Diamond's Evil Journey

Leon and Diamond left the village through a wooden door. They ended up at fenced in area. They saw a barn as well as another building. Cows and chickens could be seen around the area. Diamond had a disgusted look on her face “Ugh I hate farms. This is just as filthy as the apple hick's farm.” she said.

Leon readied his handgun and started walking towards the barn “This seems to be a ranch, not a farm.” he said.

Diamond rolled her eyes “So what? What's the diff-” Leon covered her mouth when he saw a villager in the barn. Luckily the villager didn't seem to have heard her. He just continued working.

Leon silently signaled for Diamond to stay put. He then took out his knife and sneaked behind him. He then quietly slit his throat.

Diamond caught up to him “These idiots are so unobservant.” she said. A villager heard her and ran in the barn at them. Leon aimed his handgun at him but he grabbed Leon's wrist and pushed it to the side causing him to miss. Leon struggled against the villager for a bit but eventually Leon kneed him to make him let go. He then gave him a kick to the chest to get some distance from him so he could finish him with a shot to the head.

Leon gave Diamond a disappointed look. Diamond sighed and hung her head “Yeah yeah, I'm sorry.” she said. Leon just left it at that and continued scanning the ranch.

They looked inside of the next building to see one villager on the first floor and a ladder leading to another. Leon silently took care of the first one with his knife then climbed the ladder to kill the next one.

While he was up there, another villager walked in through the other side of the building and saw Diamond. She took a few steps back as he advanced “There's another one down here!” she called up to Leon.

The villager got close and raised his hatchet. Before he could bring it down, Leon threw the body of the other villager at him to knock him down. He then finished him with his handgun. Leon climbed back down “See, I told you that there were safer ways for you to help me.” he said.

Diamond glared up at him “That's what you call safe? I was basically live bait!” she complained.

“Not bait. You can be my second pair of eyes.” he said then continued on.

Diamond followed with an angry expression “Yeah that will save me from getting a hatchet to the face. I'll just stare them into submission.” she said sarcastically.

They exited the ranch through a door and ended up at a narrow trail with a steep rocky wall to the left. Leon spotted another bloody sign nearby “Looks like another warning. Keep a eye out for traps.” he said.

They slowly proceeded while scanning the trail. Suddenly they heard a crash from behind them. They turned to see a boulder come crashing down from the top of the wall. It started rolling towards them. They instantly started running for their lives. After a few seconds Leon spotted a tunnel ahead. Near the tunnel the trail opened up a bit. Leon pointed to the two sides “When we get near the tunnel jump to the right, I'll go left!” he shouted over the noise of the boulder.

Diamond nodded while straining herself to speed up. Once they got close enough Leon shouted “Now!” and he rolled left. Diamond jumped right and the boulder crumbled as it hit the entrance to the tunnel.

Leon looked to Diamond to see her breathing hard and sweating “I...hate...this place.” she said between pants.

After they caught their breath they walked into the cave. Once they made it half way through a few bats flew over them. Diamond screamed and covered her head. Once she lifted her head she saw Leon giving her a slightly amused look. Diamond blushed and turned her face away from him “Shut up!” she said before continuing on.

They exited the tunnel and found themselves in another area with one small house with a slightly demolished shack nearby. There was also a larger house farther away. Leon noticed a villager start lighting a stick of dynamite. Leon's eyes widened “Get down!” he shouted and he pulled Diamond back and shielded her.

The villager threw the stick and it exploded far enough that the force didn't effect Leon much. He got up and shot the villager before he could pull out another stick. Another villager ran into sight with a stick of dynamite. He was about to throw it but Leon shot it while it was still in his hand causing it to blow him up.

Diamond's ears flattened against her skull “I know that we're trespassing but this seems like a bit much.” she said.

Leon spotted the top of a villager's head and another stick of dynamite through a small window in the house. Leon grabbed a round green thing from his belt “I'm glad that I brought grenades along.” he said as he pulled a pin from it and tossed it through the window. After a second a explosion sounded from inside.

They continued forward while being careful to dodge bear traps or trip wires. They arrived at the large house. The metal door had a large tough looking lock on it. Leon kicked the door but it didn't budge. He tried again to the same result.

Diamond didn't look amused “I don't think you'll be able t-” Leon gave one more hard kick causing the lock to snap and the door to fly open. Diamond's jaw dropped “Wow!” she exclaimed “You have to teach me to do that.” she said.

Leon entered the building “It take a lot of training and exercise.” he said. Once they walked in they noticed the dismal state of the house. The drywall was ripped apart exposing the wood underneath. The floor was littered with the remains of the walls and everything looked old and moldy.

Diamond almost gagged at the sight “Don't these people know how to clean. How do they live in this filth?” she asked.

“I get more questions then answers the more I see of this village.” he said. Then suddenly they heard loud banging from deeper in the house.

“What is it now?” Diamond asked in an exasperated tone.

Leon took his handgun out and proceeded with caution. They entered a hallway with a trip wire attached to two explosives. Leon crouched under it while Diamond walked under with no problem. They entered a room with no more doorways but they still heard the banging.

Diamond glanced around the relatively empty room in confusion “Where the hay is that coming from?” she asked.

Leon walked up to an empty bookcase and put his ear close to it “It's coming from behind here.” he said before he pushed it out of the way to reveal a hidden doorway. The banging sounded much clearer.

They walked in to see another fairly empty room but at the end of the room sat a tall dresser. The banging seemed to be coming from it since it slightly shook with each bang. Leon got on one side of the dresser and gestured Diamond to the other side.

Leon had his handgun at the ready as he quickly pull the dresser open. A man fell out and onto the floor. Leon had his gun pointed at him but then noticed that he had tape over him mouth and his hands bound behind his back. The man frantically shook his head.

Leon holstered his handgun and bent down to rip the tape off the man's face “Ahh, a little rough don't you think?” he asked in a Spanish accent. The man had medium length black hair and some light facial hair. Leon rolled him over and started undoing the ropes bounding his hands “You're...not like them?” the man asked.

Leon stopped untying for a second “No, you?” he asked before continuing. The man didn't answer.

Leon finished untying and the man sat up. He glanced around the room and his eyes landed on Diamond “I think they must have drugged me. Are you seeing what I'm seeing?” he asked. Diamond looked insulted by his comment.

Leon nodded “Yeah, but as strange as it sounds she's real.” he said.

The man nodded and looked back to Leon “Okay? But I have one very important question...do you got a smoke?” he asked.

“Got gum.” Leon answered.

Before anyone else could speak they heard loud footsteps coming towards the room. Two villagers walked in but it was obvious that they weren't the cause of the footsteps.

The man seemed to understand what was coming “Perfect.” he said sarcastically “The big cheese.”

Leon looked over to him “What?” he asked.

From behind the villagers came a tall man. He was wearing an old black trench coat. He was bald but also had a long black beard. But the most notable thing about him was that his left eye was red while the right was a dull green.

Leon charged him and attempted a kick to his midsection. The tall man easily caught his foot without even flinching. He then flipped him back causing him to fly into the man he just saved and the dresser. The dresser broke from the force with Leon and the other man on top of it.

Diamond ran over to them and tried to shake Leon awake “Come on, now's not the time to nap!” she shouted in fear. The tall man took a few steps toward her. Diamond gave up on Leon and took the knife from Leon's belt. She then faced the man and tried to look menacing but she couldn't stop her legs from shaking.

The man grabbed her by the throat and lifted her up. Her stared at her for a few seconds as she futilely struggle against his grip with fear in her eyes. He then slammed her against the wall causing her to lose consciousness. He then dropped her and she fell limply to the floor.

Twilight and her friends were in the Canterlot castle throne room along with Filthy Rich. Twilight finished explaining the situation to Celestia and Luna. Celestia glanced to her sister then back down at Twilight “That is very worrying.” she said

Twilight hung her head in guilt “Is there any spell that you know of that could help us find her? I know a few radar spells but even the most powerful one I know only covers a few hundred miles. It would take forever to find her with that.” she said.

“If she's even still in this world.” Pinkie threw in. Filthy glared at her. Pinkie shrugged “What? Somepony had to say it.” she said.

Celestia got their attention again “She is correct, we cannot disregard that possibility. Though we should first be sure if she is in this world or not. I do know a radar spell strong enough to cover the planet though it will take a few hours to be sure.” she said.

Twilight then thought of something “Wait princess, how could she have ended up in another world? As far as I know there isn't a spell capable of traveling to different worlds.” she said.

Celestia began casting the radar spell as she spoke “There are few restrictions to teleportation spells. One is that you can only travel to a place that you can accurately imagine in your mind. The second is if there is a magical barrier around your target location. Since the spell was interrupted, there was no target location” she said.

“when a pony is teleported with no target, they will be send anywhere that isn't magically protected. The best scenario is that she was just teleported elsewhere on this planet. The next best scenario is that she was teleported to another world.” she said

Filthy growled at this news “How could the second best scenario be that my daughter is alone in some unknown world!” he yelled.

Celestia didn't want to tell him the truth but she knew that she would have to “We don't have any spells that can scan or teleport from other worlds, so it would be very unlikely to save her if that's the case. Not impossible, but very unlikely.” she said.

Filthy eye's widened and started to water “N-no.” he whispered.

Applejack turned to Celestia with hesitation clear in her face “May ah ask what the worst case scenario is?” she asked.

Celestia sighed sadly and averted her gaze from Filthy “There is a chance that she ended up in between worlds. There is not much that we know about the space in between worlds. We don't even know if a pony could survive in it. The chances that she returns from there is...less then one percent.” she said sadly.

Filthy turned away from the others and started quietly sobbing. Fluttershy walked up from behind him and laid a hoof on his back “Um, i-it's okay. Twilight will do everything she can to bring your daughter home safe.” she said in an effort to comfort him

Filthy whipped his head around and glared at her “Twilight!” he snapped “I don't trust twilight! She's the one who caused this! If Diamond dies, the blood is on her hooves!” he yelled.

Rarity glared back at him “I know that this is a horrible situation but that is no reason to say such things!” she shot back at him.

Twilight stopped Rarity “No, he's right rarity. This is all my fault. If something happens to her, I'm not sure if I'll ever deserve forgiveness.” she said grimly.

Rainbow flew to her side “What are you saying, do you even remember what happened? You wouldn't have ever botched your spell if I didn't crash into you, I'm the one to blame not you.” she said.

Celsetia stopped them before the argument could escalate any further “Stop, please. Arguing about who's at fault will help nopony. This spell will take quite a while. You all can stay at the castle to rest. I will call for you all when the spell is complete.” she said.

Filthy just nodded and walked out of the room.