//------------------------------// // Bridging The Gap // Story: Revan's End // by Geios //------------------------------// - Bridging The Gap - The night had been a long and cold one. Having no fire to keep himself warm for the night, Revan lay awake for most of it. With what had transpired previously in the day he had wondered if his chances of getting to know the locals were ruined. Hopefully they don’t hold grudges. Those creatures had probably been talking about what had happened and even trying to find the “attacker” as it had seemed from their point of view. “Maybe that yellow one will remember differently and tell them I wasn’t attacking it. That it just got startled and fainted!” As the optimistic words left his mouth he felt something of a sinking feeling as he realized that this was most likely not the case. Sitting there, alone, staring into the place where there once was a vibrant fire, Revan sighed. There had to be a way to gain their trust. Though, admittedly, gaining said trust would be more easily said than done. Perhaps a direct approach wouldn’t be the best option, since he knew all to well how that turned out even though it was unintentional in the first place. Scratching noises emitted from entrance of the cave. He could make an educatged guess as to what waited for him out there, Revan was , however, still drawn to the noise. As he drew near the entrance he started to hear what had seemed like muffed talking. Whispering to be more accurate, as what ever it was that was trying to get in most likely wanted it to be a surprise. As Revan moved closer to the sealed up entrance he could make out the voices, to his surprise he was right about his guess before hand. They had, in fact, been speaking galactic basic! Having a little bit of hope restored as he can now imagine the possibility of being able to talk his way out of any situation. “Come on now! Put your back into it!” Said one of the voices. “I’m trying as hard as I can! Why don’t you come over here and help me?!” Another replied in a somewhat snappish tone. “Well you’re the one who said she could do it all on her own now didn’t you?” So these were females he was dealing with. The scratching quickly picked up in pace and then died all together. What seemed to be a sliding sound came from the other side of the boulders. “Poor thing got tired.” Revan said in a hushed voice so those outside couldn’t hear him. A purple aura gathered around the rock in front of him. It had looked as though it was attempting to pick this rock up. To Revan’s astonishment it actually did pick it up and moved it outside. Caught in surprise by this he didn’t move from his current position, hoping that their vision was based on movement. Though from the other viewpoint it must have seemed to be a creature dressed from head to toe in clothing, crouched over in an eavesdropping position with his hand up to his ear and what not. Not noticing Revan as of yet the cyan colored one spoke. “Show off.. What?” He scrambled to his feet as it turned around to look at what the other had been eyeing down. Out of no where the cyan one jumped at him, being caught in an invisible field. The purple one following behind it. “Put me down!” The cyan one screamed as it squirmed around in his grasp. “Not until you stop trying attack me.” Revan responded. Both of them looked shocked at the fact he could speak their language, though Revan had just gotten over this moments before. They stayed there, hanging suspended above the ground for a good two minutes before they snapped out of it. “You can speak Equestrian?” Asked the purple one inquisitively. “If by Equestrian you mean Galactic Basic, then yes. I can.” Revan had said, though not too sure as to what this “Equestrian” was. “So are you going to stop trying to attack me at every chance you get, or do you just want to remain floating there for the rest of the day?” Even though they now could communicate with each other, the creatures had still seemed to be very scared. Probably due to the fact that Revan was holding them in the air with ease and there was no visible way to determine how. Revan sensed a few presences coming out of the forest behind the two he had in his grasp. Multiple growls had been heard coming from that direction and the things in in front of him tried to turn and look as they no doubt were just as fearful of what was behind them as they were of Revan. “Timber-wolves!” They both screamed. Well if there was a time to earn some trust it was now, since the two species didn’t seem to be too friendly with one another. “I’ll handle this, you just stay put.” He said as he sat them down inside the cave and sealed the entrance. No need for anyone to be playing hero around here. There were about five of them that he could see, but the moonlight hindered his regular view. Though he had the force so there was no problem in finding out how many there were with it. “So fifteen then huh.. Well I think this will teach you to stay away from my damned cave.” Holding his saber with a tight grip he launched forward into the mass of wood-like creatures. Slicing the first one that had also charged at him in two. The rest of the pack jumped him all at once. Quickly raising his hand upwards he brought down a storm of lightning upon all around him, lighting trees on fire, scorching the earth around him, and creating an almost solid wall of sound in addition to disposing of all but one creature that immediately made as if to flee. He griped it and crushed it into a ball of wood. “Such pitiful things.” He said as he made his way back to the cave. Moving the boulder from the entrance he saw the two creatures shaking, most likely scared by the sound of the storm. “It’s safe to come out now. I dealt with those timber-wolves.” They stood up and slowly walked outside seeing the scorched area in front of them as well as the ball of wood that used to be living. “How...” spoke the purple one, the other just being in total awe. “Oh, it was nothing really. No need to thank me.” Revan was feeling rather odd and delivered this in a semi-mocking tone. The trees that were on fire were sure to attract attention, but it didn’t really seem to matter now since he had already been discovered. There were sure to be a barrage of questions coming at him, and soon enough there were. “What happened to the ground!” The cyan one shouted out, somewhat taking Revan off guard with the pitch of the sound. The purple one just stood there taking in all that was around them specifically the wooden ball that lay not too far from where they were standing. “Do you want to see?” Revan asked quizzically. “I uh..YES!” The cyan creature said with a slightly lower tone than before. “Alright, but first I want you to tell me what you are. I have been wondering this for a while now.” The purple one spoke up, coming out of her trance. “Oh, we are ponies. I am a unicorn and my friend here is a pegasus. Now if you don’t mind me asking what are you supposed to be?” Revan figured it was a fair exchange of information and told her what she wanted to hear. “I’m a human, male to be more specific.” “So are you going to show us how you took care of those timber-wolves???” Demanded the cyan pegasus in a somewhat abrasive manner. “Yes, yes, just stay put and watch.” Figuring that doing the same exact thing was not the safest thing to do with an audience he just shot some lightning out at the ground instead. Seemingly content with what they just saw, Revan had shifted his attention towards the ball of wood. Since he had noticed the unicorn glancing at it the entire time they had been talking. “I suppose you’re wondering about that ball of wood over there too, huh.” “Yeah, it’s too circular to be natural and it doesn’t fit with the rest of the area so I figured that it might be one of the timber-wolves...” She said, trailing off towards the end. “Well you are right on cue with that one little miss. That was indeed one of the timber-wolves you are talking about, though not anymore apparently.” Revan responded, wondering briefly if the little miss part may have been a bit too much. The unicorn seemed to blush a bit at that but had no overt negative reaction. “If you are wanting to know exactly how I did it look no farther than that rock over there.” He said pointing to a rock no bigger than the ponies lifting it up and crushing it into a neat little ball half its previous size. “That’s some powerful magic you have there!” She said as soon as Revan had set the rock down on the ground. The pegasus was just completely awestruck by all of this. “I suppose it is. There is far more where that came from, I assure you.” Revan confirmed as he walked over to the two ponies. “I suppose you two don’t know where I can get something good to eat do you?” He said as he let out small chuckle. “Well I am not sure if you would be greeted with open arms. We are a bit more open-minded after you saved us from those timber-wolves so we know you’re not all that bad. If you want one of us can bring you food from time to time if you want.” The unicorn said with a bit a hesitation in her voice. Revan had thought on this for a moment and decided what seemed best. “No no, I wouldn’t want to be a burden. I think I will just take the risk of heading into...” “Town.” The unicorn finished his sentence for him since he wasn’t sure how large of a settlement it was and it was quite obvious from the way that he trailed off that he was trying to find the correct word. “Ah, yes, town. Would you mind giving me directions then, it is getting pretty late.” The pegasus answered this time with a different, and more energetic, answer than Revan was expecting. “No need! Just shoot one of those awesome bolts of lightning up in the air around twelve, I’ll be over here in no time to guide you to town! Being with the coolest pony in the world should be enough to get you accepted by the town pretty quickly.” “Alright then I will see you at twelve then.” Gesturing a wave as he entered his cave and closed the entrance. That went better than expected.