Chapter Four: The Hunt
By: VortexTalon
I flew through the air, Nightburn on my left, and Dark Star on my right. We were following this big metal creature that had just appeared out of nowhere. Nightburn told me it was called a cyborg, and this particular cyborg went by the name of General Grievous.
We had been following it for a while now, but it hadn’t slowed down at all.. I made sure to keep it in my sites the entire time. Nightburn just flew beside me, looking like a deranged fangirl.
“Hey, Nightburn, what's with you? I’ve never seen you act like this before.” I said, raising an eyebrow at her peculiar behavior. She just ignored me for a while, till I smacked her to get her attention.
“S-sorry Talon, this is just a really big deal for me.” She said sheepishly. I Just laughed at her and patted her on the back. “So tell me, what’s so special about this guy?” I asked curiously.
She remained silent for a while, apparently either in deep thought, or just unsure whether to tell me. She took a deep breath before answering me. “He was a powerful Jedi hunter and a n amazing fighter. I’ve admired him ever since I was a kid, and he just happened to become my hero, despite everything he’s done.” She explained.
I cocked an eyebrow at that last part. “What's that suppose to mean? Is this guy evil or something?” I asked worriedly. Another moment of silence answered that for me.
I sighed , then smiled at her. “Well, good, evil, it doesn’t even matter. Not like we’re here to kill him, just to find out why and how’s he here, so don’t worry.” I reassured her. This seemed to bring a big happy smile to her face.
We began to lower when we noticed him slowing down. I nodded at both of them and they nodded back, their seriousness shown on their features. We surrounded him and waited. A blue pegasus with a blue and purple mane and tail stepped out of a bush and walked over to him.
Nightburn stepped out aswell and smirked at the pegasus, followed by me and Dark Star. “Hey, Stargazer, remember me?” She said with a smirk. The pegasus, who i guess is named Stargazer, shivered at the memories of her, then shook them off and smiled lightly at her.
“Um, are you going to introduce us?” I asked. “Oh yeah, this is my old friend,Talon, and his new marefriend, Dark Star. Guys, this is Stargazer. We’ve been really great friends ever since I pranked him and his friends with a horrible challenge a month ago.”
“By the way, Stargazer, what are you doing in my world with the great and glorious General Grievous?” She asked. Grievous turned to answer. “He’s here to help me get a job. He agreed to meet me here.” he answered.
“Um, ok, but what kind of ob could you possibly be suited for in Equestria?” She asked. “Well, there’s this pony who wants a manticore pelt, so I figured 500 bits could be a nice start for him.” Stargazer said. A large smile creeped onto all three of our faces.
“Apparently, Stargazer forgot to mention he knew the bride of a princess.” Nightburn said as she walked over to him. “I can get you a spot in the Equestrian army. Maybe you can straighten up our soldiers.” She said.
Grievous thought for a moment, then nodded. “I will take you up on your offer, but first things first, I must hunt down a manticore for my current employer.” Nightburn nodded and looked at me. “Mind if we help you out, and don’t worry about having to share the reward money.” I said. He nodded and turned to Stargazer. “So, Stargazer, you in?” he asked, looking down on Stargazer. “Hells yeah dude, this is gonna be fun, I can already tell.” he said, jumping up and high-fiving grievous.
“So, what are we waiting for, let’s get going.” I said, just seconds before a manticore ran right past us all. And just like that, I had found a great new friend and a potential 4th member for our team.
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I know this one went kind of fast, and was kind of short, but I didn’t have much time to write this one so I decided to make it short. Hope you all liked it, and special thx to my pal, Burritoburger for letting me use his character.
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