"I think I'm getting the hang of this" I say as I continue flying forward, I've angled myself to have my stomach facing the ground, as my gauntlets and boots propel me forward.

"Still no sign of anything yet"

That was a bummer, I've been flying for a bit now, and yet all I've seen is just more sand.

"There's gotta be something out here right? I'm not in some post apocalyptic wasteland am I?" I ask myself as I keep flying forward.

"Hopefully not" I say as I look around for anything.

"But there's nothing out here! There's just sand and some more san-... Wait", I say as I stop flying and start hovering in the air.

"Is that?..." I ask as I see what appears to be a person in a cloak taking a stroll through the desert.

"The hell is that guy doing out here? No matter, at least I finally found somebody" I say as I start to head their direction.

Then the person fell. And was not getting up.

"Oh shit" I say as I speed up.

As I finally arrive and land next to where the person was face first on the ground, I notice that their probably my height, maybe even a head taller.

"Well, gotta make sure their alright, I mean they literally collapsed in a desert so they're probably not fine but-..." I start saying but stop as I flip them onto there back.

...

Now, I was expecting a multitude of things really.... What seems to be a horse person? Was definitely not expecting that.

"What in the actual-" I start saying but stop as I notice that this... Person, might actually be a female, if her breasts are anything to go by... And also that she was looking at me with the biggest eyes I've ever seen on a living thing.

"Uhhh, oh, right" I say as I remember the predicament she's probably in.

Placing the duffel bag on the floor and zipping it open, I take one of the water canteen's out and open it, giving it to the.... Mare? That's what female horses are called right? I don't really know much about them, especially one that's a mix of horse and human.

The mare in question grabs the canteen from my armored hand and starts taking big swigs from it. As she's drinking, I start inspecting her further, she's wearing rags, got what appears to be dark grey fur, a black...mane? Yeah I'm pretty sure it's mane. And instead of feet, she's got hooves.

She also appears to be kind of malnourished, and from the looks of it, thirsty as shit. Probably not good.

As I'm pondering this, I see that the mare had stopped drinking, and had laid her head back down into the ground, she also had her eyes closed and was breathing slowly.

"Dam, must have been so tired she fell asleep on the spot" I say as I wonder what I'll do now.

I can't just leave her here... No, I'll just stay until she wakes up. Seems like the sun will set soon anyway, might as well call it a day right?

"Yeah, might as well" I say as I start taking off my armor, since I don't intend to sleep with it on. I take out the briefcase from the duffel bag and place the armor inside, then place the bag a bit farther away from me as I prepared to use it as a pillow.

"Hopefully it's comfortable" I say as I Lay my head down on the bag after laying down.

...

"Eh, it's fine" I say as I place the briefcase on my side.

"I don't think my situation has really hit me yet" I say as I start drifting off to sleep. I mean, why the hell was my wish granted? And why the iron man armor? Was it because it was the last thing I thought about before going to sleep? Who knows, I ain't complaining.

*The next morning*

"Ugh, fuckin, bright" I say as I start waking up. "I think I took my curtain's for granted" I say as i sit up.

My stomach growls

"Oh man, I'm hungry, do I even have anything to eat?" I say as I zip open the duffel bags other pockets.

"Maybe there's something in one of these pockets" I say as I look through each one, and sure enough, I eventually find some granola bars.

"Granola bars? Well beggars can't be choosers I guess." I say as I take one and start ripping the packaging.

After eating the bar, I decide to start putting on my armor.

"Might as well put my armor on"

As I'm doing this, I look to the right of me and see that mare from yesterday, and she was looking at me.

"Mornin" I say as I zip open the duffel bags main pocket to take the pieces of armor out.

*/---*/

"Ugh, fuckin, bright"

I wake up to the sound of a male voice near me.

I'm still alive? How? I was sure I wouldn't last out here in the desert, and who is that? Surely it can't be the prince, I had not stopped running since I escaped the capital, but did he find me?

Hopefully not

"I think I took my curtain's for granted" I hear the stallion say.

Well he doesn't sound like the prince, or anyone I would recognize for that matter. So then who is he? And why is he out here?

"Oh man, I'm hungry, do I even have anything to eat?" I hear the stallion say. I turn my head to the left, and I see the stallion on his knees rummaging through a strange looking black bag, and a red and silver briefcase next to him.

That's a bit odd.

"Maybe there's something in one of these pockets" the stallion says as he continues looking for something in his bag.

The stallion in question, is a very peculiar looking one, as he doesn't appear to have a muzzle, nor hooves, and his ears are shaped strange, plus, he doesn't appear to have fur.

He's probably not from around here. Which brings me back to my question of why he's here.

"Granola bars? Well beggars can't be choosers I guess" I hear the stallion say.

I look over the stallion again, he's wearing black pants and a grey shirt with a simple blue circle design on the chest.

Wonder what it means.

His clothes look like they have probably not been washed in a while, yet he doesn't seem to smell bad.

Weird.

"Might as well put my armor on" I hear the stallion say.

Armor? Is he some sort of knight? Or guard? No, that's unlikely, they're wouldn't be a lone guard out here. Maybe he defected from his kingdom? And stole his armor?

As I'm pondering what this stallion might be I notice that he's looking at me. I hadn't even thought of it yet, but this guy must have saved me, why? Does he want something?

...

Maybe if I serve him...

"Mornin" the stallion says, most likely to me.

*/---*/

"M- morning" the mare responds.

"You hungry?" I ask, to witch the mare nodds.

"Thought so, here, have this" I say as I hand her a granola bar.

The mare takes it, and looks at it with a questionable look on her face. I guess they don't have wrappers where she's from?

"This is edible?" The mare asks me as she looks at the wrapped bar.

"Well, yes. But you need to take the wrapper of first, here, let me show you. I say as I bend down and grab the bar from her hand

"Like this" I say as I tear the wrapper off.

"Oh"

"Now that the wrapper is off, it can be eaten now!" I say as I hand her the unrapped bar.

"Thank you" the mare says as she takes a bite of the granola bar.

"Thirsty?" I ask the mare, to wich she nods again, and I hand her a canteen.

"Who are you?" The mare asks me after taking a drink of water.

"Call me Stark" I reply.

"Oh, well, hello Stark, what are you doing out here?" The mare asks.

"I should be asking you that question, I mean, I at least had some water and a bit of food with me to take on this desert, but you have nothing!" I say to the mare, who looks away.

"i- I did not really have time to get anything for this trip, as it was spur of the moment" the mare tells me.

"Spur of the moment?"

"Yes, it was a sudden opportunity I was not expecting, and I took it. The mare says.

Sudden opportunity?

"Opportunity for what?" I ask.

The mare turns to face me again

"To escape"

Escape? Escape from what?

...

Wait a minute, I start thinking as I take another look at this mare, she's wearing rags, her mane and tail are disheveled, she appears malnourished, and her fur in unkempt. Plus, whatever she escaped from, was apparently bad enough that she'd go through a dam desert with nothing to get away.

...

Was she a slave?

"Um, if you don't mind me asking, what is it that you escaped?" I ask.

*/---*/

"Um, if you don't mind me asking, what is it that you escaped?" The concerned looking stallion asks.

Should I tell him? Could this stallion possibly bring justice to the prince and his father? I can only hope, since, what could he possibly do? He did say he has armor, but he's only one stallion, against the king and prince of Saddle Arabia...

I already owe him my life, it would be selfish to ask him to do the impossible.

But it can't hurt to at least tell him what I ran away from.

"Th- the prince" I tell him.

"The prince? Of what?" The stallion asks me.

"Saddle Arabia, the kingdom were in right now"

*/---*/

"Saddle Arabia, the kingdom were in right now" the mare tells me.

No fuckin way, Saudi Arabia?! Wait, hold on. Did she say saddle? I must have heard wrong.

"Saudi Arabia?" I ask.

"No, Saddle Arabia" the mare responds.

Huh

"Never heard of it" I say, to witch the mare looks at me with mild shock.

"Anyway, why did you escape from this prince? We're you his slave or something?" I ask the mare, who looks away from me again.

"Yes, I was his slave, something I never wanted to be, but ended up being" the mare tells me.

Dam, that sucks. If the prince has slaves, then most likely the king and rich if this kingdom do as well.

Something's probably gotta change.

...

Well it's a good thing I've got iron man armor.

"Well miss..." I start saying.

"Amira" the mare tells me.

"Amira, nice name. Anyway, miss Amira, I am not from around here as you could probably tell, but where I'm from, slavery is heavily looked down on. And I can't on good conscious do nothing as more slaves are probably treated horribly. So I shall go and speak with the king and this prince, and hopefully convince them to abolish slavery" I say.

The mare looks at me stunned, in disbelief, but I can see some hope in those eyes.

"R- really? But how will you-" she starts saying, but I cut her off as I could tell what she was probably going to say.

"Don't worry about it. I'll figure it out.

"Ok, well, I can tell you where the capital is, since that's where the king and prince reside" the mare tells me.

"Great! Come along then, you can tell me more about this place on the way" I say as I start putting on my armor.

"What?" The mare asks.

"What? You're coming with me of course!" I tell the mare. Of course I'll have her tag along with me. I want her to be there when I put the prince in his place.

*/---*/

"What? You're coming with me of course!" The stallion tells me excitedly.

Go with him? I mean I guess he would want his new slave to accompany him, but of what use would I be? I'm too weak right now to help out in combat, which is something he'll probably get himself in.

Wait, why aren't I feeling sad that I'm a slave again?... Maybe it was his attitude. This stallion not only saved my life, but was nice to me...

...

Maybe it won't be so bad serving him?

Author's Note

Another chapter.