//------------------------------// // Chapter 7. What's Ya-ku with you? // Story: The Elder Dragons of Equestria // by FanboyGamer3E //------------------------------// Ana bit down on Dio's horn and tried her best to lift him up but barely managed to move him. "Come on Ana, are you even trying?" Dio asked. "Shud da hell op dammit." Ana snarled in reply with Dio's horn still in her mouth. "Looks like your not strong enough to face an Apex monster like me one on one." Dio snidely said before bashing Ana in the face with his head and knocking her off her feat with a hip-check. Ana snarled as she got to her feet and transformed into her miniature form. "Not bad, You hit with the same power as a Rathalos, guess that's what you True Wyverns have in common." "Of course, but you Brute Wyverns aren't anything to laugh at either, your kind are some of the only things that can actually give us a challenge." Dio said as he changed as well. "Not saying that you'd win, but you'd put up one hell of a fight. The only Brutes who can take down a True Wyvern are Deviljho and maybe Brachydios." "Alright scrubs, training's over we got work to do." Nergi said flying down and landing down in the clearing. "We've been assigned to investigate a series of thefts." "Why, don't those ponies have the guards to deal with things like that?" Dio asked. "Twilight and I believe that creatures from our world may be responsible. We also believe that they're from the New World, which is why I would ask that you come with us Ana, we've already got Jagger and a few of his Jagras with us but we'd like you to come with us." "Why do I have to go? Can't you just bring Dio?" "I'm not from the New World, I'm from one of the great deserts of the Old World." Ana groaned to herself, "Fiiiiiiine, I'll go with you." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ponyville: Sugarcube Corner ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Alright Mrs.Cake, could you please explain what happened the night of the theft?" Nergi asked. "Yes well, I had just went out to pick up the delivery of eggs that had been delivered." Mrs.Cake began "When I was about to bring the last big crate inside I heard a kind of squawking out in the dark, I looked out and noticed a flashing light a few feet in front of me. The light flashed twice, before blinding me with a much bringer flash of light. I couldn't see a thing for a good while, and when I got my sight back the crate was gone." "Thank you ma'am, I think that's all we need." Once Mrs.Cake went back into the bakery Nergi turned to the group and said. "So, what do you make of it Ana?" "Well, the only monster from the New World I know who can make a blinding flash of light is a Tzitzi-Ya-Ku, but the egg stealing is definitely the M.O. for a Kulu-Ya-Ku." "So we either have a Kulu-Ya-Ku teaming up with a Tzitzi-Ya-Ku, or we have a Tzitzi-Ya-Ku trying a diet of eggs." "Either way it's an issue that needs to be dealt with immediately." Twilight added. "I assume you plan on trying to recruit these two into your ranks." "You are correct." "Well if it's a Kulu-Ya-Ku we can possibly bribe it into joining just by promising it a steady supply of eggs, those bird-brained bastards are crazy for them." "I suppose we could work out an arrangement like that, 'if' you manage to convince them to join. But what about the other one, the Tzitzi-Ya-Ku? Am I saying that right?" "You're fine Twilight, and convincing the Tzitzi won't be that hard either. All we need to do is make a deal with them that's leveled in their favor, and considering how most Bird Wyverns only ever think about feeding and nesting, we shouldn't have any trouble providing for them." "If you say so." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 minutes later ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nergi, Ana, Jagger, and Twilight strode through the forest. The three monsters sniffing at the ground trying to pick up the scent, as well as scanning the ground for footprints and feathers. Suddenly a lesser Jagras screeched out a signal. "Sounds like my boys have picked up a trail, Let's Go." Jagger shout before running off in the direction of the noise. "Alright, looks like we're going in guns blazing, I can work with this. Com' on you two, we'll think up a plan on the way." "Wait I, Oh Horse Feathers." As the Trio chased down the Jagras they were lead to a clearing where the rest of the pack was attacking a pair of Raptor-like creatures. One with Azure Scales and a pair of crest-like skin flaps, and the other with tan colored scales with orange strips running cross its back, red tufts of feathers long its elbows and head, and finally a curved beak resembling a Dodo bird. Acting On his feet, Nergi Shouted. "TWILIGHT WE NEED A DOME. ANA, JAGGER, FULL SIZE." With little time to act the three fighters acted on Nergi's orders. With Twilight creating a dome of magic around the clearing as Ana and Jagger transforming into their enlarged monster states while Nergi did the same. Jagger using his full weight Jagger slammed his body into the Kulu-Ya-Ku who let out a terrified quack before being squashed. The Tzitzi's reaction was faster with him being able to dodge out of the way of Ana's fire breath before emitting his blinding flash from the flaps on its head. This caused Ana and Twilight to recoil, however Nergi had been able to cover his eyes in time before the flash and was able to pounce upon the Azure Raptor, pinning him to the ground and keeping him from using his ability again. "Listen here Tzitzi, one of two things are going to happen here. Either I rip your neck open here and now, and then do the same to your egg stealing friend, or you let that pony over there cast a harmless little spell on you to make you both smaller and we can talk about making a deal that can work out for both of us. The choice is yours." The Tzitzi was silent for a moment before saying, "Look buddy, If you wanted to talk all you had to do was ask." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 minutes later ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "So that's our deal, in exchange for joining our group and agreeing not to harass or attack the citizens of Equestria you will both be granted safe haven in the everfree forest and will be provided with anything you need." Twilight said. "Even eggs?" Kulu asked "All the eggs you need." "What can it hurt, you've got yourself a deal princess." Tzitzi said smugly "I'm in too, but only for the eggs." "We get it, you like Eggs, it's probably your only defining character trait." Ana said snidely. A gust of wind blew overhead as Kushala circled over the clearing and swooped down. "Looks like you've already caught the egg thieves, good we'll need all the help we can get. We've received a mission from Celestia, apparently a whole biome has appeared, and it's from the New World." "Which one?" Nergi asked "The Rotten Vale." Nergi's eyes went wide at the mention of this, before becoming grimly serious. "Well then, no time to waste, let's go."