Chapter Six: The First Real Threat
When the morning finally did come every pony got up very slowly now then.
“Good morning every pony, I hope that you had a wonderful night’s sleep.”
Their groans were not a very positive sign about anything to come to them now.
“Well then don’t let that hold you back, we should be at the city by nightfall today if we can all make good time, now come on, time’s running out for all of us!!!”
And with that said they all went on their way towards the faraway city.
“So just out of curiosity just how big would this city be exactly?”
“Well take Canterlot and make it a small town and multiply across a whole entire jungle and forest, that’s how big this city really was,” Daring said.
“So then why call it a city and not a kingdom instead?”
“Oh it was, it was called Mythos once, but I don’t know if the name stuck or not.”
And with that said they went on their way.
And when midday finally came they all saw the edge of the city for the first time.
“Wow, this is incredible and amazing and awesome,” Daring said now then.
“You’re forgetting radical and cool,” Quentin said to Daring now then.
“I meant exactly what I said, now be quiet, I want to focus and concentrate.”
And with that said they did so and as they did many photos were taken.
“You know it isn’t quite what I expected to see,” Kronos said now then.
“Indeed, it’s better than I dreamed or could have hoped for,” she said.
“Yes, I guess so, but why the wall if there were pegasi around here?”
“Who knows, maybe they were trying to keep something out like all the various random animals, creatures, beasts, and monsters that live around here.”
“Yes, I guess so, makes more sense rather than trying to lock something valuable and precious inside even though we know that there is gold and many valuables like gold in there, but my only question now is this, why so high for the walls?”
“I really don’t know, but maybe we can find the answers inside the city walls.”
“I guess so, but come now, time’s always running out for us, so let’s go.”
And with that said they all started to head towards the big huge wide vast walls of the city very slowly now then and the walls slowly got closer to them.
As they did they started to hear the screams of the thing they heard last night.
“It’s much closer now, do you think that it would still come for us now?”
“It’s very highly unlikely as we get closer to the city, but I would still stay to be ready and prepared for anything,” Daring said wielding her sword now then.
“Alright, fine then, okay,” Kronos said and with that they all slowly approached the city which was surprisingly a lot further away than they thought since all the trees had started to clear a view for them. “The city is a lot farther away than I or rather any of us could have possibly ever expected,” Kronos said now then.
“Yes, well guess what, we have stuff to carry which is why we can’t fly.”
“I know that, it’s just I wish there weren’t so much walking involved in this epic quest and journey of ours, I mean honestly it’s really starting to get me down.”
“As it is for all of us, but we will just have to do our best to press on now.”
And then with that said they slowly continued towards the city wall.
By the time sundown came they could see the entrance, and it was a gateway.
“Well, it looks like we’re finally here, and with no pony dead or hurt.”
“Kronos, you really have to stop jinxing us,” Daring said as her ears suddenly perked up, “Wait, do you hear that?” she said turning back to the jungle now then. “No, what is it exactly?” Kronos said trying to hear something right now.
“Exactly, there’s nothing coming from the jungle, no insects chirping, and no creatures screaming, and trust me, the jungle is never quiet unless something really big, bad, and huge is near, and do you know what that means for us?
It means that we should probably start running right now,” she said pointing to the wall, “I’ll hold off whatever is coming this way, you just get the hell out of here.” And with that said they all started to run towards the wall leaving her behind. But when they finally got to the edge they turned to see her, and what they saw was not very good. Daring stood with Mortimer against a jungle demon.
“Well hello there, beastie,” she said trying to tell if it was intelligent or not, and the very low deep growl from it told her that it wasn’t, good to know though.
She readied her sword as it leapt towards her, but before it could even complete its jump it was shot down by many spears and arrows from within the jungle.
“What the -,” she tried to say before she glimpsed many eyes staring back at her, and then something started to emerge from the jungle that was very tall, big, and huge, and it must have been very intelligent if it could have taken down the monster, and the worst part was that there was not just one, but many instead.
And she just couldn’t take it anymore, she started to run towards the wall not even bothering to look back, and then she finally made it to the gateway and closed it behind her making sure that it was very securely locked.
“What the hell was that?” Quentin said with great fear in his eyes and voice.
“I have no idea, certainly no creature, beast, animal, or monster that I have ever seen before, I don’t even have a name for it, but I don’t think it matters anymore, we’re safe for now and it can’t get through the walls or enter the gateway.
And that’s why I think that we should all get some rest, we all just saw something truly horrifying and terrifying, something that we can’t even name but will always haunt us in dreams and nightmares,” she said gasping for some air now then.
“Uh Daring, I think you might want to actually take a look inside,” Kronos said pointing to yet another set of doors that saved as a secondary entrance and barrier. And with that said she slowly opened the doors and gasped in wonder and awe at the sight before her, which was very beautiful and many more words too, she just couldn’t take it in and she also just needed to say something too.
“Every pony, welcome to the lost city,” she said pointing her hoof out towards it now then with a smile of great pride on her face as they all stared out with the same wonder and awe at the great magnificent glory and pride of the city too.