//------------------------------// // Sombra's POV (4/5): The Bull Fight // Story: Hoodwinked: The Pony Edition // by Lighttone GryphonStar //------------------------------// Luck was on my side that day as the winds brought Babs Seed directly to me. Seeing her approach a tree, I teleported Cozy Glow up there to catch her. However, the light of my spell seemed to blind Babs Seed. She didn't turn away, instead, crashing headfirst into her. I winced at the sight of the pain from the first hit. Babs Seed bounced off some branches, then some leaves. Finally, landing on the ground with a hard thump, her basket slowly slid down to meet her. I moved behind her as she admired the remains of the airship falling. Once in place, I tried to make my move, only for Cozy Glow to land and spook her with some of the remaining magic of my teleportation spell. “Afternoon,” I answered, half annoyed I was forced to reveal myself early. “Hello,” she nervously answered back. “That was a lot of falling than you did just now,” I tried being casual so she would lower her guard. “Oh, you saw that,” she laughed. “Yeah, that’s how gravity works. Trust me, I’ve had a few traps based around it in my former castle.” I kept her going, trying to understand her motives and possible next actions. “I'm not supposed to talk to strangers,” she continued to laugh, clearly searching for an escape route. “That’s a good call. Now, what were you doing up there in that big, old airship?” My eyes fell on her basket. I sensed a strong familiar power. “A very expensive ride just to deliver cat food.” I leaned close, curiosity getting the better of me. “I’m taking this to my granny!” She pulled the basket close to her chest. “Granny? As in, Granny Golden Delicious?” I study my targets extensively. “How do you know her?” She raised an eyebrow. “It is my job to keep an eye out for dangerous things.” I stepped forward to block her exits. “My granny does nothing dangerous!” “Really? You don’t think there is something important I should ask you about her?” I got right up in her face, hoping to intimidate her. “I don't think I should tell you that,” she tried to chuck the tension away. “Sounds like you are hiding something…” I laughed back. The basket and its secrets were within reach. “You ask a lot of questions, mister.” “What can I say? I'm a curious stallion.” Right in place, I firmly stomp my hoof on the basket. “Let’s see what's inside?” “I'd rather you didn't know." Without warming, pain mixed with annoyance flowed through my body, leading to a loud roar. I turned back to the direction of the source and found Cozy Glow spanking me on the rear. My confusion was silenced by the moans of the lustful voice. "Just pound her with your thick, strong thighs, already!" I used my magic to float her away from rubbing my leg. ""Thank you..." She pulled out the sanitizer and cleaned her hooves. "Sorry, for ruining your interrogation." I wanted to roar in anger at them, but another pain echoed through my body, stopping me in my tracks. While I had turned slightly to the left, Babs Seed had taken advantage of my distraction and swiftly kicked me between the legs before bolting away. Leaving me and Cozy Glow utterly dumbfounded as I fell down in agony. ****** "That's not what happened at all!" Babs Seed interrupted Sombra's story. "I ran out of there because you were going to steal my cat food." "Really? For what possible reason would he want your cat food?" Luster Dawn argued. "Indeed," Blueblood confirmed. "More likely he sensed a far more useful and powerful object. Possibly of the crystal kind?" "Wait?" Braeburn raised a hoof. "Are you saying that she might have stolen the Crystal Heart?" "Obvious!" Luster Dawn barked back. "You, yourself said they were all suspects!" She questioned his sudden defense of Babs Seed. "I was speaking hyperbolically." Braeburn quickly apologized. "Babs Seed is my cousin after all. I didn't want to show favoritism." "Hyper sonically?" Bulk Biceps questioned the wording of his boss. "No, hyperbolically, as in you were exaggerating!" Luster Dawn pressed her head down in disappointment. "Dang it, Captain." "Either way, we now have new questions." Blueblood turned the attention back to Babs Seed, unsure to trust any of her words now. "You have to understand!" Babs Seed tried to explain. "He was being very creepy!!" "Well, we can't simply arrest something solely for being creepy!" Meanwhile, in the background, Lightning Dust's eyes widened, and she ran out of the room while they argued. Reaching a safe spot, she pulled out her radio, only to trip over something. She looked down to see a giant roll of cheese laying near the entrance. "Odd." The pegasus was lactose intolerant, so she promptly ignored it and turned her attention to the matter at hoof. Activating her radio, she called out, "Rolling, Rolling Thunder!" "What?" a voice answered. "You know that giant ball of living gas we arrest today?" "The creepy one?" "Yeah..." Sweat poured down over her face. "Yeah, it might be better to let him go!" "What? He was controlling children with music!" the voice complained. "Yes, but don't all children's music do that?" Lightning Dust tensed up from the most delicious smell. "We can't arrest him for being creepy!" The smell got stronger, making her leer back to the giant roll of cheese. Much to her shock, it had been cut, and a piece taken. Plus, there was now a pie sitting beside it, also missing a slice. "Can we at least keep his zebra ally in chains?" Rolling Thunder questioned. "Doing that while letting the literally white cloud go free..." Lightning Dust raised an eyebrow. "That might be a little racist." "Yeah, you've got a point..." Rolling Thunder sighed with annoyance. "Short Fuse, let the cloud go..." "GOD DAMN IT!!" another voice shouted in the background. Lightning Dust quickly turned off her radio and rushed back into the room. At the same time, the arguing had come to a close. And Sombra was getting ready to tell the final lengths of his journey.