Canterlot Academy Trials

Meanwhile, across the territory…

After overseeing a tea ceremony, Bai Se would arrive to the port city while wearing a trenchcoat and fedora to mask his appearance. The monkey woman knew that no one else there would recognize her. Soon enough, she’d arrive at the port where the boats were docked. This is where her ‘shipment’ was located.

Bai walked up to one of the boats--a small patrol vessel and greeted the primate that was piloting it. “Is it here?”

The brown-furred primate wore an orange floral shirt and a straw hat. “That it is, boss. Don’t worry, we got plenty of good ones that won’t squirm this time,” the gangster monkey replied as he got out of the boat and walked around to the other side of it where he’d open a hatch where several young dragons who were bound in shackles and restrained with muzzles on their faces so they couldn’t breathe fire.

“Excellent,” Bai nodded as he glanced over the dragons. In total, there were four of them who looked to be about pre-teen age for dragon maturity. “Having more of them is certainly going to boost our region’s popularity.”

“You ain’t had no idea how long it took me to find these guys,” the gangster bemoaned his experience, “These ain’t no regular dragons, boss.”

“Ooh, even better,” Bai offered a pouch to the gangster. “A little extra on top of what you’re already getting.”

With one look into the bag, the boat pilot had a smirk on his face. “Alrighty, then. Get movin’, brats.” He put the pouch away and started to tug on the chain that bound the four dragon kids together, forcing them to follow him against their will. Given the fearful looks on their faces, it was clear they had no choice in the matter.

“That’s one thing taken care of,” Bai muttered under her breath as she tugged on the collar of her coat. “Now I wonder how Hei is doing. It can’t be much longer now.”

From afar, across the street near the docks…

Bullet had watched the entire situation play out before him. The monkey woman aiding in the solicitation of child slaves. But of course, she was able to hide behind her veil of nobility so that no one would be able to hold anything against her.

‘Dammit all,’ Bullet thought to himself, ‘Guess slavery can never really truly end. Just when Klugetown finally fixes itself up, this has to happen. Utter witch and her maniacal ways. It’s almost ridiculous to think that Lee is her daughter.’

But Bullet knew that he couldn’t act on his emotions or irrationally. The last thing he wanted to do was further endanger the lives of those dragon children. Though, he knew he had to do something to at least put a dent in the actions of the slave trade, lest the population of dragons dwindle…

Meanwhile, near the Shu Region…

Having disguised himself as a regular civilian with a trenchcoat that had an oversized collar that covered his mouth. Next to him was the group of mercenaries he had hired to help him with this job alongside Lee.

“Alright. The plan is simple,” Chang began, “Lee will return home as if she is intending to do so permanently to gain an audience with her parents.”

Lee would speak up next, “I will try and get my parents into an isolated area where I can speak with them free of any guards watching over us.”

“Then we’ll basically cause a steam reaction so powerful they pass out--right?” Blue confirmed, then looked at Mistwalker.

“Aye. We mix ye fire and my water to basically knock ‘em out,” she added.

“And lastly,” Thiasus commented, “We’ll use a new spell I’ve been working on in order to get the truth out of them. They won’t be able to resist.”

Chang nodded. “Sounds as if we’ve got everything in order. We will be arriving at their palace within the next five minutes. If any of you have any questions or comments, please speak up now.”

No responses. Everyone was more than prepared for their assault on the palace of royalty.

The question now was: Were Lee’s parents ready?