The Old Ways

The dogs, unaware that I was walking towards them, knocked the trashing pony out by hitting her in the head.

"Take the pony to the mines!" The red vested one shouted with a scratchy voice. Slavery... I frowned and cleared my throat.

"Am I interrupting something?" Their ears perked up and they slowly turned to face me.

"Who interru-" The red one started, but stopped when he noticed me. "What in the mines are you!?" The dog asked with wide eyes and baked away a little.

"Someone whose going to beat your sorry ass if you don't release that pony" I crossed my arms, The dogs narrowed their eyes.

"This pony belongs to the Diamond Dogs!" Diamond Dogs? What a fitting name " Go find your own pony!" I scratched my head and sighed .

"Look. It doesn't have to be this way" The dog whistled, resulting in multiple other dogs jumping out from the holes with armors and spears at ready.

"I will take that as a no then..." I muttered.

Smooze... A voice echoed in my head.

Aw shit... I shook my head to clear my thoughts. No time to think about that right now The first armored dog charged at me, intending to pierce me with its spear.

"You need to get your ass kicked" I sidestepped and grabbed the dogs spear with my right hand " Hard" My left fist struck the dog square in the face, causing it to fall on the ground clenching its face in pain.

"How can this thing punch so hard!"  The dog whined.

"I'm just too real for you" I took the dogs helmet off and kicked it on the head, Knocking it out cold. The remaining six armored ones lunged at me, but I was ready. I quickly lifted the relatively light dog by the leg and threw it towards the advancing mob. They didn't have enough time to react as their comrade crashed on top of them.

"What are you fools doing!?" The red vest shouted in anger."Get him!" They clumsily got up and growled at me.

Have...you...heard...the news? The voice echoed again. I hope that this doesn't get out off control... My thought were interrupted when a pair of arms emerged from the ground and grabbed my legs, effectively stopping my movements. Oh Shit! I tried to punch them,but failed when a dog body slammed against me at full force,knocking the wind out of me and almost causing me to fall.I hastily regained my bearings and countered by punching the dog in the gut several times.

"Ow.." The dog blurted out and fell to the ground.

"Stop Him!Stop Him!" Red vest shouted as more dogs emerged from the holes. Theres no end to these shit bags! I picked up the fallen spear and with a swift motion pierced one of the hands holding me . The hands immediately loosened their grip and went underground . I glanced at the surrounding  pack of angry and armed dogs There must be at least forty of them

Nothing can stop the Smooze! A searing pain pulsated from my right palm. "What now!?" I shouted in pain and noticed that the eye was glowing purple. Well fuck me...

Bow-bow bow bow-bow bow bow-bow~  The voice sang.

Suddenly a purple slime like liquid shot from my palm.  Shit this hurts! I fell to my knees while the slime landed on the ground.

"Wh-whats that!?" Red vest shouted in fear, the others readied their spears. "Look boss!" A dog shouted while pointing at the slime.

Multiple eyes bulged from the slime, their gaze directed towards the dogs. I'm starting to feel sick

"Do something!" Panic oozed from the red vests words. The dogs threw their spears towards the slime in hopes of stopping it before it did something . The spears struck the slime. The dogs smiled in victory, but that quickly turned into shock when they noticed that their spears were being sucked inside the slime.

Don't.. even.. try!  Several fist shaped appendages emerged from the slime and rocketed towards the dogs.

"ShieldmeShieldmeShieldm-" Red vest didn't have enough time to finish his plea for help when the purple fist hit him and every other dog in the area, sending them sailing though the sky, some of them crashing against a rocky hillside.

"I think I'm going to pass out if this continues.." I slowly and shakily stood up.

"Oi! You there" I yelled at the slime,its eyes turning to stare at me. " I don't know what the hell you are, but.." I pointed at the glowing eye " Get your ass back here before you suck me dry!" I commanded resulting in a moment of absolute silence, the only sound being the falling dogs.

Bow-bow bow bow-bow bow bow-bow... The slime crawled its way towards me. I had to turn my head to another direction, not wanting to witness the purple slime returning to my palm. I'm glad to know that a slime thing lives inside my palm.. I slowly turned my gaze towards my palm. The slime was gone and the glowing had stopped.

"I was supposed to just beat three dogs and save a pony, but things just had to escalate quickly"  My entire body was sore and my head was throbbing."You can come now!" I shouted at my dog, who in return barked and made his way towards me.

"Look at this mess" I motioned at the dirt field, which was now littered with unconscious dogs. " Didn't see that coming,did you?" I patted him. " Lets see if the pony is fine" We walked towards the pony who was fast asleep.

"Now then..." I knelt down and lightly shook the sleeping equine.

"Not now Sweetie..." The pony muttered.

"Are you alright young lady?"  The pony yawned and slowly opened her eyes.

"Oh Sweetie I just had the weirdest.... dream..." She trailed of when she saw my looming figure.

"Please do not panic. I can explain-" I tried to calm the pony, but then she panicked.

"AAAH! Somepony help me! Theres a big black monkey who wants to steal my gems!" And with that she fainted.

"You are welcome.." I muttered and gently picked her up,she was about the same size as my dog so it was pretty easy." Lets hope that not everyone faints when they see me" My dog barked in response.

"Look at that" I pointed at a dirt road in the distance."Dirt roads always lead to civilization. Lets leave before these mutated dogs wake up" We started to slowly walk away from the dirt field, me carrying the sleeping pony.

"Heh..Never thought that I would be carrying a talking pony in my arms.." I glanced at the sky and noticed that the sun was already lowering.

"Here we go again partner"My dog yawned and leaned against my side.

With that we walked towards the sunset.