Chapter 4: *Fwoosh*

In the middle of nowhere Rose appears out of thin air and falls into a puddle of mud. He stands up from the mud and starts to clean the mud off but it smells off.

"Just my luck. Where am I?" Rose turns and sees what looks like the outlines of some gates not far from him. "Maybe they've got some answers. Hey guys you alr-." Rose looks around him to see that neither of his friends spawned with him. "Hey guys! Where are you!" Rose yells out hoping that they were nearby. He starts to hear noises behind him. He turns around to see a group of figures but can't see them fully because they were standing in front of a setting sun. They stand there unmoving. "Hey do you guys know where I am and have you seen my friends." He calls out to the unknown figures blocking the sun with his hand but all he gets as a response is a whooshing sound followed with a slight pain in his arm and leg. He looks down to see two darts as his vision grows dark and he collapses.

"Alright help me lift him onto the sled." One of them says heading towards Rose followed by two others. They lift him up and start to carry him towards the town.

"What are we going to do with him? Also what is he."

"I don't know but he's not from around here. I can say that for sure but I swear I've heard a description of him before."

"Human." The group turns around facing the back where there was a small dragon standing there frozen in shock.

"What'd you just say?"

"He's a human. My parents told me stories but I've never seen one. No one has in so long but one just appears in front of our town this has to be a sign guys. We can win." The dragon cheers while jumping into the air.

"Don't get your hopes up kid, we don't know what he'll do."

"Trust me if we can get him on our side we'll win this for sure and we have to be on the lookout. You heard him he has friends."

"You're right that we should be on the lookout but not for the same reason." The teenage dragon turns to face Rose.

"If the stories my parents told me are anything to go off of, if we can convince him to help us we'll win." He says confidently as Rose stirs awake.

"Ugh my head hurts like hell, what the hell was I hit with?" All the creatures stop walking and turn to face Rose as he faces them with an angered expression. "What the hell is your deal dude. Fucking hitting me with whatever that was."

The one in front of the group was first to react by grabbing his blow gun and aiming at Rose but Rose rolls out of the way and jumps to his feet using one of them as a meat shield. He wraps his arm around their neck and sees a dagger grabbing it and pointing it against their back. "Put the blow gun down, I promise you I'm faster." Everyone stays still as a statue before the teenage dragon speaks up.

"Hey no need to get all stabby right?" He takes a few slow steps forward but Rose softly pushes it drawing a trickle of blood causing the teenage dragon to stagger in his movements and walk backwards with his hands up. "Alright Alright you've made your point."

One the others speaks up. "How about this human we will all put our weapons down-" He motions for the one in front of the group to stand down. Begrudgingly he lowers his weapon. "-And we talk about this inside because I promise you we don't want to get caught outside when night arrives."

Rose slowly begins to lower his dagger but a sudden howl interrupts him and he turns to the source and is greeted with a giant dire wolf. "Shit they're out early we need to get to town now go!!" The group hearing this start running full speed not bothering to look back. Rose before they had a chance to get too far grabbed onto the sled as they started going faster. He looked back as a pack of Dire wolf's chases after them and started to catch up. He looks forwards and sees the gates of the town growing closer he then hears a horn next to him he turns and sees the dragon blowing into a dried elephant trunk. He then turns back to the gates of the town start to open and can barley see what he thinks are archers readying their bows before cascading a sea of arrows above them. His eyes follow the arrows and sees them hit the wolf's killing some of them but the captain and the other ones shake them off but are considerably slowed.

"Come on, we can make it!! The gates are right there!! JUST A LITTLE MO-" His speech is cut short when a dire wolf jumps from a hill next to them onto the sled. "SHIT!" He looks around but sees everyone preoccupied. "FUCK ALRIGHT ILL DEAL WITH IT JUST KEEP MOVING!!" He jumps onto the sled and stands face to face with the beast and takes out his weapon's twin shorts swords. "Come on beauty, just you and me. I'M GONNA MOUNT YOUR HEAD ON MY WALL!!" He charges it impaleing it in its shoulder but in exchange gets bit in his. He uses his other sword to impale it in the stomach but the beast's thick hide prevents any fatal wounds and his weapons are stuck in it. The dire wolf bits harder and tries to use its body weight to pin him down. They wrestle for dominance but the wolf wins out and has him pinned on the ground it raises its head and howls horrifically announcing its victory over its prey.

Rose looks on with horror before breathing in and breathes deeply before looking at them "Fuck it." He then climbs onto the top of the sled. "OVER HERE MUTT!!" He draws its attention to him before it could kill the one below. "Yeah that's it, come on." He throws his dagger at it hitting his eye the wolf's whines in pain and paws at his face taking the dagger out but at the same time it's own eye it then charges him with a howl filled with rage. Rose dodges the first attack, almost falling off but he catches himself. He turns around only to see the wolf already on top him he lifts his arms over his head preparing for his end to come in a painful display of blood and howls but it never comes he moves his arms and sees the wolf slowly moving through the air as in slow motion he turns to the other and sees the same thing all of them moving at the same speed. He turns back to the wolf and walks around it and as soon he's behind it it launches forwards like a rocket surprising him. He feels the rush of air again and almost falls off but before he hits the ground a hand catches his. He opens his eyes to see the one who was pinned holding tightly to his hand. Rose looks behind him to see the wolf tumbling toward his pack mates who either jump over it or run around undeterred. Rose is pulled back onto the sled where he can see the gates getting closer and closer.

"Thanks for the save!"

"No thank you. Come on, get ready, there might be more." Rose nods and stands up readying himself. As they near the gates they can hear the sounds of horns getting louder and louder. Rose and the captain turn to see wolf's running alongside them trying to bite and the ones pulling the sled but missing. Rose looks through the sled and grabs a spear before throwing it towards the wolf missing but tripping it causes it to lose the group. The captain jumps onto the dire wolf on his side and steers it into a boulder and jumps back to the sled before it hits it. He grabs the edge of the sled struggling to lift himself before Rose helps him up. They see more dire wolf's catching up to them as they ready for their arrival, all of a sudden arrows impale them in the legs causing them to fall. The pack leader sees this and slows himself while howling and then stops making all the others stop as well; they then turn around and start running the other way.

"HAHA THEY'RE TURNING TAIL AND RUNNING AWAY. WE'VE WON BOYS AND GIRLS!!" He cheers alongside the others and Rose. They see Gates in front of them.

"Hey question." Rose asks

"Yes?"

"How do we stop!"

"... That's the neat part. We don't." He says with a grin that could rival the Grinch's on his face as Rose just stares at him with a twitchy eye.

"Fuck me."

The captain pulls some pins on the side of the sled and heads to the front of the sled. "FULL SPEED AHEAD HAHAHAHAHA!!" Rose holds onto the sled for dear life as the runners go even faster. They go past the gate entrance in blur but then they start to fall and before Rose can see what's going on the runners remove their harnesses and continue to fall. As this happens the one on top of the sled with Rose laughs like a madman before grabbing Rose and ripping him off the sled and running towards the end of the sled before jumping off and letting go of Rose. Rose looks below him in horror preparing for the end before hearing a splash next to him and then feeling a force beneath and then feeling weightless he looks around and sees the runners and the captain swimming to the surface he follows them and as they surface so does the sled with a giant raft beneath it keeping it afloat. Rose hears roaring laughter next to him and sees the rest of the group having fun in the water as the captain is brought to Rose before bursting into laughter. "You should have seen yourself, you looked hilarious!!"

Rose gained an angered expression. "The hell is wrong with you people!"

"Too many to list right now." The captain and the one carrying him just float there in the water.

Rose just groans and starts to swim towards the raft before climbing on top and laying down. "The fuck is going on?" He mutters to himself.

Time Skip

Rose and the others left the hole they fell into as Rose looks around seeing the hole being recovered behind them with a giant trapdoor. He's then led to a giant stone building in the middle of town. He goes through a maze of doors, corridors and halls before arriving at a giant room with a circular wooden table in the middle with chairs surrounding it. Rose is seated on the opposite end of an unknown figure shrouded in shadows. Rose is about to speak but the unknown figure interrupts.

"Who and what are you? Also what are you doing here?" Their voice deep and commanding.

"Well I'm Rose. I'm a human and I have no clue what I'm doing here."

The shadowy figure's expression couldn't be seen but Rose could feel the shadowy stare.

"I don't believe you. The humans are so old that no one even knows if they existed or not."

"How do I prove to you I'm a human? I mean look at me, there's not much I can do."

"There's nothing right now that can prove you aren't just a changeling or a skinny hairless ape but for now I want to focus more on why you were outside our walls and how you got here."

"I just spawned outside not really having a choice and I decided that I would come here in order to ask for some help."

"What did you want to ask?"

Rose's face changes from a slight smile to a serious expression. "I needed to know if you had seen my friends. They're humans as well. I'm positive we all came here but I'm starting to guess we all spawned in different locations."

"I see. Hmm this is quite the predicament… unfortunately for you you 'spawned' in one of the worst places you could've because we're in dire wolf territory and it's nearing winter."

"fucken hell-" Rose holds his face in one of his hands before shaking his head. "-Goes to show what my luck is huh."

"Don't worry we'll give you shelter for the winter seeing as though you saved one of my runner groups. As for your friends I'll tell my runners to keep an ear and eye out for anything."

"Thank you. If there's a way I could help I'd be willing."

"Actually there is head over to the daycare. It's a giant building with the words daycare written on the sign. I'm sure the kids could use some entertainment."

The room is silent for a few moments before Rose spoke up. "You mean right now?"

"Yes right now. I'll ask you more questions later."

"Um alright I'll go right ahead." Rose leaves the room.

"You sure we should trust him around the kids."

"No we shouldn't not just yet but I trust the attendants to keep an eye on him. I heard from a runner that he was the one to save your captain. Is this true?"

"Yes, during our return we were caught off guard when the wolves came out earlier than we expected. We were able to get within the archers range before anything happened but one of them jumped onto our sled and our captain was forced to fight it since we were all preoccupied. Unfortunately the wolf had gotten the upper hand on him and pinned him. He was about to die when the human intervened by drawing its attention and tricking it to jump off the sled but something was off on how he did it."

"How so?"

"When he was leading the wolf to the edge the wolf leaped towards him and he was caught off guard but when the wolf was about to get him he suddenly appeared behind the wolf as if he had teleported but that's impossible he doesn't have a horn."

"I wouldn't say that just yet sergeant as I said the humans are old and mysterious race we have no written documentation on them and anyone who might have even seen one are dead. I would like a written report on everything you and your team saw it could prove useful."

"Yes sir."

"Enough about him for now. What about my message to the others?"

"We were able to push through and deliver it."

"Any casualties?"

"Two. Crash and Float. It's becoming more and more dangerous sir they're catching on."

"I'm sorry for your loss sergeant but we must persevere or their sacrifice will have been for nothing. Have you informed their family's?"

"I was on my way to that now sir."

"Don't worry I'll do it. You've done enough for today sergeant but more importantly what did they say?"

"Only two agreed to support us."

"Damn it this isn't good. Did they say why?"

"Yes they don't think we can win anymore so they are torn between surrendering or feeding themselves to the wolves."

"Has the situation truly become so dire…. Damn it... Sergeant, I need you to have your captain report to me after he's recovered enough. I have a new mission for him."

"Sir yes sir."

"That is all for now you may go." The sergeant nods and exits the room.

"I'm going to slaughter those damn monsters." The shadowy figure says as he grips the table hard enough to start cracking it.

Outside the daycare

"Looks like this is the place. I'm still in awe that I'm in a different universe… I think. Oh well I just hope my friends are ok." Rose enter the building and one of the attendants greets him.

"Welcome what brings… sorry if I sound rude but who and what are you?"

'I feel as though I'm gonna get asked this alot.' Rose mentally sighs. "I'm a human and my name's Rose."

"Huh, I've never seen a human before but another question what brings you here because I'm sure I've never seen you before."

"I was sent here to help entertain the children."

"Ooooohhhhh welp Alright come on in you've got a lot to do."

"Ok?" Rose scratches his head as he follows her. ' What's going on? Shouldn't they be more I don't know weary, cautious?'

The Attendant brings him to a door with the words 'Staff only' labeled on it. "Alright go in there and get changed. There should be some extra clothes in the back you can have."

Rose nods and proceeds to go inside and change before coming back out where the attendant was waiting for him and then led him to a room with children and other attendants inside. They wave at them, glancing at Rose before returning to their own business. Rose is led to the back of the room where a small group of children were playing.

"Hello children, can I have your attention please." The children stop before one speaks up.

"I don't know, can you?"

"... Anyway this is one of the new attendants. He is going to be watching over you 6 for now. I would like for you guys to not give him too much trouble ok." The kids nod their heads as the attendant leaves, leaving him with the kids who are just staring at him in wonder.

"What are you, mister."

"I'm a human. My name is Rose. So what are you guys doing right now?"

"Well we were playing tag with each other, want to join?"

"Sure I'll join. So who's it?" After he said that the rest of the group dispersed except for one confusing Rose. "...Wait…Damn."

"Well mister you're it." The kid said right before touching Rose. "No tagbacks." He then just walked away.

'Well…Guess I'm going to need to find the others now.' Rose stood up and walked around the area listening for any of them.

Attendants POV

I grab a paper and pen and start to watch him through a glass orb. 'He doesn't seem all that harmful at first glance but going to need to keep watching him to know more' I watch him find one of the children but before he can tag them they run off, he chases after him but trips over a toy cart and the kid gets away. I start to giggle at him as he stands back up and tries to find him again but to no avail. One of the kids throws a ball near him as he goes to investigate the children, get past him and hide where he had just checked. 'Good job children.' I mentally applaud them. The human returns and continues on his way not noticing the children. As I'm watching another child throws a ball at his head, he quickly checks around but the child already hid. They sneak around him before putting a cart in his way without him noticing. He steps on and it starts to roll, taking him by surprise. He flails his arm around trying to regain his balance but as he's about to fall all I could see was a blur as he stood upright right next to where he was moments before.

'Fascinating!' I continue to write down all that I've seen so far and kept watching.

Rose POV

'Jesus that's a rush but what the hell even was that? Hmm maybe it was because of that cyan thing. Alright let's think about what's going on. First we encountered a cyan thing that wanted us to help these people, then it appeared in our dreams, then teleported us to a Japanese style house and finally teleported the three of us to different locations. Fuck I'm not sure if we even spawned on the same planet for all I know they're somewhere completely else. *Deep breath* Alright Alright don't panic for now I need to focus on myself and getting stronger and more control over what I believe is my power…. Maybe it slows down everything aro-.

3rd POV

Rose was just standing there lost in thought as one of the kids threw a ball at him knocking him out of his stupor. He looked around him but found nothing. He stood there thinking again before he extended his arms and started to strain them. The children stared at him confused at what was happening. As he put more effort in, a feeling arose in his arms.
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They were sore. Rose rubbed his arms muttering under his breath as he spotted one of the kids. He pretended not to see them as he walked towards them and as soon as he got close enough he bursted through the block the child was using causing them to scream and trip, Rose then tagged them.

"Tag now your it."

"Aw you caught me."

"Yeah, now get going. Try to find your friends." The kid started walking away as Rose looked for a place that could hide him.

( Late at night )

A pony could be seen sitting down on a boulder and pulling out a small box like object

"*krk* Hey boss. Scout reporting in. *krk*"

"*krk* Hello Scout, what do you have to report? *krk"

"*krk* The rallying call the chief tried sending was a failure. Turns out the surrounding tribes are losing hope and are trying to decide if they should off themselves or surrender but if we're being honest, offing themselves would be the better option here, also the chief is going to do something drastic to show they still have hope and try to rally them together. Should I help them or do you want me to do some good old fashioned sabotage? *krk*"

"*krk* Boss said it's imperative that the rebellion is a success so you should help them but other than that anything else happening? *krk*"

"*krk* Nothing other than that. I still wish you guys would send him here. *krk*"

"*krk* You and I both know how that would end. We'll if that's it then goodnight and remember to report any changes. *krk*"

"*krk* Understood sir goodnight, over and out. *krk*"....'Now then how did a human get here and can he get out?' A green fire surrounds the pony as he disappears.