//------------------------------// // Who are They?! // Story: Why Me? // by Pen Dragon //------------------------------// Who are they? The Trio de Danger’s watched as ponies ran in fear from the destruction they have unleashed upon the town. Laughing as they continued to fire energy blasts at nearby houses and buildings. The Red wolf could only smirked as he unleashed a barrage of ki blasts from his feet, destroying the town. “Hahahahaha! Hey Bergamo, when can we eat these ponies? I’m starving, and Basil is having all the fun!” The yellow wolf asked as he licked his lips, his paws being surrounded by a sickly dark aura. “Once we draw out this so called Princess we’ve heard about… I want to be the one to defeat her and make her our slave. Then you can eat the others to your heart’s content, but don’t get carried away. We do need some alive if we’re going to run this town,” Bergamo said with a vile smirk across his muzzle as he raised his right paw, creating a red orb of energy, ready to fire, but before he could a female voice shouted out in the distance, gaining the wolf’s attention. “STOP!!!” Bergamo and the others turned to see a grey mare with a blond mane and bubbles on her butt. They couldn’t help but laugh as they watched her stand up to them. “This is rich! What are you going to do about it, little pony~?” Basil said as he appeared next to her in an instant, smelling her before smirking at her. “I-I’ll… I can… stop you.” Ditzy said, before gulping nervously as Basil laughed in response. “Hey brother! Mind if I have a little fun with this one?! I’m getting tired of blowing up buildings and she’s the only one brave enough to stand against us! Please?!” He asked as Bergamo sighed. “Fine… have your fun, but keep her alive… this one has guts~” He said with a smirk as Lavender growled in response. “That’s not fair! How come he gets to have all the fun!” Lavender complained as he scowled at his little brother. Bergamo only laughed. “Tell you what… the next weakling to challenge us can be all yours! But for now, just let Basil have his fun for a while.” He stated, patting his little brother on the head. “Fine… but that doesn’t mean I have to like this!” Lavender said, still scowling as Basil smirked from the distant before turning back towards Ditzy. “Hehehe… looks like you’re mine now.” Basil said towards the mare as she slowly backed away from the massive canine like creature, sweat began to drip from her face the closer he got until she was backed against the wall of a building. ‘Is this it? It can’t end like this… not when my kids need me.’ She thought to herself as she tried her best to remain calm as Basil readied a power kick with his left leg. Ditzy braced herself by covering herself with her wing as Basil snarled just as he was about to strike her. Though strangely enough, the attack never came. She raised her wing slightly only to see a strange bipedal creature in front of her, blocking Basil’s kick with his right arm. “You know dogs shouldn’t be attacking innocents… You're better off drinking from the toilets!” It said before throwing a left hook across the Basil’s face, sending him flying towards his brothers who caught him mid air as ponies around the area looked on, astonished by what had occurred. Whatever it was, it looked back at Ditzy with a massive grin. “You alright?” “Y-yeah…” Ditzy squeaked out as a sense of dread came over her. “Good… you better get out of here before things get ugly.” It said before turning towards the three wolves, still smiling at them as they growled. “Brother can I have at him?! I’ve been itching to kill something today!” Lavender asked cackling as he clutched his fist tightly. Bergamo couldn’t help but grin at this new stranger as he folded his arms, before turning towards his little brother. “Go ahead… Basil had his fun torturing the ponies.” He said as Basil gawked at him, earning a holler from Lavender. “B-but I didn’t get a chance to do anything! I have a right to my prey and that freak over there took it from me! I want payback!” Basil argued but quickly silenced himself as Bergamo glared back at him, snarling slightly as Lavender continued to cackle, jumping into the air and firing a ki blast at the stranger. But just as it was about to hit the stranger he quickly grabbed Ditzy by her hooves and pulled her away to safety. Ethan’s Perspective This just had to happen the moment I entered this town, wolves attacking a town filled with magical talking horses. It wasn’t like I hated this place because I had to admit, despite all the destruction and ponies panicking, they seemed like a peaceful race with a moderate level of intelligence. Not to mention that every single one of them were so cute you could get diabetes if they were contagious. But that wasn’t really important at the moment, seeing that three talking wolves were trying to kill me and the pony I had just saved. “You guys must have a real problem with these ponies if your trying to kill them! Even though I don’t know why since they’re too adorable to kill!” “They are perfect playthings for us! We are the strongest warriors here on this wretched rock, meaning that they should be serving us. I don’t need to be told what I can and can’t kill by the likes of you!” The yellow wolf said, cackling like an old man. And he probably is one since he was wearing some old saggy green overalls. “Well… I doubt that you’re the strongest ones here, but I’m sure you're going to try and prove your point, right?” I asked as I continued to smirk at him, getting into a fighting stance before motioning for him to come and attack me. “Oh you bet I will, you weakling!” He shouted as a dark purple aura surrounded him. He cackled once again, and charged straight at me. But right before I could defend myself from his attack, he vanished from my line of sight and I soon felt nothing but pain from my back. Just as I turned around I spotted Lavender and attempted to do a roundhouse kick but he had once again disappeared. He was moving too quick for me to even see where he was and I soon received another blow to my right side before getting jabbed across my face and sent flying into a wall. It was hard to even see where that mongrel was when he attacked and what was worse is that I couldn’t even counter attack. I tried to get up but before I could I soon saw his foot kick me in the face. “What’s wrong! I thought you’d put up more of a fight!” He said to me as he grabbed my head and hoisted me off of the ground, smirking at me as his paw was surrounded by a sickly dark aura. “Hope you like poison, because I’ve got plenty to share!” But before he could even land a blow, I grabbed his arm, avoiding his fist and kneed him in the stomach before giving him a left hook across his muzzle. Lavender howled in pain before I kicked him on his right hip and leaped back away from him. He landed a lot of blows to my body, but I was determined to keep fighting for these ponies. No one deserved to die and even though I didn’t know these ponies, I wasn’t afraid to do what is right. “H-how’d that feel… mutt!” I shouted as I placed my hand over my side. “So you got a few lucky shots, but that won’t save you from me!” He cackled as he clutched his fists and began to charge up his aura. I knew I didn’t stand a chance against these guys seeing that they had more power than me, but I still got into a fighting stance. ‘Maybe if I survive all of this, I can actually learn how to use my powers.’ I thought to myself as I waited for him to reach full power. I could try to harness my power now but with no control over it I probably would still get my ass kicked…very, very badly. “I hope you’re ready to die!” Lavender shouted as he flew at me full force, tackling me into the little house and began repeatedly punching me over and over as I tried my best to block his assault. I could hear him laughing as he increased his pace, jabbing me in the face, chest, stomach and basically my entire body. “WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW WEAKLING!?!?!?” I didn’t say anything as I kept trying to block his attacks, feeling my bones cracking and pain flowing throughout my body. I knew if this kept up I wouldn’t make it. Without any other ideas, I began to muster up all my strength to my right hand and immediately jabbed him in his eye. He howled in pain as he placed one of his paws over his eye. That’s when I got up and tackled Lavender to the ground. Just then I began to punch him as hard as I could, repeating rapidly to at least do some damage to him, but before I could even continue I saw a blue paw grab my face and fling me to the ground. Before I could even get up, I felt a sudden pain and weight on my back from the red wolf I had stopped before. “Did you honestly think we’d even allow you the slightest chance of winning this?” Basil asked me as he dug his claw from his feet into my back. I couldn’t help but shout. They were digging deep into my skin. You would think as a villain from a popular movie would have the strength to fight all of them, but like I said, I could barely use the powers I had and my strength alone wasn’t going to be enough to defeat them. “I have to admit that you’re stronger than I thought… but it’s nothing compared to mine or Basil’s… you simply caught us off guard and how you made Lavender look like a fool is unforgivable. I’ll kill you myself freak!” The blue one said as he snapped his fingers, ordering for Basil to hop off me as I struggled to get up from the ground. By the time I stood up, I saw how Basil helped Lavender up and I may know those two names but I didn’t know who the hell the blue one was? He was different from the other two, he was more focused and driven from the look in his eyes and I could tell that he was a lot stronger than his two brothers. “W-who… are you?” I struggled to ask as I tried to stay on my feet. “I am Bergamo… the Crusher and future ruler of these ponies here. Now I think it’s only fair for you to share your name before you die!” He demanded, smirking at me as he took a few steps forward. “Well… at least you have some manners… better than those two.” I said to him, glaring at him as struggled to stand up. I knew I couldn’t last much longer and without any help I could only stall for time until some kind of miracle could happen. “My name’s… Ethan… but what I want to… know is… why are you… attacking this town?!” “Isn’t it obvious… to show true fear, that they are below us and we are the ones who shall rule this world.” Bergamo answered as he walked up to me with a smug look on his face. I honestly wanted to punch him right then and there, but I knew if I tried I’d be dead. “What good would it be to rule if everyone fears you… even if you do succeed, you’ll be all alone in the end.” I said to him, before he swatted me aside effortlessly like a ragdoll. And the injuries didn’t help that much either. “Say what you want, Ethan! I still have my brothers and with the three of us the world belongs to us.” He said before grabbing my by the neck and hoisting me up into the air. “Any last words?” I would have said something, but with his hand strangling me I couldn’t, but if I could I would have called him an asshole. Still, it wasn’t like I was in a position to fight back, everything was slowly fading as I struggled to free myself from his grasp. But before he could finish strangling me I saw something very small and round hit Bergamo on the head, causing the wolf to release me and turn his attention towards whatever hit him, but right before I blacked out I saw the same pony I saved from Basil. I could only ask myself one question. ‘Who… is she?’