//------------------------------// // Chapter 1:..Well this is interesting. // Story: The misadventures of a half enderman, a cyborg technomage, and a dinosaur sniper // by Onidevil //------------------------------// Rythian watched Zoey, spinning and doing barrel rolls in the air, who seemed to have taken quite quickly to her new body. Rythian then looked to Teep, who continuously checked is gun as they moved forward. They've been walking or hours on end and Rythian still felt like he got the bad end of the stick. Being a walking myth was a bit cool, it's just that how would he be able to craft more items or teach zoey magic, would Zoey even be able to use magic! Most of the magic that she has are items but he needed to teach her a bit more than that. They reached a clearing in the forest. 'about time' Rythian thought 'this forest is way too thick.' "Alright," Rythian called out "we'll camp here for a while and then continue heading in this direction. We leave in two hours. Zoey make a fire, Teep take watch." Zoey nodded and started gathering kindle. [sweet] Teep grunted. Now being a mute dinosaur he is you might wander what he just did. Though he's not able to speak Tekkish, he has learnt what words in Tekkish mean. He also taught Rythian and Zoey what his different types of grunts and growls meant. However, when deep in conversation there are a few words here and there he wouldn't get and vice versa. Still his friends understood him, and that's all he asks. an hour and a half later Zoey was busy practicing her flying. Now to the average person/pony she was moving at insane speeds that would be impossible for someone who just got wings, but to Rythian and Teep thay saw her at the speed of an ocelot. Teep managed this due to his advance primal instincts, and Rythian due to his ender pearl necklace. Rythian was awed at how fast she had adapted to this, He envied her because of her place on 'the line' as he called it. Afterall what was he without his magic? "Hey Rythian, i've been thinking..." Zoey said as she landed gracefully. "Go on?" Rythian asked cautiously. "Didn't one of the unicorn myths we had say they could do some complicated magic with their horns?" "Yes, but those are just my-" He closed his mouth and went wide eyed. He was now a mythical creature so any argument on myths became invalid. He proceeded to face palm(hoof) so hard it left a mark on his new muzzle. "...well I feel like an idiot." he said dryly, feeling embarrased beyond belief. Wait...didn't the myths say they used telekinisis? He got an apple roasting on the fire and concentrated. If magic in this world anything similar to magic in his then this could work! His horn glowed an indigo aura that also surrounded the apple, rising and rising. "Ha! it's working!" he cheered, briging the apple to his mouth and eating it whole. "Yay!" Zoey cheered along side him, until she realised... "Waaaaiiiit!" she stopped the celebration. "If you need a horn to do magic and I don't have one then-" "You wont be able to use your magic" Rythian finished, panic in his eyes. If she cant use her magic the how would he teach her!? What would she use to protect her- "just give me demonstration of magic and when we get back go into little details." She said, apparently reading his mind. "also your forgetting." She pointed at her laser hoof. Oh yeah, laser hoof. "I added teleportation and shield mods to it so i should be fine." She beamed warmly at him. "Ok, fine" he heard himself say tiredly. "but you do exactly as I say, ok?" "Yeppers!" she affirmed "ok then, lets pack up." five minutes later "Ok, let's go!" He said, letting in a deep breath and letting it out. But before he could move Teep growled [There's like six animals hiding in a bush to the left, I can't tell what kind of but they smell sentient.] "Zoey stop, stay still." Rythian ordered. Zoey, a bit shocked by the tone of his voice, made a...less than graceful landing. She didn't try to get up, lest she anger anger Rythian. "whats happenning?" Said the panicked cyborg pegasus "Teep saw something moving. Teep, fire a warning shot. Zoey get ready to teleport if need be." Zoey nodded once, standing on all fours in a defensive position.(or what she thought was one)Teep however had his eyes closed and was taking several deep breaths. In the time Zoey took to blink once he had aimed at a Big bush to the left and pulled the trigger. *KER-THUUM* ~#~#~ My most faithful student A magical portal of an unknown kind opened up above the middle of the Everfree Forest. The portal has vanished but three beings have entered Equestria through it, one with unbelievable magical power. I can not investigate due to negotiations with the dragons, so instead I ask you and the other elements bearers to confront them. I am sending the elements of harmony to your library incase these beings are hostile. By my calculations they will reach Ponyville by sunset if you do not intervine. I hope the elements prove useful, and may luck by with you. Princess Celestia. "They don't sound that tough. I'm sure I can beat them all in ten seconds flat!" Rainow boasted, Twilight was happy to see her friends conidence unshaken but fighting an enemy with no knowledge of their abilities seems...unreasonable. "Rainbow Dash, this is not some bar room brawl, this may be the biggest threat equestria has ever faced!" Rarity reminded Rainbow Dash. 'well at least somepony's being rational' Twilight thought to herself, relieved that some one can keep the Element of Loyalty in check. "Ah gotta agree with rares on this on RD, we don't know how strong these fellers are, they could beat us within two inches of our lives!" Apple Jack seemed the most cautious of the group. "But...the letter also said they may not be evil..." Fluttershy said, almost inaudiably. This was also a valid point. Just because the letter said they may be evil doen't mean they are evil Pinkie wasn't there because the second twilight finished the letter she went off to make a ''welcome to equestria, please don't destroy us!'' party. 'that mare really is the most optimistic pony on the planet' thought Twilight. "Girls, it's almost mid day. If we want to meet them, we go to the library now, then deal with these guys." Twilght informed her friends. It got their attention, and the five Element Barers trotted to Twilights house. "Rainbow, get Pinikie and go to the forest entrance, we'll meet you there." Twilight wanted this done as efficiently as possible. Rainbow nodded, and flew to Sugercube Corner. A few minutes later the elements were packed into a box and everybody was at the forest entrance. Even Fluttershy looked a lot more braver than usual. "Alright everypony." Twilight addressed the others, all of them had fears like: will the massacre the town? or will they not like the party? "We have no idea what these things are or if they mean us harm or not, but were gonna find out. And if they do?" She sighed and levitated the box. "Then we use the elements on them." Everypony went cold. this is not something that people do easily. "Ready?" All the mares nodded "then lets go." and just like that they entered the forest. an hour and a half later "My mane is a mess!" Rarity whined. She didn't know how long they've been traveling but it felt like hours. maybe four to five. "Calm down Rarity i'm sure they're close by." Twilight assured her friend, but not sure herself. They'd been walking for a bit, but the only thing interesting that happened was a pack of Timberwolves that Fluttershy had convinced them to go away. "C'mon! celestia allow something to happen!" Rainbow moaned. "Hey Rythian I've been thinking..." A feminime voice came from the east. The girls slowly crept in to a bush. and saw the.Wierdest.Trio ever! There was a cream coated mare with red pigtail mane and tail. across her right eye was some sort of...lime green earpiece. She wore a black sort of vest that had a bunch of pokets, probably sort of survival kit. She had stockings. That was weird. Stockings are only used by ravers in Manehatten but she was in the middle of a forrest.Why would she where them. Another weird thing was her right fore-hoof was covered in metal and glowing circuits. "It's fake..." Twilight whispered "huh?" rainbow brilliantly replied "Her fore hoof...is completely mechanical! she lost her real one somehow..." The mares went wide eyed at the cream pony, wandering what fate befell her past limb. "Go on?" That voice was definitely male. They followed the voice to it's owner. A stallion was an indigo colour with brown mane and tail in the style of a young colt. probably could pass off as one if it weren't for the glowing blue eyes. Eerie, yet trustable. He wore extravigant white and magenta robes with vials of odd powders attached. Rarity fought it quite elegant. And then there was his necklace. It just felt dark and twisted. He also had a black mask that covered his muzzle. The Elements decided this must be ''Rythian'' and decided to continue the study of him later as an excuse to look at the...thing behind him. It looked like a teenage dragon, but more muscle toned and dangerous, somehow. He had a green, tough looking skin but it didn't look like scales. it Stood slightly bent on two legs. He wore some light blue scarf and gold cuffed guantlets and a strap across his shoulder and waist. The matireal they didn't know of. It also wore a huge...monacle? What in tartarus was it doing wearing an monacle!? Moving on it held a long, weird shaped iron stick. On it's back it had a weird version of a saddle bag. now that they thought of it, all of them had similar type bags. "I think we have our dimension hoppers." twilight whispered to Rainbow dash who was looking the mares fake hoof. Suddenly she started speaking. "Didn't one of the unicorn myths we had say they could do some complicated magic with their horns?" She said. 'Well of course!' Twilight mentally huffed. 'How else can you cast spells? and who said we ever were myths!' "Yes, but those are just my-" He was about to say something, but stopped himself, and went wide eyed for some odd reason. He proceded to face hoof so hard twilight felt heat go to her cheeks. "...well I feel like an idiot." He said, clearly seeing a blunder the six bush sneakers couldn't see. He lfted his face slowly and looked to a roasting apple. after a few moments his horned gave a purple aura off and his magic surrounded the apple and lifted into the air. "Ha! it's working!" The odd stallion cheered.with his friend. Twilight didn't see the point of celebration. He just lifted an apple. Suddenly The redmane mare stopped cheering. 'well at least she figured there was no need to celebrate' Twilight thought. "Waaaaiiiit! If you need a horn to do magic and I don't have one then-" "You wont be able to use your magic" Rythian finished for her eyes wide again, deep in thought. 'she's a pegasus! you should have known this!' twilight couldn't stand this stallon's idiocy. "just give me demonstration of magic and when we get back go into little details." Rythian snapped out of his panic attack like she read his mind. "also your forgetting." She pointed at her fake hoof. What did he forget about it? "I added teleportation and shield mods to it so i should be fine." She smiled at him, she seemed quite nice. But what did she mean by teleportation and shield mods? What are those? Isn't that magic?! "Ok, fine" he said in defeat. "but you do exactly as I say, ok?" "Yeppers!" 'Oh no, not a Pinkie phrase' twilight mentally groaned "ok then, lets pack up." "girls, get ready." Twilight whispered to the group, who nodded in understanding. Twilight then noticed Pinkie had some how been quiet throughout the entirety of the time. "Pinkie, what are you doing?" "I'm drawing them as humans. You know the things Lyra keeps talking about?" Pinkie didn't even know what humans looked like. But she drew the cover art so who am I to judge? five minutes later "Ok, let's go!" Rythian said. But before he could move the dragon thing growl defensively. "Zoey stop, stay still." Rythian said in a cold voice. 'Zoey' crashed down face first. "whats happenning?" said 'Zoey', eyes wide in panic. "Teep saw something moving, Teep fire a warning shot. Zoey get ready to teleport" Oh Celestia they've been found. Twilight started to sweat in confusion and fear. And then the world exploded. *KER-THUUM*