A Roegadyn in Equestria

A Roegadyn in Equestria.

Chapter 3: Burning with the wolfs.

*Point of view: Timberwolf*
*Location: Everfree Forest*
*Time: Shortly before the declaration from Brex Mith*

The sun was high in the sky and the air felt cool and refreshing. A figure on all fours was rushing between the trees at high speeds as it was chasing something small and white that was dodging and weaving at erratic patterns between other trees and high roots as it attempted to escape.

The one chasing, was a large wolf like creature but instead of being covered in fur, this one was mostly made up of branches and moss. This creature was commonly known as a Timberwolf. It had been chasing this small rabbit for quite a while now and was getting rather hungry as time went on. Finally, it had it cornered as it ran through a bush and collided with a tree, thereby stunning it.

Seeing that its snack was ready to be pounced upon. The Timberwolf saw that its eyes were filled with terror and acceptance that death was about to be delivered. The large hunter crouched down and prepared for a final leap. But just as its hind legs started to kick off from the ground, there was a sound that emanated through the forest that caught its full attention. It lifted its head and began turning as its ears made of bark twitched and swiveled in order to catch and trace the odd sound.

Seeing this, the white rabbit had an opening and quickly rushed over to a nearby bush and silently escaped underneath. This had not gone unnoticed by the wolf but it saw that the white rabbit was nothing but a small tiny snack and what it had just heard obviously came from a larger living being. It knew this because the only things that were capable of using speech, like the one it just heard would have to have been a pony. The very thought of eating one of them flooded its mind as some green, slimy disgusting sap began to ooze from between its rough blood-stained teeth that were made up of jagged roots and bark.

It rushed off in the direction that it was sure that the voice emanated from. Along the way, it had come across the other members of its pack as they slowly began to converge together as they were making their way towards their new prey. It didn't take long till there were small yips, howls and barking being emanated between the members of the pack. Soon there was four, then eight, within moments, there was a pack of twelve altogether. The wolf from before that was in the middle of a hunt with the rabbit was currently the one in the lead. Sniffing the air, it detected a new odor and was capable of determining just how far away it was.

Along the way, it had been getting this odd feeling and this was becoming visible among the other pack members as they all showed signs of something bothering them. The Timberwolf pondered to itself whether this was something that was being done to them with the use of the pony's magic. But as soon as that came forth, it quickly dismissed it as it knew that they were nothing but prey and that they were the hunters. All others that lived within this forest were meant to be their food.

When they had gotten close enough that they could literally taste the smell on their tongues, the group quickly dispersed and ran off in different directions. The one that was currently leading them went forward and got closer until it stopped near the edge of the tree line and crouched down in the shadows.

Its ears swiveled and its eyes quickly looked around and spotted the trace signs that only it was aware of. The other members of its group were now encircling its target that was within a large open clearing. Seeing that they were all about to be in position, the lead wolf watched its prey as to ascertain what they were about to go after. After which, they would choose their next move.

At a glance, it thought that it was a pony. But it soon noticed it's towering height and lack of a tail and the ears that would normally be seen on any pony. Never before did they ever come across hunting anything like this before. But it was able to tell that this new prey had quite a lot of meat on its bones which made it a very appetizing target that just couldn’t be passed up.

It was about to make its move when it caught the creature looking straight in its direction. The wolf's eyes went wide as it came to the conclusion that it had been spotted. The new creature uttered some phrase that it was unable to comprehend and began to take a somewhat... relaxed stance, which confused the wolf greatly. This thing knew that it was there, but was showing no signs of fear.

(Picture of the Timberwolf.)

Seeing as it had been made, the Timberwolf slowly came out from the shadows and stepped closer into the open. It was a low, crouched position ready for anything that it's prey might try. However, when it started on its approach, the Timberwolf couldn't help but feel a sense of dread coursing through its form, with each step it took, making it that much more noticeable.

It couldn't have been more than thirteen meters away at this point when the wolf came to an abrupt stop and had begun to crouch even lower to the ground in some type of defensive stance. Trying as hard as possible not to show what it was feeling, the Timberwolf was fighting with all it had to prevent its rotten bark from rattling from this new unexplainable sensation. All of its senses were essentially screaming, “RUN, RUN, RUN AWAY OR WE WILL ALL DIE!!”

This pack alone has taken out many types of pray within the forest and had even recently taken down a fully grown Manticore. So why is something that is obviously smaller than that, capable of causing this hunter to freeze in place.

It didn't take long for it to notice that this was what was called fear. The other members of its pack that were currently lying and wait all around, were giving off the same scent of fear as well. In fact, it was as if the entire area was bathed in it, but the only place that was void of any was around the creature itself. The grass near its feet seemed as if it was being pushed away as an invisible force was blowing in all directions from the very spot where it stood.

The Timberwolf began to shake its head violently and was letting out a series of growls and barks to fight off this unwanted distraction. Bearing its fangs that were dripping with ooze, it got into a crouching position and gave out a large howl of defiance before dashing towards its new prey.

The noise it made before it started running was a command to the other Timberwolves to make their move as well. As if perfectly choreographed the entire pack of twelve descended upon the large creature in the center of the clearing. There mighty hind legs kicking the dirt with such force that it flung rocks and sent grass flying into the air in they're wake.

They had all closed the distance, completely encircling their target and just as they had gotten within four meters, they all jumped into the air at varying heights and angles to clamp down on whatever part of their target that they could get their jaws on.

But when they had done this, the one in the center had practically vanished by jumping high into the air. The Timberwolf tried to lift its head to allow its eyes to track its movements but was having difficulty in keeping up with its speed and was only able to barely keep it within its vision.

To its utter astonishment, its prey had managed to leap almost as high as the tallest nearby tree, which was easily five or six times the creature's own height. It watched as it brought its arms closer to its chest and there was a series of ping sounds emanating from it. These were accompanied by two sets of flashes of light that seemed to be coming from where its hands were brought together.

Suddenly its world was engulfed in a flash of orange and red as everything began to be swallowed up by a blinding light which quickly turned into a searing pain and heat that could be felt coursing through its very being. The only thing that went through its mind at that very moment was. “J-JUST WHAT IS THIS MONSTER?!”

*Point of view: Brex Mith*
*Time: Right as the encounter with the wolves began*

After stating the obvious as to where he was, Brex surprisingly was not all that scared. A tiny part of him said that he needed to run and scream like a little girl, but a majority within voted that this was not really much of a threat at all.

He couldn't help but take a somewhat, relaxed posture as he turned towards the eyes that he could see in darkness being given by the thick lining of trees. The pair of orbs grew wide for only a moment before going back to normal and immediately left the shadows to reveal it to be exactly what he thought it to be.

He couldn't help but to smirk internally as he pondered as to what he should try when fighting such a creature. But before he went further with that thought, he remembered something else about the Timberwolves and that it was common for them to hunt in packs. Taking a quick glance up to his Mini map, he saw that his assumption was right as well on this when he counted up to eleven others that were all around the perimeter of the clearing.

He recalled that he was currently equipped as his ninja class and immediately noticed that there was a pair of daggers attached to the holders on his hips. Brex was about to reach for the weapons, but an idea popped in his head and he thought to himself, “Oh I know exactly when I want to try on these guys. Hmm, so they got me surrounded, which means that they expect me either run or they're going to do a simultaneous attack from all sides. Oh, I do hope it's the latter option, that will make this so much more fun.”

His excitement only grew more with the distance between him and the one Timberwolf that had come out in front of him growing shorter by the moment. When he saw the wolf stopping, he eternally began to call to it to continue as his excitement intensified even further.

The few seconds that followed seemed like an eternity to Brex, until finally he noticed the creature shaking and then giving off a deathly howl as it continued with a charge. At the same time, he saw that all the other dots were quickly approaching and were going to hit him at about the same time as the first wolf.

As soon as they were within range and they jumped into the air. He had leaped straight up and was momentarily awestruck at the height that he had somehow easily gotten without too much effort, but recovered his thoughts quickly. He instead brought his hands together and thought of the skills that were unique to only the ninja class.

He created without realizing, it the hand sign for TEN. This created a small flash of light that was followed by a light ping sound. This was then proceeded with him shifting his hands into another hand sign and creating CHI, which also emitted another flash of light, along with the same ping sound as before.

This created the ninjutsu called, KATON. At the center of the group of wolves, started a tiny dot of orange light. The small spot grew within an instant into a half dome of pure fire as it began to swirl with orange and red. The orb of light quickly spread out to a good eight meters wide, almost faster than the eye could see. As it engulfed each and every one of its targets, they were instantly burned away. The Bodies of dead wood caught fire with ease and began to burst apart only to leave a pile of ashes that quickly fell to the ground.

Ninjutsu KATON, this is a level 35 skill. Delivers fire damage with a potency of 500 to target and all enemies nearby it. This ninjutsu requires the use of the two hand sign gestures, TEN ritual hand gesture for heaven and CHI ritual hand gesture for Earth

Only a second later did Brex land on the ground with a heavy thud near one of the ash piles and created a small gust with the landing, this caused some of the ashes to scatter. When he had landed, he had inadvertently uncovered something that was now half buried in the Timberwolves remains.

As he stepped towards the ashes of the nearest pile, he began to say to himself, “Oh wow… I didn't expect that to one shot them all in an instant. I was expecting it to do some damage and maybe knock him over. Dang! It almost looks like a mini nuke went off right here. I was a little worried there for a second, but it's a good thing the fire didn't expand too far. Would have been a real hassle if I had to suddenly work on putting out a huge forest fire. Probably shouldn’t use so much strength in the future. If this really is Equestria, then I need to watch what I do from now on. Would really rather not be turned into Equestria’s most wanted. I bet if they saw me use that power, I'd be labeled as a new villain to be stoned.”

He couldn’t help but to pause for a moment before he continued with, “I really don’t wanna be thrown in there with all the villains around. And with me being a male in all, there’s a pretty good chance that I’ll be ostracized and put on that list really fast if I was to show all this off. From what was portrayed in all those fan stories, the rulers turned out to be mostly all powerful. The idea of there being one that was as strong or even stronger makes them flip their shit and labels the new guy or girl to be evil without hearing things out and getting the full story from them. Personally, believing that they don’t want to lose face and cannot bare to lose their oh so high and mighty titles. I just know that most of these ponies are so stupid and just think they’re goddesses. If they see me and think that I have a lot of power, then things are not going to turn out well.”

Quickly he squashed said idea and went on to say, “Just because they have a lot of magic and they can live a long time, doesn’t mean that they’re goddesses. Sure, in some of the fan fictions they were made to be a lot more powerful than in the show, but I have no idea what they’re like here.”

He had returned his attention to the pile and had just bent down to pick up a brownish, orange type of crystal emanating a faint light. He hummed to himself as he examined it. Quickly, he used his mental commands to open his item box again and access one of the tabs displayed and brought up the part that showed something labeled as crystals.

After a few seconds another crystal that was similar to the one he found appeared in his other hand. Holding them both up to the sky, Brex looked through them by using the sunlight. It didn't take him long to see that these were the exact same thing. The crystal that he had picked up from defeating the Timberwolves, turned out to be an earth shard. Those were normally meant for crafting purposes in his game. Seeing as they weren’t just going into his inventory like they would in the game, Brex quickly went about and collected what he could after digging through all the Timberwolf ashes.

In final fantasy, they come in a wide range of colors. Each one being used in a particular way. For example, when it came to the brown crystals, they are used as a central component in creating items such as weapons, armor, furniture an assortment of other small items which were required for other crafters. The reds are naturally fire and are used in heating metal along with brown to use in the forge. Of course, you didn’t need the raw materials, but the crystals were needed and everything.

When he had made sure that he had gotten everything he could out of his victory, Brex went back to his windows and started to explore their functions. He had even gone into looking over his stats and what equipment he currently had on hand. After a little bit, he decided on testing his skills so that he wouldn’t have any mishaps in a battle.

However, he was a little disappointed that with him only being as high as level 35, he wouldn’t have access to the other skills that were considered to be way cooler. He thought that he would just have to level up like he would do in the game and get them that way.

He then began to practice using what skills he had available and switching out his gear to try out what was more comfortable. He had dabbled a little with his paladin, but found with it being heavily plated and needing to lug around a large shield and sword at the same time, was not very useful while within a heavily dense forest. So, he just went with sticking as his ninja seeing as how it was capable of traversing quite easily the narrow gaps between the trees.

This all went on for a couple of hours. He had looked up and saw that the son had moved to a position that would resemble that of five in the afternoon. He stopped for but a moment to consider something that popped into his head. “Wait, if that’s where the sun is right now, then I must have been going at this for five or six hours because that was high in the middle of the sky before I started practicing.”

He looked at his hands, then his body before looking ahead with a confused look on his face. He even went as far as crossing his arms and tilting his head while saying, “I’ve been at this practice for quite a while now. Yet I’m not tired in the least. Also why am I not hungry or thirsty at all? Could this have something to do with the game logic?”

Sure, in the game they did have food for the player characters to consume. However, it wasn’t out a necessity like living. But it was only to give them a slight stat boost along with a three percent that was added onto their accumulated experience. Depending on what level the food was created as, then the player would get anywhere from a five to ten percent increase in some of the combat stats.

This realization had brought him to another thought which made his face blanch for but a moment, but was replaced with one of excitement and relief at the same time. If he didn’t need to eat, drink or sleep like in the game, then that must also mean he doesn’t need to go to the bathroom. If that was the case, then he had a saving grace as he was in the middle of a forest. Brex was not fond of the idea of squatting down somewhere and finding a leaf to wipe himself. More so if said leaf turned out to give him poison oak and that would have been a horrible experience. The very idea of that scenario happening to him, caused his body to shiver involuntarily out of fear.

Brex was not going to be some slob, so he was going to find a river nearby that he could use to at least take care of his daily hygiene. Even if he was a game character, there was no way he was allowing himself to be filthy. After a bit of regaining his thoughts, he stood there while looking towards the sun that was getting close to going over the horizon.

He had closed his eyes and after a few moments, he reopened them and said out loud in a determined tone, “I suppose there’s no use fighting things right now. I don’t know how I got here or why I have this body. But I guess I’ll have to make the best of it. Well then! Lookout world, because there is a Roegadyn in Equestria.”

After a long moment of silence that proceeded Brex’s departure of the clearing, there was a female’s voice that echoed along with the wind. If one was carefully waiting and listening, they would just barely make out the following words. “I’ll make it up to you… Please forgive this one….”