//------------------------------// // Chapter Two: The Human stumbles into problems // Story: Oh, you thought Magic was beyond me? // by CommodoreDread //------------------------------// "Well that's just ru- Agh! Verdamnter Krampf!" Amadeus grabbed his right leg as it began to spasm uncontrollably, directly becoming responsible for his loss of stability and eventual 'downfall' The spasming seemed to go on for a few more moments before ending and resulting in a limp right leg. Amadeus sighed as he got up using the edge of the sarcophagus as a stepping stone. "How long have I been asleep?" He mumbled as his eyes traveled around the room. The edges of his mouth seemed to dip a bit as a frown be came evident on his face. 'How long have I laid in that overpriced box that a layer of a few centimeters of sand and dust was able to gather? That cracks became clear for all to see? That rodents and little pests took to calling this place there home? And why the fucking hell is this room so empty?' Wolfgang limped over to the sarcophagus and grabbed the staff, his staff. He remembered buying it from that all too friendly Merchant as if it were yesterday. Now, come to think of it Wolfgang wondered why such a beautifully carved Staff with a rather large and probably expensive Gem Stone only sold for a few Dozen Iron Hooves, or the thirty Dollar Zebrican equivalent. Amadeus tried out his staff, testing if he could safely let his weight stress the wooden stick without breaking it. "Hmpf, it sure would be better if you were T shaped- Woah, Ach du Scheiße!" Just as he said it the Staff began morphing into something on which one could lean himself more comfortably. The Pearl-ish Gem too began changing position and color. In his surprise he had dropped the staff and stumbled back onto the sarcophagus momentarily losing focus on the staff and missing the color change. He blinked a few times and wondered if the Oval Gemstone had always been Green. Wolfgang shook his head before picking up the staff and finding that it has become a far more comfortable leg-compensator "Damn, I really need to get that looked at..." Amadeus sighed before looking at the unconscious ponies in front of him "... You guys couldn't possibly be here alone, no one goes out exploring pyramids with no exploratory equipment. You must have a camp somewhere near by. Perhaps the main entrance..." Whilst deep in thought Wolfgang began to limp towards the doorway leading to a long winding corridor before suddenly stopping. He leaned against the wall and took of the rags that covered his face. He'd be keeping the ones covering his body till he could get some clothes that fit first. As he peeled away the layers his Black hair became evident shortly being followed by his creamy white eyes and the rest of his unremarkable face. He sighed once more, took the staff that had caused him so much trouble and continued his journey; now with a free face. Down the corridor he went before turning right. Following that path, he went down for a bit and turned left. Continuing on he turned right and then left before heading straight for a few seconds. "Wait a minute... Scheiße!" His outburst also marked the point in time where stood still as he realized that he had taken a wrong turn and now had become hopelessly lost. He turned left than right, but none of the corridors even felt familiar. As he passed corridor after corridor of Pitch Blackness, the only source of light being his Staff's white almost ethereal glow, he idly glance up at on of the walls. To his bewilderment he found a mural. The Mural seemed to span the entirety of the corridor. Amadeus, always a fan of History and ruins, retraced his steps to the beginning of the mural and started to try and decipher a story... The Mural seemed to start with a green expanse of hilly grassland and what appeared to be Zebra figures grazing on it. Moving forwards the Zebras were replaced by a few huts, which were then themselves replaced by some proper houses. A wall was added and for extra 'We lived happily' points a Rainbow was drawn. The Rainbow was broken through by a bolt of lighting and and a... remarkably Human figure stood in its impact site. It was some sort of Bi-pedal creature with two arms coloured in all black save for its eyes which were blood red. The Daemon-Human-whatever raised a staff and in the next frame the Zebrican city was in ruins... Bloody hell did those Zebras think he was that guy? It would explain the Frosty reception he was getting in Zebra Land. The Frame after that showed two very familiar Alicorns fly down from the Heavens with six Orbs orbiting them. A blast from the Orbital friendship Laser saw the the black figure fall into a sarcophagus and said sarcophagus then closing on it... Okay, this has given Wolfgang more questions than answers. Did the Zebras believe he was thid Black Daemon-Human-whatever? But why in the name of god did they come to this conclusion? He's only been around for a Month before his beauty sleep! Hell, the only thing magic he had was this Staff... which he bought... from a suspiciously black Zebra Merchant... with blood Red eyes... Rubbing his forehead, Amadeus mused that he really shouldn't have trusted that Zebra. Wolfgang spent a good twenty minutes silently cursing his luck before his stomach grumbled and he remembered why he had wanted to get out of here. With a heavy sigh he started wandering the halls, heading to where he had thought the exist to this place was, before his ears picked up the faintest of noises. Amadeus immediately stopped, straining his ear and trying to figure out where it was coming from. After a few moments he was fairly certain where the noises had originated from and started to head in the general direction As he got closer to where he thought was the exit, or at least the reception, he started to make out scratches, and grunting, which Amadeus assumed belonged to a pony yet at the same time it could be anything else, and... crying? Yes, that's definitely crying. Once again his eyebrows tried to meet but failed miserably whilst the edges of his mouth lowered themselves and in true Power Ranger fashion created a frown through the power of teamwork. "Yeah, I don't like where this is going..." As he got closer to the source he could make out that the crying definitely stemmed from a feminine creature. However, the fact that it took him so long to realize this can only be the fault of the long distance and not poor hearing on Wolfgang's part. The minute Wolfgang turned the corner he was forced to yell out in surprise, shock and even a bit of fear. "Ach du Scheiße! Ein Drache!" For in front of him stood a red scaled Dragon crying furiously whilst banging its head against the wall. In addition to the read scales it also had suspiciously sharp claws and a few spikes on its tail. Surely it would not have noticed him had he not cursed so loudly. But he did and the Dragon turned to find the source of the exclamation. As the Dragon turned to regard the unexpected intruder, Amadeus half expected it to be his end and screamed accordingly. The Dragon tried to imitate the gesture as soon as Wolfgang started screaming and threw itself onto the floor with its hands over its head, cowering in fear. However as previously stated the Dragon tried to imitate Wolfgang's scream, but failed miserably courtesy of a Metal clamp around its snout. Once Amadeus had calmed down a bit and noticed the poor Dragon cowering in fear from him, he limped over to the cowering Dragon and crouched beside it, petting it while he spoke to it. "Hey, Hey come on now. There's nothing to fear. All will be well. I'm not going to eat you or anything" This caused it to look up at him and try to whimper something at him, before whipping its face back down and cowering some more. However upon seeing the metal clamp on its snout he became more convinced than ever that this poor Dragon would be a danger to no one "Uh... Can you tell me who put that clamp on your snout? Was it those 'Adventureponies' who did this to you?" It simply nodded and pointed down one of the corridors before continuing to cower in fear. "God damn it! Snap out if it! Stop cowering in fear! I'm here to help! Damn it!" His tiny outburst of boiling hot rage seemed to have the opposite effect on the Dragon as it upgraded from laying on the ground with its hands over its head to cowering in the fetal position whilst shedding tears faster than a shark losses its teeth. "Mein Gott, du bist ja aber ein richtges feigling" Wolfgang shook his head and forcefully grabbed the Dragons head and took a look at the metal clamp around its snout. Perhaps he could loosen the screws? But for that he'd need a screwdriver. "You don't happen to have a screwdriver now do- Heilige Scheiße!" Once again his staff began to morph. It turned from a cheap walking aid into... a Swiss Army Staff? The staff seems to have replaced the T shaped top of the staff with a slightly enlarged Swiss Army knife. If this thing didn't scream Plot device, Wolfgang didn't know what did "Hmm, It sure would be nice if I had a Pizza right about now..." Wolfgang eyed the staff suspiciously before sighing in defeat "Well, it was worth a try" Shaking his head he took out a screwdriver and was about to start unscrewing one of the screws when the Dragon shook its head free and scrambled madly to get away from him. It manged to free itself from his grip and was about to Run for it when Wolfgang yelled "Wait please! I'm trying to help! I'm trying take off that thrice damned clamp if yours! I won't hurt you, Ehrenwort!" The Dragon seems to gauge her chances. A deathly silenced settled on them for a moment before the Dragon deemed Wolfgang a far to great a threat than it would seem to be worth it and ran for it Wolfgang, with his limp leg, could do naught but yell "Nein! Stop!" In response his staff glowed brightly and suddenly pulsed a green wave of energy which once it caught up with the dragon froze it in place. Holding it there seemed to be a Green aura around the Dragon. It restarted its crying once it failed to get free, meanwhile Wolfgang looked down to his Swiss Army Staff and could do naught but gape his mouth "So, you are voice controlled after all? Pull!" After a few moments of nothing happening Wolfgang sighed for what must've been the sixth time that hour and began making his walk to the Dragon. With the previously extended Screwdriver Amadeus removed the screws from the clamps. During the procedure the Dragon couldn't stop itself from whimpering in fear as the screws were un screwed. After the last screw had fallen the clamp fell down down in pieces finally freeing her from their grasp At that very moment the Green field gave away and the Dragon rolled forward before turning its head and spewing fire in Wolfgang's direction. "Hey! Watch it! Is that how you repay people for helping you!" "Stay away from me, you- you- whatever you are!" She, as far as Amadeus could tell it was a she, yelled at him with fear evident in her voice "Oh come on now, what does it take to calm you down?! I took off that clamp of yours for god's sake! What more do you ask?" "I am grateful for your assistance, but such a trick had been played on me before. I was freed on purpose and fled back to my nest. They followed me and now everyone I know has been enslaved due to my foolishness!" A few tears of regret flew down her cheek "Wait what? Enslaved? How could Celestia let such thing be?" "Who?" Asked the Dragon, she herself now also confused "You know, Celestia" At a further confused look "Alicorn of the Sun?" Still nothing "Monarch of Equestria?" At that she snarled "Equestria is lead not by this Celestia but by the Council of five. Five immortal Alicorns of unimaginable pow-" "Entschuldigung? Celestia no longer rules Equestria?" "No longer? What are you talking about" "Just answer the damned question" "Hmpf. Very well. No, my good creature, last I checked this Alicorn of the Sun you speak of doesn't rule Equestria. "What about Luna?" At a stare from the Dragon "The Alicorn of the Moon?" "I know not what you talk about" "Do you know of the Crystal Empire? Princess Cadence? Twilight? Clover the Smart or whatever?" "Oh now, Clover the Clever I know" "Oh really? Who is he?" "He was said to have been the last Unicorn to have opposed the Alicorn of Five and won. But that's about it" "Fucking hell... I've only been here for a Month before being put to sleep. How could I have possibly have had such an effect on Equestrian History- "Look, creature, your over inflated sense of self worth aside, I don't know from where you are, but obviously not from here. I have had about it with you Non-Dragon types and your utter-" A Green light struck her in the back and caused her to topple over, revealing the sight of a few 'Adventureponies' one of them sporting a wicked Grin. Wolfgang frowned as he stared right into the grinning Unicorn's face, daring him to blink. "Well, who, might I ask, are you?" Came Wolfgang's rather tired 'question'