//------------------------------// // Chapter 14: Miss Dragon Slayer // Story: Blank // by GameMakingOtaku //------------------------------// Chapter 14 Miss Dragon Slayer Inn was on her way to her hut after a long days work. She had seen no pony but had seen many new sites instead. Maybe she could use these places to find a ponies sometime. The most interesting thing to Inn though, was a caped pony wandering the forest. The only pony that could be seen this long day, and only at the end of it. The pony was wearing a starry purple wizards hat and cape. The color scheme of the mare's coat and mane made the clothing seem appropriate. She was walking slowly on the road, almost like she was lost or thinking hard about something. She seemed to be mumbling to herself as she was wondering the expansive woods. Inn starts to wonder; just how many ponies talk to themselves? “Oh, The Great And Powerful Trixie, should not have to deal with this dreadful place. Ah, I'll show them, I'll show them all. Trixie is the best, and they shall all know it!” huffed the blue pony. What was up with this pony? She seemed so frustrated and angry. Inn looked at the next tree that the pony was going to head to next. It was still quite some time until she would need the use of the tree. “Trixie will show them that she is better than that no-talent hick. The Great And Powerful Trixie will be known as the best pony ever!” the pony said as she made a log float to her side. Trixie seemed a bit rude. She spoke a little oddly but that does not giver her the right to call other ponies names and.... did that pony just levitate that log? She's a unicorn? The horn must be hidden by the hat. “Ah, that purple pony will rule the day she out showed Trixie!” Purple? Inn started to think of the closest town. From what she can imagine, Ponyville is the closest. The town from Twilight's description made it out to seem really close. Could Trixie be talking about Twilight? She was the only unicorn that could pull of the transportation spell so many times that Inn new of. Well The Slow And Loud Trixie had stopped and did not walk for a little while, so Inn got inpatient and was going in for what she wanted. A green and orange earth pony walked up to Trixie. He began to speak only to be cut off by The Fast and Loud Trixie. “Oh, does The Great and Powerful Trixie have a fan to perform for?” Her posture was improved at the sight of another pony walking up to her. “Wh-, ah, no. I'm wondering what you were talking about. I could hear you from far away,” he seemed to be caught off guard by the question. “What? Have you been spying on Trixie?” she asked, a mix of shock and glee in her face and tone. “No, you're loud.” “Oh... Well The Great And Powerful Trixie was in this town where a hick purple unicorn faked a victory over Trixie. I was on my way to find some monsters to practise my magic and then show this horrid equine that Trixie is far better than her.” The gears began to turn. “So what is your show by the way?” he said sounding genuinely interested. “Trixie does magic. Any magic. If there are naysayers, then Trixie show's them how great and powerful she is.” She got into a very vain pose, it made her look as if she was standing on stage or something. “So~, you're that good? Can I see?” Her eyes lit up. “Yes my fellow pony, you may. Watch and behold the wonders of Trixie!” She began to do some magic starting with small things. She made flowers appear out of thin air. She made firework explosion appear. Then she made the leaves rustle about the ground as if they were forming a tornado. “Is that it? I know it's rare to find some ponies that can use any kind of magic, but is that all? It's kinda... small scaled,” he said without enthusiasm. “Wha-, you mock The Great And Powerful Trixie! Fine, if you think that you can do better than Trixie, let's see it. Anything you do Trixie can do better!” the level of irritation from the show pony was almost too much for Inn to not laugh. “So I can do anything and you will top it? Even if I fly, you will fly a better pattern at faster speeds?” “Wha-, ah, ah, How dare you challenge Trixie in such a vulgar way!” The question itself had caught Trixie off guard, but she had never thought of the full implications of what her challenge meant. Rolling on the ground laughing, he answers, “Haha, does that mean I won? You could not refute it or even come up with a new question that was as good! Too easy!” Trixie's face got red. “How dare you mock Trixie. Find a new challenge, and The Great And Powerful Trixie will be supreme!” He stopped his laughing, and got back to his hooves. “So the best two out of three I see. Well, I have a dozy for you!” When he was done speaking, he turned into Trixie. “Behold The Loud And Obnoxious Trixie!” said in Trixie's voice, of course. Trixie steps back, tripping over the log. She was speechless. “Oh have your lost to The Arrogant and Boastful Trixie. Don't worry, it always happens to the lesser of equines.” “How, how did you do that?” Trixie asked, shaking like a little filly. “Oh it is quite simple,” she turns into a cerberus, “I am a horrible beast, slay me with your puny magic,” the three heads all said in unison. Silence. “What's wrong. This is a good chance to practice as you said you wished to do. Is this too small?” Just then, a fairly small dragon, but one large enough to be frightening had replaced the small three headed dog. “How about this my dear? What? I have big teeth? Well that is to make eating you easier!” boomed the dragon. Trixie runs in fear. The dragon turns into Twilight, and uses magic to poof to Trixie. “What's the matter?” the voice was Trixie's. “Oh, ah, how about now?” The voice was now Twilight's. “You! You are the one that ruined The Great And Powerful Trixie! Now you come to mock?” Jackpot! “Oh no. I do not own this body, but you seem to know its owner.” She then turned into a mix of Twilight and Trixie. Trixie's colors were used while in the form of Twilight in this funny mix. “Who else would wish to mock Trixie?” “I am nopony.” “Well Nopony, why have you teamed up with that purple pony?” “I don't work for her, I've just seen her. I find it funny that you have met her, and apparently were beaten by her like you were by me. Again, I don't work for her, and I am but a monstrous beast that The Cowardly and Beaten Trixie could not defeat.” Trixie stammers nonsense, looking around as if there was somepony that could help her out of this. She then uses a smoke-bomb that enveloped herself. She ran away, but the laughter of Inn could still be heard by her. ============= Inn was on a high for making a rude pony feel bad. The laughter was almost nonstop when she finally got home. When she slept, she had good dreams of a cowardly, shaking, and fleeing blue pony. In the morning, Inn started her work early, skipping her tea and just rushing out to see if there were any other fun ponies like Trixie. She flew for a few hours before finding a familiar set of colors. Twilight. She may be looking for Inn again, not Feather, Wing, or Gem. If that was the case, then Twilight must not give up. Inn began to wonder what else could she have for entering into the forest. Two of her friends had little sisters that seem to get into lots of trouble. Could that be it? Could she be looking for her friend's sisters. Either way, Inn needed to see this pony as herself. There was a chance that Twilight is just trying to find and say thanks to Inn. Landing in the road ahead of Twilight's path, Inn gets rid of her wings, so she is just Inn. To make it not seem staged, Inn curls into a ball. Just making her way to a wider point in the road, Twilight sees the little white ball. “You! I thought that I would never see you again. Did... Feather give you my message?” Inn's nerves got to her, and she started to shake. “Oh, you don't have to be afraid of me.” Lifting her head slightly, Inn answers, “I-I-I... I got your message. I'm h-happy that you found the flowers.” “Oh, good. So... ah, you seem a little skittish, don’t you have any friends out here?” said Twilight as she slowly moved in closer. “It can.. be h-hard to make friends i-in the f-forest.” “Do you want to be my friend?” Twilight was now looking into Inn's eyes. Twilight was so nice, befriending Inn not once but three times. This made Inn cry. “Oh, ah did I offend you? Stop crying.” “N-n-no, it's n-not that. Y-y-you have to be t-the nicest p-pony I've seen.” said Inn, with a weakened voice from the crying. Twilight was caught off guard by this response. All she had done was say thanks and offered friendship, there was nothing spectacular about it. “Well, ah everypony should have friends, it's something I learned.” ============= The two talked for a little while. Inn showing happiness in other ways than crying, and some other thoughts coming to her mind. “So, ah, ah, why w-were you wondering in the here a-anyway?” “Well I could ask you that, why do I always find you here, and all the other albino ponies, in Everfree? Can I guess that you live in that hut made out of monster parts?” This kind of questioning was not being done before now, and thus made Inn a little bit shy to continue asking questions. “Y-y-yes... I do l-live in a hut. Have for a f-few y-years. A-a-alone.” “Why is for flank blank? I do not mean that you should have one, just why? All the other albino pony I've seen did not have cutie marks ether, and they could make one of their own.” Silence. Twilight sighs, “Well I'm looking for three fillies. All we know is that they were last seen heading into the forest, and the older sister of one filly said that she heard something about caves. Seeing as how you live here, do you know any place that might have lots of caves?” Inn didn't say anything for a few seconds. Then it clicked, the fillies that liked her dragon slaying story. “Oh no... Th-they may f-find dragons!” Twilight mimics the reaction Inn had, and they rushed to the nearest mountain littered with caves. ============= Quick searches were done by the two ponies. A mountain with many caves would be the most likely to have the fillies. As they were looking for them, another pony joined them. Applejack had found herself at the same mountain as Twilight and Inn. She had some questions about Inn but they were quick to return to the hunt for the roaming fillies. “M-maybe we should s-split up?” Inn weekly asked. “Ah'r you crazy? We might get lost or trapped. Ah think we should stick together. Safety in numbers,” retorted Applejack. “Yes that's right. We'd do better as a group,” said Twilight, as she looked at Inn. “Oh, ah, s-sorry I said it,” said Inn, lowering herself. It had been about three hours, and still no fillies. This was getting to everypony, more so Inn. If she could just transform without the others seeing her, she would be able to find them. All plans to have a legitimate reason to leave the others would be quickly countered. Maybe she should use the big guns. “I... I k-know this place well... and ah... I've killed a d-dragon on my own b-before. Do, do you think I-I can leave you t-two, and look on m-my own?” “Whoa Nelly, hold it! You could not of won a fight against a dragon without help and we would be that help.” “Wait! You have slain a dragon? Did you do it on your own?” “Yes.” “To slaying, or to fighting a dragon on your own?” asked Twilight. “Ah, yes.” Twilight didn't say anything for a few seconds. “Okay, I believe you.” “What! Have ah lost my gosh darn mind, or have you?” “But I would like an explanation after we find the girls. Deal?” “Ah, ah... deal.” Inn did not expect that at all. ============= When Inn new the others could not see her, she transformed. A small green and red dragon looked on the other side of the mountain to find the fillies. She tried to not be seen the Twilight and Applejack as she flew around the mountain, timing as best as she could the times that the others would be able to see her. Within twenty minutes, she found the fillies, and a dragon. Inn rushed into the cave, attacking the dragon. She bit the back of her neck and slashed her claw at the dragon's wing. The other dragon broke free, only to see that her new meal was being protected. The green and red dragon would not give them up or even care about the gems. “That is my food that walked in here. You can't have it!” “You have plenty of gems, and I wish to protect these ponies.” The ponies in question were shaking behind the hind leg of the new dragon. “If you do not wish to eat them, then why not let me eat them?” “I do not want them harmed. I know them.” “Is that how it's going to be? Then I'll fight you for them.” “If you lose, I'll kill you and take your treasures. Does that sound like a deal?” The dragon was quite threatened by this. She had just noticed that the other dragon sounded just like her, and the quick threat of death was very sudden. “Deal!” She felt sure of her bigger stature to be able to win. “You three get under me!” “Y-yes ma'am,” said Sweetiebell as the three did as she said. Inn grew to halve a size more than the dragon, nearly doubling her size. This frightened the dragon, as now her only advantage was lost in an impossible feet. Quickly the dragon took swings at the bigger dragon, only to be blocked or to miss entirely. Inn did not swing for a few minutes, toying with her pray for once. Only fire hurt, but It was not noticeable to anypony but Inn herself. The dragon though herself doomed just before Inn wrapped her tail around the dragons neck. “Your treasure is mine.” With a snap the dragon was on the ground. Inn lest out a sigh, “Are you fillies okay?” “Ye-yes... but how do you know us?” asked Apple Bloom. “Oh... ah... well cat's out of the bag I guess,” she turns into her Gem form, “I'm the pony you met a little while back.” “Wow, that's so cool!” bounced Schootaloo. “I-I thought that I t-told you d-dragon slaying is not a good i-idea for cutie marks! Now T-twilight and Applejack are l-looking for you. You three s-should go back h-home, it is v-very dangerous here!” snipped Gem. “Oh shoot, that ain't good! We better get home fast!” exclaimed Apple Bloom. “Oh and one more thing, can you tell Twilight to meet me at my hut in a... a week or so?” “No problem miss dragon slayer!” replied Scootaloo.