Scarlet Rose led me through the back streets of Las Pegasus as I followed behind, trying to be quiet. However, that's quite hard when you're an 8 foot tall steam golem. Every time my knee would bend, a small stream of steam would be released.
"Quiet down, or else we'll get noticed!" Scarlet said while poking her head around a corner, looking to see if anypony was coming. "Come on, the coast is clear." I sighed.
"You know, it's kind of hard to keep quiet when you emit steam every time you move." I said, following her every step.
"Well, come on. We're almost back home." She started to walk down a very thin alley. "Right as soon as we get through here, we're home free." I just nodded and tried to follow her.
"H-Hey, this alley is too small for me to fit in!" I whispered to her. She looked back and facehooved.
"Well, try to find some way through. There's no other alley around here, only main roads." I sighed. Well, might as well get a running start. If I wasn't able to fit, then I'd have to force my way through.
"What are you doing!" Scarlet was now at the other end of the alley looking at me, and I started running. "Oh, nononononononono. DON'T DO IT!" Too late. I ran into the alley way, both sides of my body demolishing the walls of the buildings to my left and right. Once I got through I looked to see a few rocks on my shoulder. I wiped them off with my hand and looked over to Scarlet. She was staring at me and the alley. Back and forth until she finally got her senses back.
"What was that! I said find another way to fit! Not to barrel through both sides of the building!" She said. "I thought you were smarter than that!"
"Oops? Ehehe." I said while sheepishly rubbing the back of my neck.
"Okay, come here Colossus." I walked to the alley way and saw that both walls were now completely demolished. "Okay, now stand in the alley way like the way you came through." I did as ordered and stood in the alley. It was a tight fit, but from what I did before I fit pretty well. "Okay Colossus, turn sideways." I turned sideways, and found out I fit without even touching the area I made before.
"Oh, you meant that way." Scarlet did the mother of all facehooves.
"Sometimes, I worry about you, and we just met." She laughed. "How am I going to deal with you?" I thought for a minute, then looked to her and shrugged.
"I got nothing." She facehooved again. "Anyways, where is your place?" She sighed.
"Come on, it's this way." She started leading the way again. Eventually we came to a small two story house that was separated from all the other tall skyscrapers and buildings. She walked up to it, pulled a key out of her mane, and unlocked the door.
"Ah, home sweet home." She said as she walked in. I got on my hands and knees and crawled in the door, surprisingly I could fit through it like this. I sat down on the floor in the middle of the room, and watched Scarlet trot upstairs.
"Hey Colossus, I'm going to take a quick shower. Make yourself at home." I immediately sprawled out, dodging the furniture of course, and relaxed my body. It felt good to lay down. I lifted my head up and looked around. The house was nice to say the least. There was an alchemy table, a doorway that lead to a kitchen, a small table and couch in the living room, and it looked like there was a store looking place through another door.
"Okay, I swear if you disobey me this time, I will rip you to shreds you piece of shit tin can." I looked to see a young human woman with blue eyes and blonde hair staring at me.
"H-Hey, you're that one that was on my shoulder that one time when I first arrived here." She nodded and smiled.
"Yes, and you didn't follow my orders like I asked you too!" She stomped on my chest. "Why. Didn't. You. Do. It." She stomped with each word she said.
"Well, looks like it's someones time of month." I laughed, and she looked at me with anger in her eyes.
"Now look you piece of shit. You are going to follow my every command got that? Or I. Will. End. You." I sat up, making her fall off my chest. "Ow, you'll pay for that. Once I get my powers back, you're dead. You hear me, DEAD!" She said while straightening herself up. I laughed.
"Bitch please, you can't do shit." I said leaning back against the wall. She glared daggers at me again.
"Oh, you just wait till I get my powers back, then I shall end you and your friend up there." She started to walk off. "I swear, a fully conscious steampunk golem is NOT a good thing." She disappeared outside the house.
"O-kay? What was that?" I mean seriously. Who was she? Why did she say to follow her orders? Why was she threatening me? Oh well, I'll find out when the time comes.
After a while, Scarlet came back down the stairs, her mane straight, unlike the slight wave it had to it before. I was laying down at the time, just staring up at the ceiling.
"Hey Colossus, how are you going to sleep, or can you sleep?" She prodded my side.
"Oh, hey, um, what? Sorry, zoning out there for a minute. Anyways, what were you saying?" Scarlet sighed.
"I was asking to see where you were going to sleep." I stretched.
"Here's fine, goodnight." My body went limp, and I was out like a light. Scarlet laughed.
"Well, guess I might as well head to bed too." Scarlet trotted up the stairs to her room.
Yet again, awoken by the sun. I stood up and looked around...why am I looking at Scarlet's hooves? I looked up to see her walking out of the bathroom.
"Good morning Scarlet." I said in a cheerful tone.
"WHAAAAA!" She jumped up into the air. "Colossus! Why is your head poking through my floor!" I looked down, and sure enough I unconsciously stood up and my head went through her floor. I laughed.
"Sorry, kinda forgot I was in a small house. Sorry." She turned around. "Scarlet, why did you turn arou-OOF!" She bucked me in the face.
"Now, every time you do something bad or wrong, your getting a buck to the face, or leg, or crotch. You hear me?" I nodded and lowered my head through the floor. I sat back down as Scarlet walked down the stairs. "Okay Colossus, you ready for your grand appearance?" I looked at her, and if I could drink coffee, I would currently be spitting it everywhere.
"Say what now?" She nodded and got herself a glass of water from the sink.
"We're leaving to go to Gallopoli. The reason you saw me out there in the forest yesterday was because I was gathering some herbs just in case I needed any along the way there." She walked over to a cabinet and pulled out a satchel. She levitated it on her back and grabbed a piece of toast on the counter. "You ready?" I nodded. She made her way out, me crawling out behind her. She closed the door with her magic and locked it with the key. "Okay, lets go." I stood up to my full 8 feet outside. Already, ponies were staring me down, judging if I was friend or foe, or maybe some kind of monster. Of course, as I stretched, I released a cloud of steam which made that howling noise again. Ponies started running all over the place.
"RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" One mare said as she ran by. I just looked and began to laugh.
"Oh man, this is great." I laughed some more. "Hey, how often does this happen?" Scarlet shrugged.
"I don't know, maybe two or three times a week." She laughed. I stopped and looked at her.
"A WEEK!" I said, surprised. She nodded. "Wow, ponies are really easy to scare aren't they?" She nodded again. "Wait a minute, why didn't we just do this on the way back to your place last night? Why aren't we sneaking out right now."
"Didn't feel like it." She said. I facepalmed. Women, can never understand their logic. Oh well, might as well go along with it.
"So, how long is it going to take to get to Gallopoli?" I said as we were walking down a street, ponies still running in terror. I must say, the city looks better at night. Las Pegasus was nothing really to look at during the day. Tall buildings and a few casinos here and there yea, but at night; oh man, it was amazing.
"It's going to take about five to seven days, depends on how those days go." Scarlet said. Okay, I can deal with that.
"What do you mean depends?" I asked.
"You know, weather and all that other good stuff." She said while twirling her hoof around in the air.
"Oh, that stuff. Well, I don't really have to worry about weather. You know, being all metal and stuff." I said. She looked back to me.
"Thunderstorm." Scarlet grinned at me.
"Touché." I laughed.
"Okay, we're getting ready to leave the city. Need anything before we leave?" She said while double checking her stuff. I shook my head, and she put the backpack back on. "Okay then, off we go." She started to walk out of the city limits, but stopped. "You know, I wonder what all will happen out there?" She said while staring into the sky.
"I don't know, maybe we will find untold riches, or fight a legendary monster, or maybe even an army!" I said. Scarlet nudged me on the leg.
"Not that you idiot. I mean what would we find, who would we find, and what would we do if we found it?" She said. I shrugged.
"You know, I honestly don't know. But I do know one thing." I said while walking alongside her.
"What's that?" She looked up to me.
"There's only one way to find out." Scarlet nodded.
"Alright then, lets go." She said. With that, we walked into the forest to start our five to seven day walk to Gallopoli.
Inside some bushes deep inside the forest
"Hey, when we find ponies?" One bush said while looking to the other. A gray paw came out and smacked the one that talked.
"Shut up, something coming." The other one quickly got back into place.
"Oh, is it ponies!?" The bush turned to the other one. Another paw began to come out, but quickly stopped.
"No idiot, it's...yes, it is!" The bush quickly pulled its paw back in.
"Yes! Finally we get rewarded by Alpha!" Another came up and said.
"Remember what alpha said?" One more said.
"No." Said the one from before.
"If we no bring ponies back, then he kill us." The others gasped.
"But, we have more here with u- what is shiny thing?" They all turned and looked at the tall thing that was emitting steam from its joints.
"I don't know, but shiny thing look scary." One bush began to shake.
"Who cares, we can kill it with many dogs." The other bushes nodded.
"Yes, yes. We shall kill shiny thing, then take pony!" One bush said while jumping up and down.
"Yes, we will. Diamond Dogs!" There was a lot of bush shaking, barking, and saluting. "Attack!"
We were just simply walking down a path in the woods. It was a nice day outside, a nice breeze, the sound of Scarlet getting caught in a net launcher. Wait, what? I looked around and noticed that we were surrounded by dog-like creatures that stood on their hind legs. My mind instantly made a connection; Diamond Dogs.
"Shiny thing, we have friend. You surrender now or die!" One of them said, the others lifted their spears towards me.
"Oh, how cute. You dogs and your pointy little toys." I taunted them. One of the dogs growled. "Oh my," I lifted my arms up into my chest and lifted a leg into the air. "That's so scary." Then I proceeded to bend over and laugh.
"Be quiet stupid shiny thing, or else." I walked up to the Diamond Dog who said that and got down to his level, then put his spear up to my chest.
"Or what?" The Diamond Dog was shaking, along with the spear. I stood back up, and the dog let out a sigh.
"Okay, you guys seriously don't want to mess with me. You've already threatened me, which is a quick start on my bad side. So, I suggest you let us on our way." I said walking over to the now captured Scarlet, who was currently trying to bite through the net.
"Scarlet, need help there?" I bent down and grabbed the net.
"Foolish thing, you think you can rip net. It's the most advan-" The dog was interrupted by me ripping Scarlet out of the net. I turned around and looked at them, the net ripped in two.
"What was that about not being able to rip the net?" The leader of them growled.
"Get him!" All the dogs charged at me.
"Scarlet, go. I've got this." She nodded, and I got ready for the incoming attack.