Zac woke up. He noticed the days where getting shorter. This was bad. If the days where getting shorter then he had to find a place to stay or he would freeze to death in the winter, he was taking a major risk already. He sat there for about 10 minutes counting gold coins, Two hundred and forty four. Damn that's a lot He got up and noticed he hadn't eaten for days. This was also bad, if the situation called for it he would have happily stolen from more carriages but as he started towards Canterlot he saw the same golden carriage come over the hill behind him. Zac didn't expect anyone to be travelling this early as the sun was barely up but the royal guards have definitely seen him. He bolted into foliage and hid behind a tree in a dip. Guards chased after him (not knowing what species Zac is) But lost track of him after a while. He swear that 'Princess Celestia' Called the guards off again. Even though he was too far away to hear it.
***Ten hours of MORE travel later***
Zac was getting hungry. He had seen no carriages at all today. He passed by a small shop selling salads and bread (as well other foods along those lines) This was the most risky move he had pulled. Zac never knew if he was wanted or if there was a bounty on his head, Zac also didn't know how the law system worked, if the guards caught you would they kill you on the spot? Would you have a trial? Or would you rot in a dungeon for the rest of the month.. Well there is nobody else around just the store owner.. What the hell, risks are all I have been taking lets do this. Zac nonchalantly walked up to the store and asked if he could buy a take-away salad and some bottled water (if they even do that) The store owner actually complied until he saw Zac's species and height. The store owner backed away from the counter after putting the food and water on the desk.
"Okay then, How many coins will that be?" Zac asked the store owner nonchalantly
"T-Twelve Bits.." The poor guy was terrified.
Zac got out 12 bits from his pouch and put them on the desk. He then grabbed the water and attached it to his belt whilst grabbing the bread and eating it as he left "Cheers mate."
Zac didn't see any wanted signs as he passed through the outskirts of Canterlot. This was a very good sign, ahead he saw a castle and massive gates. This was going to be more of a problem than he had expected, there was no way that these guards where going to let him in considering how 'General Stormheart' reacted to him. So he planned his route through the castle garden from a rooftop. It was still early in the morning so there was barely any ponies about so this would be a easy stroll as long as he wasn't seen by the guard.
***
This was a problem. The wall he had planned to scale only had cracks big enough for some kind of hook. Fingers wouldn't cut it. He had found a abandoned smithy of sorts, and some steel ingots laying around, Zac saw that there was a hook on his belt for a sword as well, it wasn't a full sheathe but it would do, after re-igniting the furnace and melting a couple of steel ingots he poured the mix into a cutlass mould, a slightly curved sword with a sharp edge. He poured a bucket full of water over the steel and it cooled down, Zac then grabbed it with tongs and put it in the furnace and waited until it was red-hot.
Zac then took the sword to the anvil and got a hammer and hammered it into a flat and slightly curved shape. He then used a stone grinder to sharpen it. Done! That wasn't so hard, luckily I remember DT lessons
Zac wandered around for a bit and located a design for a bracer that had a dagger that came out of it the designs where named by a pony called -- oh wait he couldn't read their written language.. It ended in da Vinci though.. below the blueprints was a locked chest. Out came the lockpicks. Your locksmithing is no match for me! Muahaha! Click biingo!
He opened it to find exactly what he was looking for. Bracers. It looked something like this
He put them on and as he was putting on the second one a metal hook appeared out of the first. Zac practised pushing the hook out and back in and caught on with ease. The second bracer had a blade coming out of it obviously for sneak attacks but Zac would NEVER attack someone without a good reason.
The bracers alone looked suspicious so he needed some more armour to fit him. He located a back room and saw something disturbing. It was sketches of humans especially ones that looked like Zac and there was a note with a key on it and a chest to the right of the note. Zac read the note in his head. If you are the one to find this human congratulations. You have been taken to Equestria by Twilight Sparkle and if the human that reads this is that very same human then you shall know that the locked chest contains a hooferman hookblade and in the bigger chest contains the finest armour I can craft in my experience. When you read this I shall have passed away but take my offering in grace. Take the armour. Do what you have to do. It wasn't signed. Zac took the key and unlocked the chest and it contained armour that was tough but light. (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH ASSASSINS CREED ARMOUR BECAUSE IT AIN'T THAT.) The armour was made to be on top of already worn clothes. He put on the full set. The plate-body was covering his entire chest as well as the shoulders, part of the arms, lower chest and stomach. The leg armour covered his private area, His feet, shins, knees as well as upper legs. There was no helmet. Zac looked outside, there was nobody around in this part of the city but there soon would be so he had to hurry up and get over that wall.
