//------------------------------// // Chapter Three: The Human Stumbles into victory // Story: Oh, you thought Magic was beyond me? // by CommodoreDread //------------------------------// Wolfgang silently cursed as he found himself facing five ponies alone. His eyes darted around trying to find an exit, but with his limp leg it was just a wast of time. The leader of their little group stepped forward and grinned like a lunatic "Oh your gonna make me rich" The Green unicorn mumbled to himself "Oh please do correct me if I'm wrong but; but I assume your the slavers the Dragon talked about, hmm?" "And your smarter than you look too" "Good to know, I'd hate to have to kick some innocent person's ass" "The only thing that will get kicked will be you, and once you've been trained enough, I'll sell you. The money ponies would pay for an exotic creature such as you, it would make me rich enough to buy all of Equestria Thrice over!" "Oh really? What makes you so sure I'll make a profit? Hell! What makes you think you'll even be able to capture me?" "Oh, you'll make a profit alright-" "Really? Is the demand for humans really that high or do you think that I can make gold out of thin air?" "No. Don't worry, a specimen such as yourself has never before been seen in Equestria. I personally know quite a few... let's call them... Collectors... who would be interested in having you as their pet." "As a citizen of the German Republic, the Federal Government would do its utter most to rescue on of their kind. An Army would fall upon you" At this point, Amadeus was talking out of his ass. Die Bundesregierung didn't even know that a Children's show was real, much less know of a way to come and rescue him. Hell, Amadeus even doubted if they'd do that. But, if their is one thing Wolfgang can do in a stressful situation, its lying. Oh so much lying His thoughts were interrupted by the chuckling of the Green Unicorn who had so rudely stunned that poor Dragon. "Well colour me blind and tell me to jump off a cliff!I think this might be the best day of my life! The Council would be pleased to know of another place ripe for Conquest!" "Whoa there never tempt fate" Amadeus warned the Unicorn "Perhaps, but I need not hire a seer to know your fate..." "Good to know" Said Amadeus as he tried to take a step back. However due to his limp leg he faltered and stumbled before using the staff as a stabilizer. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on the perspective, the minute his staff touched the ground it caused another magical wave to appear this one however more dangerous than expected. The moment the wave made contact with the ponies they were thrown back. One of the Pegasi flew out the door behind them while the rest hit the wall. The contact with the wall seemed to have decommissioned two of the hostile ponies, the other Pegasus and a Unicorn. In one fellow swoop Wolfgang was able to take out three of the five opposing Ponies. Quickly regaining their wits the remaining two, The Green Unicorn and an unknown Yellow one, stood and assessed the situation whilst Wolfgang was look at his staff with the amount of curiosity only a new born child could match. Both Unicorns started to fire Yellow and Green stun, Amadeus could only assume them to be stun, spells which sailed through the air obviously intent on hitting Wolfgang only to be stopped every time without fail by a shimmering white shield. Seeing this, panic started to creep into both Unicorns as they realized their futility. The Green one levitated a couple of bricks that lay around and threw them at Amadeus only for another shield, this one black as the night sky to appear and stop them mind air before letting them drop harmlessly. The Yellow one finally having had enough charged the lone Human intent on impaling him on his horn. However, while the Human may lack a functioning leg, he does still poses common sense and side stepped the Unicorn leaving him to crash, painfully may one add, into the wall behind him. The Human raised a single eyebrow at the display of stupidity, before turning and intending to take care of the Green Unicorn using his staff... as a mace... However the moment the Human took a step forward he faltered and fell as he seems to have forgotten about his limp leg. Seeing a moment to escape the Unicorn seized it and charged up a teleportation spell. Moments later he disappeared in a bright Green Flash-like-Flame-shaped explosion. Wolfgang looked around before sighing disappointed "So much for peaceful solutions, but I do wonder... Fireball!" Instantly a small ball of fire was launched at the point where he was looking at "Levitation!" The unconscious bodies around Amadeus started to glow a heavenly white as the staffs magic warped them in its aurora and began to hover around him. For a moment there was stillness as the unconscious bodies were glided into a corner of the room. "How in the name of God do you work?" Wolfgang asked the staff not excepting an answer nor getting one. He looked around the room before limping over the the fallen Dragon and picking her up in a white aroura before leaving the room and mumbling out random words associated with magic in hopes of activating more spells "Haha! That's a six, sorry colts but looks like I won this round!" A rather old Pegasus was smiling like a lunatic as he spread his forelegs and encroached on the small mountain of bits located in the middle of the the table they were using to play Equestrian Poker, a slight variation of what the Minotaurs played. Around the table one could see four other ponies, three Unicorns and a Pegasus, all frowning at the fact that they just lost quite a bit of money. They were on night shift and were spending time playing poker instead of Guarding the entrance of the pyramid like they were supposed to. As one of them sighed he took a look around and settled his eyes on the catwalks above them. On them patrolled a pair of unicorns who would act as sniper in the case of a slave escape. He turned to look around their small encampment. Almost a dozen large tents dotted the Entrance hall and served as their main sleeping and recreation area. Large metal cages dotted the outer most walls serving as the storage area for their Goods. Their so called Goods mainly consisted of Earth ponies, a few Unicorns and Pegasi, two Zebras and a Dragon "Wait a minute..." The observant one mumbled under his breath as he couldn't spot the red Dragon they had recaptured. "Oh buck no! Guys the-" Just at that very moment a Green Unicorn teleported smack dab in the middle of their camp and yelled "The Dragon's gone!" Almost instantly everyone at his table scrambled to their hoofs and ran towards the slave pens with the intent on making sure no one else had escaped. Out of the biggest of the tents stepped a jet black Unicorn with a nasty scar going from his neck all the way to his tail which itself had been cut shorter. "What in the name of bucking Tartarus is going on?!" The Green Unicorn from before approached the Angry Unicorn probably wanting to inform him of 'What in the name of bucking Tartarus is going on' "Scarhoof, sir. It appears that one of the slaves was able to escape and found a-" "Shut it Von Vanhoofer, I don't care if one of the slaves was able to-" "Sir, the Dragon managed to escape!" Another Unicorn had joined them, this one able to tell Scar which of the slaves was able to escape "What?! Why did you not tell me earlier Von Vanhoofer?!" "I tried but you interrupted me before I could finish-" "Well okay then, you were saying?" One could swear that Von Vanhoofer's eye was about to pop "Erm, yes. As I was saying. The Dragon Slave managed to escape and found itself what appears to be a Mummy of unknown Origin. Using some sort of Dark Witchery it managed to defeat me and my... eh... Patrol" Looting Party was after all a much more unsavory term He obviously left out the part where the Mummy mentined their was an entire nation ripe for conquest that wasn't part of the Independent Free Cities League. A small detail Von Vanhoofer was sure nopony would mind not knowing. "We have to get it back at all costs! I want everyone to search for it, immediately!" "Yes, sir!" Both Unicorns immediately ran off to organize the efforts. It would be awhile however before any form of search parties could be dispatched to find the Dragon and its Mummy Escort.