A Roegadyn in Equestria

A Roegadyn in Equestria.

Chapter 18: From Country to City Roegadyn, Part 2.

*Point of view: Brex Mith*
*Location: Baltimare, East end*

Back with the Roegadyn, he was currently making his way through the shadow realm as he approached the carnival setup. He can hear all the people that worked in it screaming and yelling at each other in a hurried fashion while trying to pack up as quickly as possible. Brex found this to be highly unusual seeing as they’ve only been here for two weeks. Also, there was the fact that while he was going through the city, he hardly heard anything about this place. One would have thought that he would have at least seen some flyers put up or at least some type of other kind of advertisement about the carnival being here. If this was what he thought it to be, then they weren’t doing a very good job in hiding their tracks.

Wanting to make sure that he wasn’t being overly paranoid, as well as to get a good feel for the grounds, he continued walking through the carnival. All the while dodging all of the stage hands and performers. During this, he had got to see glimpses of the pony’s version of the bearded lady. Then he saw what he thought to be the sword eater, but it turned out the pony was showing off that the swords were actually, grey liquorish molded into a blade.

He got to see a sign that depicted a manticore, but when he actually had come across it, he could see that the beast was nothing more than a common house cat that had a spell woven around it that made the small animal to only appear as a ferocious beast. The only way he was able to see through the spell, was due to little lights constant drilling into his head on how to look past enchantments and spells. It also helped that he was able to see it’s status above it when he examined it. There was the icon for an illusion buff placed upon the creature.

For a split second the Roegadyn actually started to feel homesick for once. But what really confused him was the fact that this feeling of being homesick was for the other world more than anything else. Mentally he chuckled to himself but made sure to keep Rory from hearing it, “Wow… I really do miss those three, it’s only been nearly two weeks, but I’m already missing their voices.”

He had finally made his way through most of the carnival but didn’t see anything out of the ordinary besides some sloppy work along with some blatant disregard for health and safety, this had extended towards not only the work environment, but also in the area regarding terms of food service. Brex had to get over what he had seen or he might never eat out again. Then there was the part about the acts being half assed or just being fake. The last thing he came across was a large tent about a third of the size of the big top. This one was roughly half the size of a high school gymnasium if he was to compare it. Unlike the others being pulled down, this one was not colorful in the slightest. To Brex, this just stood out as one saying. Don’t mind this tent, this is just a very boring tent, so don’t go in.

He had considered going in through the opening, but thought better of it. Even if these guys were complete morons based on how they couldn’t keep up the appearance of a legitimate carnival, he doubted that they would have left it completely open for just anyone to walk in. Instead, Brex picked the option of going around to the backside and carefully slip in through a small gap using the shadows to appear within the tent. When he had made it inside, Brex exited the shadows and found that he was pressing himself between a rather large wooden crate to his front, while the tent was pressing into his back.

Thinking that this was a very snug fit, he decided to go into the shadows again by using the one provided by the crate so he can move more freely. As it turns out, while one is in the shadow realm, their body is very malleable. A person is able to partially mold his body almost as if he’s turned himself into silly putty and he’s able to get himself to fit through most gaps. During those five days spent in Ponyville, Brex was experimenting with this as he tried to go through different sizes of openings, he found that as long as his head can fit through something, then the rest of his body can go through as well.

Not even five seconds past after entering the shadows, when Brex picked up some unusual sounds from deeper inside the structure. He wasn’t quite sure where they were coming from, but then he mentally did a facepalm when he realized that he had a mini map that would come in handy for such a moment. Checking it he saw that within the structure was a set of six yellow dots. Moving closer to the dots Brex noticed that a lot of these crates had holes near the top of them. When he walked past one that was shorter, he was able to see a set of bars just beyond the holes.

Freezing in place, he had a horrible thought in his mind but quickly stopped because of the sound that just rang out a short distance ahead. It was still muffled but it was loud enough to catch his attention. It sounded as if something had just hit wood, like a small thud. He had just gone around one of the large crates and found himself three meters away from what appeared to be a cage. There were wooden boards on the top and all sides of it that covered up the bars except for the front witch had a barred door. It was obvious that they were going to hide it by disguised this cage to look like any normal box to be shipped out.

With how it was already naturally dark inside of the tent, it was even harder to tell what was inside through normal vision alone, this was thanks to being in the shadow realm with it making things even harder to see. Using his gamer ability, he was able to see a set of status bars appearing one after another inside the cage.

Each one of the bars were reading that the health of the ones inside, were nearing halfway down. However, there was one that was still almost full. Brex surmised that this must have been one of the kids that had recently been kidnapped. He was about to say something when he noticed the name of the one who was still in perfect health. It was displaying the name, Rarity. Having already known that this was a case of these young kids being taken from their parents was one thing. But knowing one of them, nearly snapped Brex into an unstoppable rage. Catching a hitch in his breath as he desperately tried to keep his emotions in check, he let out a controlled breath just low enough so that the ones inside couldn’t hear him. It was all he could do to keep them from noticing his heart, that was thumping so very hard within his ribcage.”

Getting close enough to almost touch the bars. Brex looked within to examine the condition of the kids. He quickly saw that they were all of the female variety. They weren’t just ponies either. There was also one diamond dog and a Griffin throne inside the mix. The clothes on the kids were mostly in tatters but still usable. Carefully examining their clothing from a distance, Brex had to hold in a relieved sigh when he was able to tell that these kids were not abused in the way that he had feared, but instead, were just thrown inside and kept alive until they were taken away. But this did very little in calming him down.

Now being able to get a good look, he turned towards Rarity, who was at this moment sitting right next to a red hair and maned earth pony. He was able to see due to the information popping above her head with the health meter that this was Cherry Sweet.

Turning his attention back to Rarity, he noticed the gown that she was wearing looked awfully familiar. After giving it not even a moment’s thought, he realized that, if he saw her standing from behind, she would be the spitting image of the girl from earlier that day when he was at the gate that led into the city. He actually cursed himself in his mind as he screamed inside his own head, “Dam it all! I saw her this morning. I’ve should have noticed by those two standing in front of me that those were her parents. I didn’t remember them that much from the show. But… if I had, I would have realized that she was right there. If only I had paid more attention back then.”

Becoming worried Rory asked, “Master, you couldn’t have known this was going to happen. Please calm down. We need to get them out of here first.” Thanks to those words, he was able to calm down enough to think straight. He noticed that her clothing was not nearly as torn up as the others. Which meant that she either didn’t give too much of a fight or they had taken her by surprise. Either way she was still just a child. If he had to guess she couldn’t have been more than nine years old.

Taking a good look at Rarity as a child, Brex found it hard to believe that she would become such a drama queen when she was to grow up. The girl wasn’t even looking upset in the least or even giving any complaints…, this caused the Roegadyn to get somewhat suspicious. Taking a closer look at the girl’s status bar, he noticed that she was currently under some kind of a status effect, thanks to an unusual icon that was next to her name. Carefully, he began to read the words that spelled, Gaze.

This caused Brex to think about the name of the effect currently on Rarity. It didn’t take him long to remember a certain move that would be used by some monsters where they would show a symbol of a giant eye flashing red before it would show its effect being cast outwards from it in a cone in front of them. This was something that required the target to look directly in their direction without anything obstructing their view. If the player looked away before it was used, then they would be fine, otherwise they would suffer some rather nasty effects all at once. One of said effects was basically, a numbing spell which would cause the targeted party member to just stand in place and take damage.

Looking towards the rest of the girls in the cage, he could see that each one had the same negative effect next to their names. They were all in the same sitting position and had no signs of wanting to escape or even any discomfort of their situation. Some had their eyes closed while others were only half opened and with a slight unfocused gaze.

Mentally snapping his fingers, he then came to the realization that she was under the effects of a monster ability. But if that was the case, then a monster was behind this whole thing. Unless it was being controlled by someone else and being forced to do this. Brex started going through his head for all the creatures he can think of that had the ability to use the gaze. One after another he was eliminating them from the list.

He had to use the criteria of how this creature would be used while inside of a city without being noticed. This meant that he had to cross off his list anything that was larger than a pony. That alone allowed the list of suspects to grow very short. After that he had to come up with scenarios to where this thing could be used, even if there were other witnesses around. This thing couldn’t be hiding all the time due to its effect requiring the target to be looking straight at it. So, it had to be something very small, something that could be easily disguised so it could hide in plain sight or carried on a person. Immediately, one came to mind. It was something called an Imp. They would be smaller than a pony but resembled a demonic, floating baby flapping its bat like wings. It would have a very long tail and an oversized head.

( This is a picture of an Imp. )

The next question that ran through his head was, “Is this something being done by the imp itself, or is there another that’s doing the controlling and using it to aid in their pony trafficking?” Before he can start speculating any further, he could hear a big ruckus coming from outside of the tent, this was near the entrance from what he could tell.

Knowing full well seeing him there was not going to be a good thing for anyone, especially the kids. Brex jumped high up into the air and landed on the tallest crate near the entrance. Kneeling and keeping silent, the Roegadyn looked down from above while still in the shadow realm.

Soon he began hearing the sounds of fighting outside. There was the sound of screams and swords being clash together over and over again. Close to two minutes later, the sounds of battle died down and a group of three came barging through the entrance of the tent. Squinting his eyes to get a good look at the three, he saw their names displayed above their heads.

One was a diamond dog with black and white fur that was wearing a mix of leather and metal plates along his body while carrying a sword and shield in his paws. He was easily able to tell that this was a male due to how broad his shoulders were. This guy’s face strongly resembled that of a Husky. The name was, Einstein.

The other two were basically identical Griffin females wearing light leather armor. The first one was brandishing a pair of daggers in both hands while limping on her left leg. She was currently being tended to by the other one who had been pulling out some bandages and ointment from her pouch while they had been crouching near the entrance to stay out of sight. The one that was doing the bandaging was named, Linda. While the other was, Greta.

Brex quickly realize that he had seen these three before. Recalling the time that he was inside of the Adventurers Guild, he had seen them while getting a good look at everybody’s stats, as to determine where he should set his level sync. Back then he needed to pick a number that didn’t make him overpowered. But, on the other hand, he didn’t want to stand out too much as being a weakling. He knew that the idea of a very low-level person, going out and doing something that was well beyond the norm, would only bring up even more problems and suspicions from the other members.

Most of those within the Guild ranged between level 8 and 11. So, putting himself as the next highest level in the group inside the room was the surefire way to make sure that he can get away with doing the things he could do. But after leaving the Guild building, Brex switched his 10 back up to 25 just to be safe. Even if he wanted to keep his real power a secret, he wasn’t stupid enough to make himself so weak that he can get killed again shortly after getting back. Also, he didn’t know if the whole coming back to life had some type of drawback. For all he knew, it could be like that one anime, Log Horizon. His mind was already messed up to begin with. He didn’t want to lose anymore of it with each death.

Thinking back on it, he was relieved that Rory was able to mess with the magical apparatus that was currently making his identification card. Brex was worried that it would display everything about him. But Rory was capable of messing with it thanks to the Anti-Virus. In a sense, Rory bullied the thing by saying something along the lines of, it better not tell these ponies everything about her Master or she’ll make sure she destroys its programming. Ironically enough, magic and programming are basically the same thing in this world. Nonetheless, it was still pretty amazing that Rory was actually able to make an enchantment scared of her and got it to do what she had asked.

Now going back to the three within the tent, they had just finished patching up the leg of the knife wielding Griffin, they started to make their way deeper into the tent. Just as they were getting to the point where they were four meters inside past the entrance, the ground gave in and the three fell several meters straight into a pit that was a few meters wide with a set of heavy thuds.

Shaking his head, the Roegadyn mentally faceplanted as he said to himself under his breath, “I knew it…” that was when he heard Rory saying in a surprise tone, “Well now that’s something. To think that your paranoia was actually spot on for once.” Brex started using the mental connection and came back with a snappy tone, “Oh? And what about my paranoia about Princess Celestia killing me. That… I… think… came… true!” After that, he could have sworn he heard Rory giving a nervous chuckle from deep within his head.

Before their witty retorts could continue, Brex began to hear a large number of steps coming from the entrance. Soon a group of ponies came walking inside. It was a group of three unicorns and three Pegasus, this made six in all. All of which were female. He can feel his eyes becoming sharper as they filled with anger. He thought in his head, “What in the seven Hells! All the kids that they foal napped were females, but the ones doing it, turned out to be females themselves. Here a part of me was thinking that this was done by a male getting revenge seeing as there wasn’t a single one in there.” Brex had really thought that this would have had something to do with how the males in this world had been treated as nothing more than weaklings to be taken advantage of.

That was when he heard one of the Pegasus females call out towards one of the unicorns and said, “Whatcha wanna do with these three in the whole, Penny Pincher?” hearing that name he wondered to himself, “Hmm… I wonder if she has any relation to Coin Pincher, I remember hearing some of the fan fictions. In those stories it was a mare and she was always trying to make money off the princesses. But hold the phone, Penny Pincher? Penny is an earth name, or could it be that there is another form of currency like back home?”

That was when the one that had been called Penny Pinchers spoke up in an irritated tone, “Oh by the love of Celestia! You are such a BUCKING idiot! We discussed this earlier, no using names!” after saying that, she holds up her right hand towards the girl and shoots a magic blast towards the Pegasus mare and launches her into the side of one of the crates. Thankfully it wasn’t enough to kill her, but she was pretty badly banged up. Brex looked at the mare and saw that her health bar had dropped to only a third of its full amount. Looking back up to the unicorn, Brex could see her hand glowing, but so was the horn. This interested the Roegadyn, seeing as the books in the past mentioned that all spells needed to be channeled through the horn. But it would seen that it could be redirected into a magic user’s hands as well. But after the horn gathers the charge.

The only thought to run through his head was, “Ouch! Being a bad guy… or I guess in this case, a bad girl, does not have very good job security.” That’s when Penny Pincher spoke up again, while strolling towards the hole with her horn lit while being accompanied by the others. “Well, they’re too big to be sold off, but who knows, we might be able to find a buyer. But only Celestia knows who would want to do anything with a dirty old diamond mutt! Now as for the other two, I think I know of a couple of buyers right off the bat. Not too often you find twins falling into your lap.”

The mare’s horn flashed and something appeared right over the hole floating in the air. Brex was able to keep his eyes open and immediately discovered that it was in fact, an Imp. This one however was wearing some kind of a dark, metal collar around its neck that had a rather large black stone affixed to it. Brex found it unusual so he decided to use his examination on it. Unfortunately, with it being a monster, a detailed status screen did not pop up so he was unable to get a reading on what this item was. All he was able to get was its name, level, difficulty and along with how much health it had, which at the moment was at full.

Name: Lesser Imp.

Level: 20.

Difficulty: Medium.

Brex cursed his luck that he couldn’t scan something that was not either in his inventory or on a person that he can use an examination on. But he remembered the status that was over Rarity’s head, so he quickly glanced over to the creature’s bar to see if it had any status effects in place. Just as he thought there was in fact, one currently set on this monster. When a player sees any kind of a status effect at all on something it would either indicate it by having an icon and an arrow pointing up or down. The up arrow meant that it was a positive buff, while an arrow pointing down meant it was a negative type, which meant something bad.

In the Imps case it had a status effect called, Subjugation. Brex wasn’t an expert but this was completely new to him. He began to consider that this was probably due to the collar around the creature’s neck, obviously. He thought, “So some ponies are capable of controlling monsters huh. I wonder just how common this is. I guess this also means that the imp isn’t the mastermind, but really this Penny Pincher. I wonder what she’s gonna do next.”

His internal question was quickly answered when penny pincher motioned towards the hole and said, “Won’t you be a dear and please use that little eye trick of yours on the two girls inside? We won’t be needing the male. He’s a diamond dog after all, they breed like crazy. After you get that done, have those two go ahead and kill the mutt.” When she was finished, the other two unicorns used their magic to restrain the two Griffins and brought them out and over the hole and forced them to face the imp.

Brex could see the two Griffins attempting to keep their eyes closed. But soon, their faces of defiance soon turned into that of pain filled expressions as their eyelids were painfully pried open with magic. This caused him to think back to his fears when he first appeared in this world. Thinking back then to when he imagined the one called Twilight using magic to manhandle him the same way that these two were being done. Only caused him to lose control of his emotions.

What was once fear for the Roegadyn when it came to this memory, was now at this very moment, rage Incarnate that was being fueled by seeing it being done to another two that were only here to save a bunch of kids. Letting himself slip out of the shadows while on top of the crate. Brex readies his bow as he pulls it off his back.

He knew full well that this was a delicate situation, but still there was a driving force that screamed that he needed to do something and it had to be done now. Reaching for the quiver on his back, the Roegadyn pulls three arrows and places them between his fingers in his right hand while his left was holding the bow. Preparing to launch one after another in quick succession, he notches one of the arrows onto the bowstring.

During this time Brex concentrated on the situation and was able to hold in his emotions just enough that it would no longer control him. but it was still being a driving force that he would use in this oncoming fight. He didn’t want to kill these ponies, but by the twelve, he wanted to scare them SHITLESS!!

Carefully controlling his breathing, he slowly pulls back on the first arrow and takes in his surroundings. He used his mini map to judge where everything is, as well as everyone. Using one of the in-game functions. He marked each of his targets with an icon marking them in numbers. This was the order in which he was going to take these girls down. Also, if they should happen to make a run for it, those marks would be visible to only himself and would aid in tracking them down later.

In his eyes, the world had slowed down to a crawl. The waves of magic light that was coming off the unicorn’s horns was flowing like a slow mist before him. Right then and there, Brex wanted to let loose his first arrow. But stopped himself knowing that right now was not the perfect moment. Seeing as how Penny Pincher wanted the Imp to enslave the two Griffin’s minds. He knew that it was more of a form of mind control. A memory flashed before Brex, of when he was back in the other world.

It was a point in one of the sessions with Little Light where she explained the effects of mind control spells and how to either deal with them, or to mess with their effects. One of her examples was of a target who is placed under a mind control spell, would need to have the caster reapply it continuously or at least within short intervals of one another or the target would break free.

But there was another form of magic when it came to this type of category where the caster would only need to use it once, so as long as the connection between them remained constant, it wouldn’t matter how far away their victim would go. They would still be under their control.

That was when Brex remembered how the girls in the cage were reacting when he had found them. More so when the image of Rarity popped up. Remembering how the Gaze effect that was still on her made the Roegadyn realized that she was not under a simple mind control spell, but one that was constantly in effect which meant that she was directly linked to the imp.

At one-point, Little Light had explained that when an individual is at the point of being placed under the spell that would be used for the long-term version, a link had to be established to the one casting it. This meant that that was the exact moment when it was at its most vulnerable. If the spell is interrupted at the exact moment that it nearly takes effect, then it would cause a backlash and undo the others that were currently under that caster spell.

Looking back down at the Griffins, he inwardly apologized that he had to wait just a little longer before he struck. With how time slowed down, Brex was witnessing this at a snail’s pace which meant, to him, it was literally lasting an eternity as he watched their pain filled expressions slowly morph as the Imp begins to take hold of their minds.

Right at the very moment that Brex felt that the connection was being established between the imp and the two females. He started chanting a spell within his head that came from the book he had gotten from the anime, Rise of The Shield Hero. He still had yet to master all the spells but there were a few that he was capable of casting at their lowest rank. One of which was called, Low Quick.

Rise of the shield hero spell: Low Quick. The lowest version of the speed enhancement spell. Low quick allows the user to have an enormous boost of speed for only an instant.

Just as brecks had finished mentally chanting the spell and had only stopped at the last syllable, he started his volley of arrows down onto his opponents. With fluid motion, he notched the next arrow in his hand onto the bowstring and launched it and repeated it for the last one.

He had carefully aimed their shots to hit the right sholders of each one of the unicorns. He knew through personal experience with his training, that intense pain would hinder a casters ability. So, shooting them in the shoulder would cause this effect while at the same time limiting the chance of it being fatal.

Just as the last arrow was more than halfway across the room, Brex finished the chant. Feeling the Low Quick spell taking effect, there was a sudden surge of pure adrenaline coursing through his veins and this caused his senses to heighten even further. From an outsider’s point of view, one would have mistaken him for a much bulkier version of the flash with the way he jumped down off the crate and speeded towards the hole that the two Griffins were currently being held over.

Seeing the three unicorns falling to the ground after getting shot in slow motion, Brex weaves between two of them and jumps into the air right over the large hole. Taking hold of his Longbow in his left hand, he brings it to his right side and then quickly swings it into the side of the head of the imp. There was a sharp smack sound that emanated when colliding with its skull. With his forward momentum still unhindered whilst in midair. He keeps his arms held out and grabbed hold of the two Griffins and travels until he lands on the other side and quickly puts them down and turns his body, just as the Low Quick spell runs out.

When the world returns to its normal speed, he begins to hear a set of cries as all three mare’s raven agony while looking at their shoulders in disbelief as they see a long arrow stuck in them. As for the imp he struck with his bow, it was still in transit as it slams into one of the crates rendering it motionless.

Brecks then reaches back and grabs another set of three arrows and takes aim at the two Pegasus mare’s standing directly behind the now downed unicorns. Brex then spoke loudly in a menacing tone, “Wings are next!” this caused the two mare’s who were at that moment getting their wings out so they could be ready to fly, to quickly pull them in and take a step back, before holding their arms up in surrender out of fear.

It would appear that these two knew better after seeing all three Unicorns getting shot in the shoulder perfectly, at almost the same instant and didn’t want to follow the same outcome with their own wings. He knew that to a Pegasus; their wings were the most valuable thing in the world and having them threatened was the same as killing them in away.

Not forgetting the one that was over by the other crate, he calls out to the two Pegasus, “Bring her over.” While saying this he used the tip of his arrow and motioned towards the downed mare and back to where they were. The two quickly ran over and dragged their nearly unconscious comrade and added themselves to the group and quickly sat down while visibly shaking.

During that however the one known as penny pincher looked up towards Brex with anger in her eyes as she screamed out, “Just who the buck do you think you are? Do you have any idea who you’re messing with, or how much trouble you’re gonna be in?” While still clutching her shoulder, she gives a pathetic laugh while trying to act tough before she added.

I got half this town under my thumb. Don’t think you’re gonna walk away scott free. The guards will round you up and then we’ll make sure that you never see the light of day again. Ha! you won’t even see the next day again. So why don’t you go ahead and put that bow down before things get even worse for you. Otherwise, I’ll have to make you suffer. How about I give you a taste!”

Turning her attention towards the crate in the back of the tent she calls out, “Hey! new Philly! Go and kill one of the kids in there with you!” After saying that, she turns back to Brex and gives him a manic smile of a deranged mare. She then spoke out while cackling maniacally like some B-rated villainess, who is awaiting the sounds that were to come from the cage.

However, Brex just stood there unfazed. Not even attempting to lower his bow or to turn his head towards the cage to stop what was happening. The seconds went by with no sound being made. During that time, Penny Pincher’s face was slowly melting away to that of confusion and this then continued to change as her right eye, began to twitch uncontrollably.

The mare then screamed out, “What are you waiting for you stupid brat! I gave you an order!” Yet again there was nothing. But after a moment they can all hear a girl speaking in a week scared voice, “I just want to go home… please let me go home. I-I want to see my mummy and daddy, where are… my mommy and daddy?” Brex immediately realized that that was the voice of Rarity. He had remembered that during the show she had this Canterlot accent present but it seemed that she had yet to develop it at this time, but he was able to pick out her voice all the same.

Penny Pincher, now with an expression of utter rage yelled towards Brex and said, “Just what did you do to them! there is no way that you could have broken that spell! That was meant to be permanent! How?! tell me how did you break that spell!! TELL MEEEEE!” She was clutching at her now injured shoulder while screaming this in frustration.

However, there was no way he was simply going to tell her exactly what he did. He began to wonder to himself what kind of an idiot would explain how they undid something only to give the villain or others that try the same to figure a way to prevent it from being stopped again.

Brex just shook his head in a negative motion and then replied with, “Switch with kids.” Again, using his arrow while still notched to his bow, he indicated that their group should be the ones to be in the cage. Of course, there was some heavy protest from Penny Pincher. But that was quickly put to an end when Brex gave the other mare’s the command, “Knock her out!” to which they quickly obliged by doing just that. Seeing this Brex thought, “Well that’s a change. I didn’t expect them to do what I said without any hesitation. I guess the idea of getting shot, really is a good motivator.”

After the children exited their cage and the mare’s were now locked up inside, the keys were confiscated and Brex placed it into is robes for safekeeping. Unknown to any of them, he had placed it into his item box which meant that it was no longer accessible by anyone other than him. He didn’t bother with the Unicorns seeing as how they also had Unicorn children inside the cage in the first place. So, it was safe to assume that the cage had a magic resistance so they weren’t getting out anytime soon.

All six children were currently huddled together a fair distance from the mare’s who had kept them captive. Now they were currently staring at Brex with curiosity and a little bit of fear. But the one Griffin of the group of kids had an expression of concern as she looked towards the two Griffin females that were still knocked out, due to the attempted mind control by the Imp.

Brex had noticed this and at that moment, he saw how the girl looked now that she was out of the shadows. Her eyes were of a brilliant amber color. She was mostly brown but everything from the neckline going up, was white. While around her eyes and on the tip of the feathers above her head, had a shade of purple. From under his mask, Brex squinted his eyes and suspicion and used his examination skill on the kid.

He immediately found his suspicions spot on as the kid’s name displayed it as, Gilda. This was in fact the Griffin from the show but as a small child. It was one thing to run into Rarity, but he had also run into the very Griffin that caused trouble when she was to show up in Ponyville a little over 12 years from now.

Realizing that he was still holding his bow, while the arrow was tilted towards the ground, he then did a mental facepalm that this was no longer necessary and this was possibly the cause for the kids to be that scared of him.

Placing the arrows carefully back into his quiver, Brex then takes his bow and places it onto his back once more. The Roegadyn then motions with his head and questions the young Gilda, “You know them?” This got a cute little squawk of surprise from the child as she hears him speak. But just as he thought, she quickly tries to look tough but still not quite reaching that point due to her small size, replies with, “Yeah those two are my aunts. Are they gonna be, OK? I saw what happened from in the cage. You ran into them pretty hard; you better make it up to them otherwise I’m gonna break you’re… your… uh.” Gilda then trailed off as she was unsure as to what Brex was so she couldn’t give a very good accurate threat to use.

He then motions with his right hand and says, “Go to them.” At those words the young Griffin leaps into the air and quickly arrives at their side and begins checking on them. While this was going on he caught a glimpse of Rarity giving him an intense look. He wasn’t quite sure what to make of it though. He didn’t think it was anger, fear, distrust or anything really, she was just staring at him without blinking. It was actually making him quite uncomfortable as shivers ran up and down his back.

Cold sweat began to run down the side of his face as he thought, “Uhm… Rory, I don’t know about you, but I think we need to get out of here soon. That kid is starting to freak me out…” That got a cheerful reply from Rory as she said, “Oh come now. You go after giant spiders and Timberwolves. You literally bitch slap, an Imp to the wall, shoot three mare’s in the shoulders, intimidate the rest of them to following orders to knockout their leader. But you’re now terrified of a little girl looking at you?” He then gave her a quick and decisive, “Yup” As a response.

Luckily there was an interruption to this very uncomfortable moment when there was a series of grunts and moans as the one that was still in the pit had just climbed over the edge and was basically clawing his way out by using, well, his claws. Brex had actually forgot about the guy and was happy that his face was covered so the Dimond Dog wouldn’t see his eyes darting around out of a sense of embarrassment.

The diamond dog finally rose to his feet and began looking around before asking, ugh… who dropped a mountain on me. Also, what did I miss?” It would seem that he was somewhat aware that the situation had been pretty much taken care of, after noticing the kids were now out of the cage and all the ones that were in charge of the carnival, were now inside of said cage.

Brex simply walked off to the side and leaned up against one of the crates as he observed the Diamond Dog checking on the two Griffins and kids. Brex could hear him explaining that he was a Guild member and he and his two comrades were looking for them after hearing about all the foal napping’s.

The Roegadyn had begun to think that the one diamond dog among the group of kids may have been his. However, there was no sign of that being the case with how the young pup was not making any type of reaction towards the male member of her species. Perhaps she was just taken from another Diamond Dog that was living within the city.

There was a stirring sound from across the tent. Quickly, Brex realized that he had completely forgotten about the knocked-out Imp from just earlier. Seeing as it was now attempting to fly back into the air, Brex then pulled out an arrow and prepare to use one of his Bard skills.

But before he had the chance to even think of which one to use, the imp that was now in the air, waved both its arms towards them and a small icicle shard quickly appeared and shot towards one of the kids.

Brex unleashed his arrow and intercepted the icicle when it was only a meter away from the kids face. It then shattered into nothingness. Now catching the attention of everyone in the tent, all eyes were glued to the imp and they all quickly saw that it was launching yet another icicle at a random pony. Yet again this one was intercepted in mid-flight buy another arrow.

The monster now getting more impatient began channeling even more magic into its hands as it created another icicle then another and another. Soon there was four being created all at once and they all shot out at different directions.

The Roegadyn shot arrow after arrow at each one of the icicles being created by the imp. But it did not end there as the creature only unleashed volley after volley attempting to rain down ice on anything other than itself within the tent.

The ponies that were currently locked into their own cage huddled up together on the far side. It would seem as the one called Penny Pincher, had come too and saw this and screamed out, “That’s it! Go, go on and kill them all. Kill them all for me!” That was when one of the icicle shards flew through the cage and was nearly about to strike the mare before that also, was destroyed by another arrow. However, that one continued on until it slammed into the back of the cage where the wooden wall was leaning up against the back side. Penny Pincher looked to the side and saw that the arrow was no less than a few inches from her head. Seeing this the mare fainted with her eyes now rolling to the back of her head.

Back to Brex, he had almost regretted saving the mastermind from being killed by the very monster that she was controlling, but thought better of it seeing as how she needed to suffer and pay for her crimes. This wouldn’t be possible if she were to end up dead.

Turning his attention back towards the imp, Brex continued with intercepting its seemingly random attacks at anything alive within the tent. He started to think while taking another shot, “If I didn’t know any better, I’d say that that Penny Pincher girl lost complete control over this thing. Either that or it misinterpreted her words. I’m placing my Gil on it going crazy considering it did this before she had even given it any commands before.”

This got Rory to reply while Brex was still fending off the icicles with his arrows. “Could be that, but I wonder if this thing was ever really under her control in the first place. Who’s to say that somebody else wasn’t really the one pulling the imp strings and it was simply told to follow her commands until something like this happened.”

He then gave a nod and answered with, “Yeah, you got a point there. I mean come on, this place and those working here just scream hired help. They didn’t do any proper advertisement to make this seem like a legitimate operation. The carnival was set up way too far from the busy part of the coast to be considered a good spot for business. A smart person would have had it much closer to the boardwalk. Then there was the utter unprofessionalism between Penny Pincher and that one mare she shot. I’m 100% on board with there being something else happening. To top it all off, what were the odds that Rarity and the one called Gilda would even be here. I’m starting to think the tree of harmony stopping me on my flight back and showing me those images of the girls may have something to do with all of this.”

Before Brex could continue his musings, he noticed something odd with the imp after releasing yet another arrow. He was capable of seeing the magic flowing from it that was being condensed into the icicles which it was using as ammunition. But with how much it was radiating, the Roegadyn couldn’t figure out where the creature was putting it all, considering it appeared to only be using a fraction of its output for the ice shards so far.

He hadn’t noticed it, but thanks to his attention being divided so much by protecting the others, the Imp’s true intentions went unnoticed until it was too late. There was a huge buildup that felt the same as all the other spells it was casting, however you can tell that this one was much larger.

After Brex had shot what he counted to be number 49 of his arrow’s, that built up of energy started fluctuating around the Imp. That was when his, In-game functions kicked in and a warning flashed in his vision.

Quickly identifying what this was, Brex internally panicked for a split second when he saw the words, Blizzard Rain. Back in Final Fantasy, this sort of warning would appear above the monster the player was fighting when they were about to use a special move. Judging by the amount of magic, he knew that this one was going to turn out to be a type of area of effect attack, also referred to as an, A.O.E. By the players.

Judging by the name and how this implies using ice to fire at its opponents. The Roegadyn came to the conclusion that this one was going to be just like the others, but at a much larger scale.

He had wanted to end it right then and there, but was unable to do so because his efforts were being poured completely into protecting those around with all his concentration. Not even the option of casting another speed enhancement spell was a viable move, much less changing his level back to its maximum. If only there was a small window of hesitation on the monster’s part, then Brex might be able to do one of these.

The Imp then launched its devastating new spell immediately after firing the last icicle. Its body became surrounded by multiple smaller rings of light which quickly condensed into a smaller version of the icicles it was firing before, but this time it was in far greater quantities. They were then launched at all directions and at great speeds. Each one was roughly half the size of a person’s fist and was hurtling towards a random person within the tent. Screams of fear rang out from the crowd consisting of both adults and kids alike.

Brex began cursing within his mind as he saw this occurring in front of him. Without even realizing it himself, his hand was still moving at the same speed as before and was currently grabbing onto another arrow. Time came to a near, grinding halt and the world around him turned into a shade of blue.

Another memory flashed within his mind’s eye of a training session with Little Moon. This was during the time that he was practicing with his Bard skills. They started to have a discussion about whether or not he could use one of the skills in a certain way.

Little Moon was standing there wearing her jumpsuit with arms crossed while giving a thoughtful expression as she said, “OK, OK. Hold on, I can understand that you want to be able to snipe things in mid-air. That I can understand, but what you’re talking about is just crazy. There is a whole lot of things that can go wrong with that idea. Trust me when I say I know what I’m talking about. So, you should understand me when I say, that is humanly impossible. But if you wanna give it a go, then I don’t mind. That is, if you don’t care about getting a whole lot of bruises afterwards if this messes up.”

After that the two tried practicing with Brex’s idea, but ultimately in the end it was a complete bust. They had been using small projectiles and at the end of the session, the Roegadyn was covered in numerous bruises while he was laying on his backside against a tree that they had constructed to rest against.

Breck squeezed out a cough as he rubbed his temple from the most recent impact. With grunts of exertion, he attempted to work out the kinks while little moon spoke in a, I told you so tone, “So that makes try number seven. I’m pretty sure you should give up on this idea. Sure, you can snipe things one at a time with what you can do now compared to a normal human, but controlling that many at once is not a very good idea. For one thing, you can’t control that many projectiles at the same time with that level of precision. You may as well be asking Junkrat, to not blow things up. You might at least get more progress out of that.”

After that memory was done replaying in his mind, Brex had let out a grunt of annoyance and gritted his teeth. With little left that he can do, he tightened his grip on his bow and right as he was going to let go of his next arrow, he concentrated on the skill, Quick Nock.

Weapon skill: Quick Nock: Delivers an attack with a potency of 150 to all enemies in a cone before you. An arrow is shot that is infused with its user’s energy and this causes it to break up and scatter wide as to rain down on multiple targets within 15 yards ahead.

From his very core, he can feel a surge of energy traveling out into his right arm and this flowed straight into the arrow that was still being gripped. At the same time his mind was fully focused on each one of the magic circles surrounding the Imp.

Both combatants launched their attacks simultaneously. With on goers to his back and to the sides he knew that he had to intercept as many as possible. He himself could easily take half a dozen or more of these in his current level without much problem. But that wasn’t the same case when it came to the others. With two Guild members currently out cold, along with a group of ponies in a cage within the line of sight of the spell, then you add the six children, there was no way casualties could be avoided if any of them got struck. He knew that the six wouldn’t be able to survive even one of these hitting them.

As the shower of icicles were traveling, the one arrow that Brex shot glowed with a yellow light in scattered into smaller golden ones that intercepted the spells. When a golden arrow came into contact with one, this caused it and the icicle shard to burst into pieces and scattered to the air. Unfortunately, Brex’s attack was not able to block all of them as he saw a number of them whizzing by and striking parts of the tent and the boxes around.

There was a series of screams from both the children and grownups as a number of icicles had nearly hit them. He can see that they had made impact with either the floor or some nearby objects, thereby leaving noticeable small holes. Cursing the fact that he was unable to do more, the Roegadyn notched another arrow. Ready to fire, what surprised him was the fact that the imp’s magic had yet to fade as it just came off of it in continuous waves. There was then another set of magic circles appearing.

Brecks screamed angrily in his head, “Hey! don’t tell me it’s gonna fire another one of those? That’s just cheating! Wait don’t tell me this is a continuous one?! FUCK!!” after seeing this he launched another volley. This one pretty much had the same effect, but one additional outcome came from it which made the Roegadyn start too internally panic.

One of the Imps attacks had made it through and was currently making its way directly towards one of the random earth pony children. Brex could do nothing as he watched it in slow motion as it drew closer towards the child’s head. Emotions of dread exploded within his mind as he can feel the welling up tears ready to come out at the site. The ice was drawing closer and closer, the little girl had only seen it when it was only several feet away.

But thankfully the diamond dog from before, held up his arm that had the shield and deflected the magical projectile. Brex was able to see how it scraped along his wooden and metal shield, nearly gouging clean through as it slid across. He can feel his heart come to a stop at the very notion of what that thing could have done if it had made contact.

Turning his attention back towards the Imp, he saw that it was ready to do this same trick again. But this time, there was a few more circles appearing. Its face was twisted with a maniacal grin as its eyes narrowed towards him. He thought to himself, “That piece of… this isn’t just attacking, that thing is actually ENJOYING the fact that it could kill these kids!” this very notion caused his breath to hitch as the anger swelling up only intensified even further.

Pulling another arrow from his quiver, he notches that and fires another volley of arrows by using the skill, Quick Nock. This was countered by the imp and this started the epic struggle of tug of war to see who would come out on top. Volley after volley from both sides the arrows and ice collided.

Brex had managed to focus his attention mostly on the shards that would be going at someone. This had worked for the next three attempts, but the imp just screamed and earsplitting screech as it thrusted its arms and legs forward. That was when the number of circles increased even further, not only that, they appear to be rotating. When the next set was launched, he can tell just what the intended purpose of the rotating circles were.

The icicles were now traveling at a faster velocity as well as traveling in arcs so they were no longer going in a straight predictable line. From a sideways point of view, it appears that the invisible wall separating the two sides was now being pushed back towards the Roegadyn. More and more were getting through his arrows with the apparent screams of panic and crying of the children and the ponies that were currently in the cage. Thankfully the ones in the cage were able to set up their own barrier, but they had to make it small enough to only encompass them so they could withstand the hits. But he can tell that it was cracking with all the hairlines appearing after each strike.

Attempting to keep up with it, Brex increased his speed as much as possible. His arms were basically moving in a blur as he was shooting arrows faster than the eye could track. The air was completely filled with flashes of blue and gold as they collided, however a small majority was getting through and was causing even more damage to the surrounding. A stray thought ran through his head as Brex considered the idea, that if this continued the whole place would come down on everybody.

With his breathing now becoming heavy and ragged the Roegadyn cursed that he was not at level 70 right now for this, otherwise it would be an easy task to deal with this creature. If only he had set up some type of backup plan or a safeguard in case this situation was to occur. He made a promise to himself that no way he was going to make this type of a blunder ever again, not when lives could be at stake. He knew that he had the power of revival magic from his other classes, however he had no idea how they would work on the residences of this world or even the ramifications of such a spell existing.

( Play this music for the fight. )

Attempting to concentrate even harder at his task, the Roegadyn failed to notice or even care that there was a pressure that was building up behind his left eye. He had simply pushed it aside thinking that it was due to him concentrating so much, so his eyes could keep up or they were simply getting watery from the amount of exertion.

The world around him was now starting to get dark as everything faded from view, all aside from himself and the Imp could be perceived. His eyes could track every movement between it in himself, this included the magic flow from its body and the spells that were whizzing through the air. His body began to feel sluggish as if he was attempting to move his arms while underwater. Breathing became slow and shallow, even though he knew he was supposed to be breathing quickly.

Within his head he couldn’t stop chanting the following mantra over and over again, “Faster, faster I need to be faster, faster, faster, faster…” Each word was paired with the loud thump of his heart beats. When his last arrow was shot, Brex could see how it’s physical form would slowly disperse as it left his bow and spread across his vision and towards the shards. Watching as each one intercepted its target. But there was those that would either miss or would be unable to hit its target due to it merely missing or being hit from the side by a random one that was at an odd trajectory with how the circles rotated before the spell was fired.

Now that feeling from before that was slowing him down was being lifted and Brex could feel his arms moving like normal again. Another arrow was launched, then another. Each one seemingly faster than the next. It hadn’t taken long until he noticed something about the smaller ones that broke off. They were now changing their flight paths. when one would miss, it would only do a loop and strike the spell from behind. Not only that, they flew through the air even faster than before.

*Point of view: Third Person*

Back in reality perceived by others. Brex’s movements had taken a drastic spike in speed. Before, his arms were already moving in quick succession. But now they could have been considered to nearly be blurs. The spells that the Imp were using, seemed to be unable to progress past a certain point after the spike.

When the fight of attrition had started between it and Brex. There was a line right between them were the two had been at a stalemate with only a few getting back and landing near to the others behind the Roegadyn. Then that line was pushed back and was nearly up to him. Now however, the icicles appeared to have hit a solid wall of arrows seeing as not even a single one was making it through.

Before, the onlookers were flabbergasted when they saw that this one that was wearing a yellow robe was actually fending off magic from a monster by shooting them out of the air. But when the monster had gone and casted a spell that sent more at them, they all were sure that was the end and their lives would be taken away.

Those fears got dashed when they saw the unknown being fire a single arrow that immediately turned into a yellow silhouette and broke apart into many others and struck the multiple spells over and over again.

But there was a horrible scream from the flying monster and even more ice came flying at them. Some had gotten through and hit the shield the unicorns in the cage had erected. Others would hit either the ground, boxes or floor.

The diamond dog was watching in amazement at such an extraordinary feat. Having a sharp sense, he was able to tell that the ones that had gotten past, were not the being’s top priority, seeing as they turned out to be stray shots that wouldn’t have hit anyone. But to see a single arrow to be infused with something and turn into many was a sight to behold.

But when one of the spells had gotten past the defenses of the unknown individual that was protecting them, the Diamond Dog quickly noticed that it was heading right for one of the kids and intercepted it. It was hard to hold his ground but he had managed to deflect the ice. But it was at the cost of his shield. It was almost gouged out and was hardly able to keep its form now with how it was nearly falling apart.

Right after he could see that his two partners had regained their senses and were coming too. Those griffons looked about and were quickly able to get a grasp on the situation. They had their beaks hanging low as they witnessed something impossible.

Their looks only gave way to more astonishment when they saw the approaching wave of ice was halted a short distance away. Not only that, not a single one was making it past. When the diamond dog glanced to the one in robes, his eyes went comically wide and were almost popping out of his skull when catching the sight of the one that was firing the arrows. He was moving even faster. It appeared that each muscle in his arms were operating in the most efficient way possible. Not one fraction of a single second was being wasted. In fact. He could see that his shots were no longer going out in a straight line but appeared to be tracking down something to hit. He had seen magic before from ponies but this seemed different to him.

Back with the two Griffins, they could only watch while muttering under their breath in an almost, unintelligible language. Their eyes darting back and forth while having faces of concentration and frustration whenever they had to blink before trying to refocus on not missing anything.

Soon the physical manifestation of their two attacks colliding which was comprised of scattering clashes of blue and gold within the air was beginning to make its way back towards the monster at a snail’s pace. The diamond dog noticed that its features were changing to that of fear as its once angry eyes went wide at the site of this happening before it.

With every wave of icicles that came another two waves of arrows flew. The one in robes was literally firing two shots a second. With the increased rate of firing clearly outmatching that of the monster, he could see that it was losing ground and fast.

Within a matter of a few seconds the situation had completely reversed and the once confident monster from before who was assured of its victory was now on the precipice of losing this battle. Mere feet away it was attempting to hold back the onslaught of arrows with everything it had, but still the wall of sparks from the two attacks colliding drew only closer and closer until finally it was too much and the arrows struck the magic circles as they were about to launch their next volley. This appeared to be a fortunate distraction as it had caused the magic circles to disappear into small pieces when they were struck.

Looking back towards the one in robes, The Diamond Dog could see that he was now pulling one more arrow out and was taking his time. Then he heard the being say out in a loud voice which radiated his displeasure for the creature in front of him, “My… turn.”

Letting loose a single arrow, it flew through the air and created a mighty gust of wind that filled the tent. Before it had physically made contact with the monster, one could see its flesh being torn by an invisible force as if a giant drill was burrowing into its skull. At first there was a small hole that had gone clean through the center of its forehead. Then said hole began to spread at an astonishing rate. When the arrow had actually reached the creature, one could see it dispersing as if someone threw a pebble into a pond and its body was easily ripped apart. Nothing remained of the creature but small tatters of its flesh and the tip of its tail remained motionless off to the side.

Behind said creature the tent had been completely obliterated with a hole large enough for the being himself to walk straight through, but just beyond that several meters away was a large trench that seemed to have been dug out from some mighty force that went on for a good three meters before stopping and in the center stuck in the ground was a simple arrow.

( Stop music here. )

Everyone else within the tent was completely silent for what seemed like a good 10 seconds before all the children screamed in excitement and started cheering as they all ran up to the one in robes and gave him a group hug.

However, it did not escape the diamond dogs notice when he saw the one who had saved them was visually bothered by the sudden show of affection and went stiff, but remained unmoving. The bow that was still grasped in his left hand hung down to his side and it was evident with the many cracks, that the bow itself was near the edge of breaking apart at any moment. When it came to the other hand, the glove which covered it completely was now in tatters but still enough to cover his skin.

The Diamond Dog began to think to himself, “Unbelievable, to do that to a bow and glove within that short amount of time is unthinkable. Just how fast, no… just how many arrows did he fire during that whole skirmish. It couldn’t have lasted for more than three minutes but it felt like it was going on forever. Didn’t the guild lady say he was only level 10? Just what training did this guy go through?” As for the two Griffin females, they kept close to one another while whispering under their breath, their eyes never leaving the robed being.

*Point of view: Brex Mith*

Rex was not entirely comfortable at this very moment with how these kids were clustering around him. This was not exactly what he had envisioned happening, but was relieved nonetheless to see these smiling faces. But that relief quickly escaped when he remembered that he needed to get out of here before others asked too many questions. Letting out a small sigh he says low enough to not seem threatening to the kids around him, “Parents are waiting.”

This quickly got looks of recognition from all of them as they followed him when he exited the hole that he had just made and towards the city. Before leaving the tent completely he called out to the three from before and while pointing to the cage, “They’re all yours.”

After some time to cross the distance into the city. The kids all kept close to him like he was some unstoppable guardian. By the time Brex had gone into the city with the children he had indicated that he would follow them home to make sure they made it. During this, Brex would get odd looks from random ponies but none tried to bother the Roegadyn. He had wondered if this was due to how he had put those other mare’s that hounded him in their place earlier or if it was something else that was making the onlookers to keep their distance.

Whenever a child made it to their house, the parents would open the door and they would have a tear-filled reunion. But before they can even pry themselves away from their child to give thanks to the one bringing them home, Brex and the other children had already moved on and were heading towards the next house.

With it being a city, you know most of them lived within apartment buildings and one of them even lived in a high-rise that seemed rather flamboyant with its decorations. Brex was unsure if this one kid literally lived here or knew someone who did, but as soon as they came close to the doors, a group of mare’s wearing black suits and ties came out and greeted the girl in ushered her inside. Seeing as how this place was more of a problem with how it has some high security, the Roegadyn quickly ushered the remaining kids and left before he got into any more trouble considering that this place seemed high end and he didn’t want any more attention than he was already going to get.

When all but one child was returned home the Roegadyn looked down to see a red philly who is looking up at him with worried eyes. Getting down to one knee, he spoke in a reassuring tone in the best way he could, “Mother is waiting.” The girl was smiling up at him while having a teary eye. This time however Brex knew where this one lived and started to lead the way himself. It was getting close to four in the afternoon by the time they arrived at the old apartment building where he had first gotten the full story on the quest.

Upon entering, the little girl runs up to the counter in is greeted by the old timer manning it. Rex could tell that these two knew each other very well with how they embraced one another and shed tears upon the girls return.

It didn’t take long before the old geezer pointed up and told the girl that her mother was waiting. This caused the little girl to let go and to start running up the steps to the second floor. As Brex was about to take the first step up leading up on the stairway, he heard the man at the desk call out to him and say, “Thank you for finding Cherry Sweet. She’s all that Green Sweet has. If you ever need a place to stay for a while there’s always a room here waiting for you. I’ll even give it to you at a special price.” With that, the old stallion nods with his head to head up.

When Brex had got to the top and reached the second floor, he looked over and saw Cherry Sweet already embracing her mother at the door which was left wide open. Quietly stepping up, Brex stands near the doorway and watches the two crying in each other’s arms just a few feet within the apartment while the mother was down on her knees and covering Cherry Sweet with both arms as if she would disappear again if she didn't do so.

He wanted to let them have their moment so he waited. It had taken the two a good 10 minutes before they realized that he was there. Green Sweet was hurriedly trying to wipe the tears from her eyes so she can see while she got to her hoofs. She then enthusiastically thanked Brex over and over again and had attempted to give him the payment that was promised. However, Brex simply shook his head and gently pushed the bag of bit’s back towards the mother. When she tried again to give it to him, he simply said, “Already been paid.”

This had confused green sweet but reluctantly she let it go. Brex was about to leave when she asked him if he wanted to stay for dinner. But he refused with a shake of the head and reached for his bow to hold up near his face and pointed to it with his free hand before saying, “This, needs repairing.” Upon seeing the weapon in such bad shape, Green Sweet’s eyes went wide before she exclaimed, “Just how did that happen?” this only got Brex to reply with a playful tone, “Occupational hazard.” Saying his piece, the Roegadyn left the apartment building and began walking into the streets of the city, all the while keeping close to the shadows and waiting for the moment to talk to those three who are still tailing him for the last half hour.

After a while, Brex turned into an empty street alley and faded into the darkness. His last thoughts were, “So Rory, want to take bets on what’s going to happen now?” This only got a giggle from the girl as she answered with, “Oh master~ I think I learned by now that betting against you is a chumps bet.” Almost immediately after, three other figures entered the alley…

*Point of view: Young Rarity*
*Time: A week after being rescued*
*Location: Ponyville*

As for rarity she was escorted into the high-rise hotel by the staff and was quickly brought to her parents who were overjoyed with their reunion. She remembered that they had originally came to that city in order to visit a sick friend while her younger sister was currently back at their home with a sitter. The trip was extremely important and not one that a baby should be on, so only rarity had accompanied her parents.

With everything that happened, Rarity and her parents finish their business in record time and headed straight back to Ponyville. As the days went by, the young Unicorn went back to a normal life but with a small twist. The girl was always fascinated with art and anything that had to do with fashion. In fact, the girl was already putting the finishing touches on something that she had been working on during her free time over the last four days.

There was the sound of hoof steps slowly approaching the girl’s door and she hurriedly put everything away and stashed the object into a brown box before stuffing it under her bed just as the door opened. The one standing there was Rarity’s mother with a bright smile on her face.

The mother called out for rarity and said, “It’s time for bed, you got school in the morning little one.” This got an immediate reply of a nod from the girl and it was good enough for the mother to leave and close the door.

Rarity didn’t allow others to know it just yet, but ever since returning home she had been practicing her levitation in secret. Normally for a Unicorn, especially for a young one, it was normal for them to be able to use a levitation spell. But when it came to Rarity’s age. It was believed that they can levitate anything from one to two objects and three being rare. But after witnessing what she did back on her trip while being saved, the girl was given a driving feeling after seeing the spectacle of witnessing one being that was controlling so many arrows while they were in midair.

In the young mare’s eyes, was a shining glint of determination. With using her hobby of making dresses as a form of practice, she had managed to get to the point where she can use four items at the same time to work with. As it turns out using one’s levitation for exact, precise acts such as sewing, was the perfect medium in training one’s ability and levitation while at the same time not turning it into full on training.

She was excited at the prospect of being able to use her great control over many small objects in her future as a fashion designer. But what she had just put under her bed, she had considered her most precious object that she had ever created.

She had quickly gotten ready for bed and jumped under the covers. Using her magic, Rarity turned off the lights and snuggled in place to go to sleep for the night. But before closing her eyes, her horn flashed once more and something was pulled out from under the bed and brought under the blankets for her to cuddle with.

The snuggling item in question was a plushy toy that was about half her size. It had arms and legs and was covered from head to toe with yellow and brown fabric. Where a face would be was a set of black and white stripes and on the forehead was a tiny purple gym affixed in place. Before nodding to sleep, Rarity whispers into it and says, “Thank you…, dear…” as rarity falls off into a dream filled night of sleeping, the light of the moon cascades through her window and onto the upper part of the plushy, the light shines off of its left eye, this exposes a very small but extremely detailed drawing of a sun that was made by using gold colored thread.