited.

“That is fucking-“ started Samuel.

“No, no he’s got a point. Maybe it’s their biology and body structure that doesn’t allow them to go backwards since they have a different bone structure in their foot,” said Julio, to everyone’s surprise. “What? Just because I like anime doesn’t mean that I don’t like other things. You all motherfuckers got a problem? Huh?”

“Julio, that was exactly what I was about to say,” said Alfredo incredulous.

“So, apart from Julio’s galaxy sized brain power-“

“What’s a galaxy,” asked Sapphire.

“Do we just really go up and hit them,” asked Hugo, ignoring Sapphire’s question.

“Yes,” answered Alfredo simply.

“Fuck it, I’m in,” said Samuel without a care in the world. “All we gotta do is push them, right? Let’s just do this.”

“So-

“So this, so that, you always start with so,” said Gabriel lightheartedly.

“SO,” said Felipe a bit more harshly, ”who goes first?”

“I think it’s quite obvious. Me and Julio always up front,” said Hugo, and he tapped his club against the palm of his hand. Julio hit the brass knuckles together, making a spark come out and nodding confidently.

“Alright, chavales, buena suerte máquinas. We will follow you,” said Gabriel, and he gave a big smile.

“What do I do,” asked Sapphire, feeling a bit left out.

“You? I guess you can come. Just don’t fight,” said Sebastián without much thought.

“Heh, this mare knows how to take care of herself,” said Sapphire and standing up. Even on her hind legs, she wasn’t taller than the shortest of them.

“The evidence of that is... abundant,” said Felipe while glancing at the wound and raising his eyebrows. The group snickered and chuckled, and this made the mare’s face go red in shame and just follow the group, with Hugo and Julio having twenty meters of advantage.

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“How are ponies,” asked my brother.

“Doing work, all the time. Me thinks it can be too much,” I answered.

“What the matter? You soft? You care for ponies,” asked my brother in a mocking tone.

“I not falling for it. You want fight so you can have more food and me is punished,” I said to him. I always was smarter than him.

My brother huffed. “You are no fun. But you really care for them?”

“I not care. I just pity. Is sad we have to do this,” I answered.

“You too smart to be in the pack. I get you money, you go to school and get good life. Become smarter, have wife,” said my brother, and he looked at the little leaves blown by the tree.

“Learn better talking,” I asked him with a big smile, and he smiled back. But soon, my smile disappeared. “I know ponies know how to talk good. I want to learn that. I want house, and better food. I want better life for you...”

“Don’t worry for me! You have good chance with ponies! I have no chance with ponies. You get out of here as soon as you have good money for good school. Future is with ponies, not here. You never hurt pony or other things. I hurt some ponies. Not kill, but hurt,” said my brother sad.

It was a sunny day, with Celestia’s sun very high. My brother thinks that only dragons can fly to it, but I knew that only Celestia could go there.

I sighed. “I only worry. We dogs are controlled by ponies in the city, and our kings are not better ranking than a low Canterlot noble. The drugs ruin families and life in our capital. I want to change that, but with you.”

“I know you can change our city, and that why I want you to become a noble. You can make that there are no more diamond dog bandits. You can make drugs illegal. Never try them,” my brother warned really aggressively.

“I never try drugs. You better never try drugs,” I said with a grin.

“Hmmm, never try drugs. Change of talk. You heard that seven hairless dogs won against Rex, Jaw and Claws? And a pony escaped the mine,” asked my brother, which really surprised me.

“Really? Rex, Jaw and Claws lost? I thought they were strongest,” I answered.

“Yes! Those hairless dogs have really long legs, short arms, no tail and small but sharp teeth,” said my brother excited.

“So cool,” I said really excited.

“I know! You can see muscles and veins without the fur moving around, and they have clawless claws like minotaurs, but they have five of those!”

“Wow! So weird and cool! I hope we can see them someday,” I said, and I even got so excited that I started wagging my tail.

My brother was about to say something, but he and I saw something in the edge of our vision, and there was also an unknown scent in the air. It was weird, because the things that they were just talking about had appeared and they were walking towards them. They were really tall, and one had a club while the other had some brass knuckles a diamond dog would have. Me and my brother stood watching them walk towards us, and when they were a few paws away, they squared up, flexed their muscle and stood there, looking at us. It was really weird.

The one with the club coughed. “We’ve come to retake this mine.”

“Oh, okay...” said my brother, unsure about what was going on.

“...You can come attack us, if you want to,” said the one with the brass knuckles.

“Oh, sorry, it’s just that we were surprised. We never saw something like you,” I said, trying to articulate everything as best as I could. Me and my brother still stood there.

“Aren’t you supposed to warn the other diamond dogs? Like, you know, one of you fights us both and the other goes to tell about the intruders,” said the one with the club. Both of them looked really similar to each other. Still, they would look out of place anywhere in Equestria.

“Do you want me to say the leader we are being attacked? I can do that. But this is more of a duel than a fight,” said my brother to the beings.

“We expected that you would attack us in sight, and then more and more of you would come, and we would have to fight all of you off,” the one with the brass knuckles said, and he deflated a little bit. Their voices sounded really weird, nothing was similar to it.

I sniffed the air. More of them were coming. “Are there more of you?”

“Yeah, we were actually going to free the ponies, and all of that. Do you,like- do you mind going for your leader, and then we see if it is a duel or a whole battle,” the being with the club asked politely to my brother. They looked creepy, but also cool.

“Okay, I’ll go for her,” said my brother, and he turned into the mine looking very confused.

The other beings, plus a pony, were getting closer, but I was alone with these two. It was really uncomfortable, so I tried small talk.

“How was you day,” I asked politely.

“What,” asked the brass knuckles one incredulous.

“It is of good manners to ask that question,” I said, showing off my intellect.

“You know that if your leader doesn’t choose the duel, we might fight to the death,” said the one with the club, which made me feel really stupid. I stayed silent, and waited for my leader to come. Sometimes we would have a split second of eye contact, only for us to look away inmediatly. My brother was taking such a long time, that all of the other creatures, plus a pony, got there. They talked a language I didn’t understand, and there was a discussion, but they also waited. I didn’t have much time to see how they were, apart from one being shorter, and one being really tall.

I finally heard some steps coming from the mine, and the leader, along with my brother and a few fellow dogs, came. She was actually a bit shorter than the rest of the dogs, but her claws and teeth were a lot sharper. Between those dogs, Rex, Jaw and Claws were there. She was surprised at how the creatures were, much like me and my brother, and how many there were. She glared at my brother, but she kept walking towards them until she was at the entrance of the mine, which is where she stopped.

“My group has decided that my friend and I will be the ones speaking,” said the brass knuckles one. He had a face that looked like ‘Knuckles’, so I’d call him that.

“Is fair,” said the leader. “Why have you come here?” She always asked the good questions.

“What? Didn’t that dog told you we were taking this mine back,” asked the one with the club. He had a face that barked ‘Club’, so I’d call him that.

“Alpha knew that,” said leader with a very scratchy voice, and she already had a scratchy voice. “You want duel with Alpha?”

“Really, we can? Were is the Alpha,” asked Knuckles, not knowing how much he offended the leader.

“It is in front of you,” she said extending her arms.

The two beings looked behind the leader, like they hadn’t just been told it was her. “Where is he? Are you, like, a messenger or something similar,” asked Club, oblivious that it was her.

“Me! Me is Alpha! I am leader! I not messenger,” said the leader, stomping the ground with her hind paws.

“Oh... that doesn’t make sense. An Alpha is the strongest male. You would be a Beta, at best,” said Knuckles, really sure of himself.

“NO, NO, NO, Alpha is strongest dog! I strongest dog! I Alpha, not Beta,” barked the leader, and she was jumping and stomping at the ground.

“Alright, jeez, no need to get so angry. So, how do we do th-“

“Alpha ask questions! Not you,” interrupted leader to Club. “Way we do duel is three strongest against three strongest!”

“There’s a little problem. We don’t really have a third strongest one. It’s just him and I,” said Knuckles to the leader, pointing at Club.

“Alpha don’t care. You choose third one and fight,” she said simply.

“I can be the third one,” said the pony, tiny compared to the lanky and tallest of the hairless dogs.

“You,” asked Club. “You got hurt by one of those guys badly. You won’t be able to do much.”

“I got hurt because I was running away, but this time I’ll put my hoof down,” said the pony as she trotted forward.

“Aha, yeah, sure. Just stay behind us if we choose you, okay,” said Kuckles in a doubtful tone, as if he wasn’t talking to an earth pony, which are really dangerous. “Give us one minute,” said Knuckles, and he went to talk to the other beings.

Meanwhile, my brother approached me. “Why did you take so long? It was uncomfortable being there,” I scolded.

“Sorry, leader was mating when me found her. She is angry now, and she almost scratched me,” my brother said in shame. I forgave him. No one wants to interrupt any mating female of any species. Overall the leader.

“We have one question,” said Club. “Will it be a fight to the death? Because if it is, then we won’t duel, but we will take the mine even if we have to knock out all of you diamond dogs.”

“We never kill,” said leader. “We only harm at best. Alpha makes sure there are no deaths.”

They talked for a bit more, and they agreed on something. “Sapphire, you’re up. We do accept the duel! Wait, sorry, that’s not how it’s said. We challenge you to a duel,” said Knuckles, correcting his mistake.

“Duel accepted! Alpha, Rex and Claws will fight you three,” she said in a booming voice. As booming as a female diamond dog can be, at least.

Club, Knuckles and the pony whose name I didn’t remember at the time moved forward, and the squared up. Alpha, Rex and Claws move forward.

“Watch out with earth pony,” I whispered to the three of them as they passed me.

“Watch out with any pony,” Alpha whispered back.

“Wait a second, why do I have to fight the female one,” asked Club offended. “Why doesn’t the female fight the female? I want to fight that Claws guy.”

“You underestimate me,” asked Alpha with a growl.

“No, good lord, no. It’s just that my mother always told me to never hit a girl. I mean, I didn’t really take it seriously, but it feels wrong,” explained Club with a soft tone. But there was something weird with his tone, and he made a little tiny smile that looked creepy.

“Alpha don’t care! You fight Alpha, or all dogs fight you,” barked Alpha frustrated. Club growled under his breath, still doing that smile, and he got ready to fight.

The group had a face off, waiting for the other to move. It was silent. Not the most silent duel I ever saw, but silent. And suddenly the earth pony raised both hooves, and hit the ground... only for nothing to happen.

“What,” asked the earth pony confused. The three dogs jumped out of the way, and Claws even dived, but they were also confused. “Wait a second! Time out,” the pony said desperate. “I’m going to try to use my magic, but it won’t be directed at you. Let me try.”

The earth pony looked in a direction where there were no things to use it on, and she stomped the ground with her hooves. Nothing happened. She hit the ground again, but still, nothing happened. It looked from side to side, and she sprinted towards a nearby tree. She turned her back towards the tree, sprung up to hit it with her hind hooves, and she hit it with all of her strength. The tree only shook a bit. It didn’t even bless her with a sad little leave falling of the tree top. Every being was watching her hit that tree with all of her strength.

“Is she alright,” asked Rex, surprisingly. “Does earth pony not know how to earth pony?”

“We don’t really know,” said Knuckles. “I think she’s going to get hurt.” The grunts and the breaths of the pony could be heard from here.

We all saw her hit the tree for minutes, and some diamond dogs and even some of the beings sat down. After fifteen minutes, the pony was sweating, and incredibly tired, so she fell to the ground. She was breathless, and one of the beings, not Knuckles or Club, approached her and talked to her. Some diamond dogs dozed off, and Alpha was tired of being there.

“You beings can come inside mine. We can talk there, after Alpha mates. Alpha is too tired to fight, and we can talk it out,” said Alpha in a defeated and exasperated voice.

The beings were pleasantly surprised (Except Club, that looked a bit upset), but only wanted to come in if we promised we wouldn’t attack them, and Alpha ordered to not attack them. One of the beings picked up the pony, and they all got into the mine. That was the first time I ever saw a Human, a name I didn’t know at the time, and they fascinated me.

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"I win! Get fucked," exclaimed Sebastián to Julio, that had just lost at a rock paper scissors.

Julio crossed his arms, and he pouted a little bit. "Whatever. It's just a stupid kids game."

"One that you decided to play, and that you still lost at," mocked Sebastián, with a big stupid smile. Julio raised his fist, and he quickly brought it down onto Sebastián's leg. It hurt Sebastián quite a bit, but he was still smiling.

The boys were in a small room made out of carved rocks. Even the stools were made out of clumsily carved out rocks. They had followed the dogs through the oddly made caves, and they had been waiting for fifteen minutes for Alpha to stop "mating". This made Hugo specially uncomfortable, since he was quite religious, and it left him appalled that someone would talk about something so important with such a nonchalant nature. Still, he told no one, and he was on a rock stool looking a bit nervous. And even then, he understood that they were in a completely different planet, and it would be weird if aliens from a planet they technically "invaded" knew about religion and that sort of stuff. So he was having quite the debate with himself. But we don't really care about the internal struggles of characters. If we did, the story might be considered good or redemable!

One diamond dog came into the small room. It was Claws. "Alpha stopped. You can talk to Alpha now", he informed with nice manners. "Follow me", and after that, he ventured off to a seemingly random direction. The boys had to follow him now, or they might get lost, so Julio put the still unconscious Sapphire on his shoulder, with Hugo right beside him for support, and they scampered off.

Claws walked the boys through the mines. The ceilings were really short, and Felipe had to sometimes kneel down so as to not hit his head. On the sides, there were precious rocks and minerals, and there were some minecarts filled to the brim with those metals and crystals. It was a beautifull sight, but they had to keep their eyes on Claws so as to not lose him. In fact, they would have lost him if it wasn't for Gabriel who always kept by his side.

Finally, at the end of some dimly lit tunel, there was a source of light. Claws started walking faster, and the group scampered so as to catch up to him, and they could see that at the end of that tunel was the Diamond Dog Alpha and a group of ponies with shackles, with one standing up at the front and looking defiant. A serious debate was about to surely brew. The boys finally caught up with Claws, who was already waiting in the room, and Julio gently dropped Sapphire in the ground. Alpha and the apparent miner leader were face to face, and they were going to have the most grueling and hot headed debate in the history of ever. Buckle up, dear reader, because... WAIT, SHIT! OH FUCK! NO, NO, NO, NO!

The video was glitching out, advancing at a really fast pace.

DAMN IT! I hit the remote control. Fuck! I am so clumsy, you could not believe. And I don't know how to loop back! I am so sorry, I am a disaster! Where is that damn remote! There it is! And continue!

The debate had been ardous. Points were brought up, there had been some insults, and things might have gone horribly wrong. But it ended up not going that way. Sapphire was crying in the shoulder of the pony that was the leader, Diamond Dogs were removing the shackles that the ponies had, Felipe, Alfredo and Gabriel were tending the wounds of some ponies, which all were minor, Julio and Samuel were talking to some Diamond Dogs, and Sebastián was talking with Alpha. It had been a very long and hard debate, but it had paid off enormously for all sides. It was great.

Pause. Eeeeemmmmmm. How do I loop back?

Author's Note

IMPORTANT. MUST READ.

Hello everyone! I finally got this chapter out. And you are probably thinking "What the fuck was that thing at the end?". Well, let me answer it. That was God, and he was watching the adventures of this group of Spaniards, but he accidentally hit the loop forward button on his couch, so he skiped the part of the debate, and he doesn't know how to loop back. And you are probably wondering why I did not write the debate. That is because it was terribly hard. That damn debate got me stuck for months, and I went through many rewrites. I almost threw the towel. But it then struck me this idea of using God, and it all went smoothly. In fact, I will probably use God again in the the future if I am stuck. However, I will not use God in very important scenes. That is what frustated me the most. The debate wasn't that important. So I was stuck for months in a not so important scene that basically went like "Character talks to character, they argue, and in the end they go for the best option". It was infuriating. And this might be a sign that I am not that good of a writer, and you are probably correct. However, you can't deny that it is unique. So, expect this story to not be dead anymore. I am sorry to have kept you all waiting, I just want to put this story out there. I hope to satisfy you all, and tell me what you think of the odd tool that I created.