Previously on My Little Pony: Secrets of...Oh forget it, you get the idea. So were going to focus on a group of 5 refugees escaping from Cyrodiil. Now, I know you all have questions about this, like who are the Lepus race, why are they technologically advanced, why did you name the place Cyrodiil, I thought they were only 2 tribes, now there’s 4, what’s going on? Well for now, you have to wait a see.
After escaping the tyranny of the Imperial Lands of Cyrodiil, we find our five friends on the road, driving into the night. That was all they could do really, drive and hope that where ever the map led them, it was someplace they could call home.
"How long have we been in here?" Maguro questioned, stretching her arms out.
“I don’t know.” replied Tsubasa, shaking her head to chase the sleepy feeling away, “Almost all night.”
"For an old man, Master Toshi sure has a lot of energy." Maguro looked at the old man behind the wheel, "Who knows how long we’ve been driving and he still hasn’t fallen asleep yet. I’m impressed at how long you’ve able to stay up Master Toshi!”
The old Kitsune chuckled lightly, "I am trained to stay awake for hours." He looked at the over his shoulder, "Don’t worry ladies. You are in capable hands."
Turning back around the face the road Toshi drove on, or rather sleep drove on. It seemed as though as soon as he turned back towards the road, his head drooped, eyes closed, and a light snore escaped his lips. His hands jerked on the steering wheel, causing the car to swerve off the road and head towards a patch of trees. Screaming erupted from the passengers, as they desperately tried to wake up the old Kitsune. Right before they collided head on with the trees, Toshi awoke abruptly and hastily guided the car back onto the road.
“Is everyone alright?” asked Master Toshi, glancing back at the rattled passengers.
“Hai, Sensei!” replied little Hiroshi, a small smile present on his face
“I think..." started Tsubasa, breathing heavily, "I should drive now.”
Meanwhile, miles away from our group of friends, evil was at its way. Tailing them, was the same Kitsune that the King was speaking too. He donned a long black hood and cloak, and carried in his back a sword. Fixed to his belt was a handgun and he wore a bracelet of bullets in his right hand.
To his left he was accompanied by his dog. He was sniffing the ground below himself as he walked alongside his master, trying to pick up the scent of our 5 wonderers. Accompanying the dog was a small Kitsune boy. He wore white robes similar to robes Rocky wore when he was little. But the symbol was different. He also donned a red band on his head.
“WOOF!” The dog barked out, jumping up and down trying to get his master’s attention. The Kitsune looked down at his dog. Using his nose, the dog pointed below to the ground. Wheel markings had been found on the road. The Kitsune crouched down and slowly touched the tracks with his left index and middle finger.
Rubbing his left thumb across them, he concluded that the soil was stale and crispy, meaning their targets went by here a long while ago. “They were here” said he said, shaking the dirt of his hands. “Were getting close!”
“Really?” asked the little boy, tugging on the man’s cloak.
“Mark my word, son” said the Kitsune, handing the boy a dagger, “In a matter of moments, you’ll soon know what it means to a Bounty Hunter.”
Whoa, so it seems that the Kitsune is some kind of bounty hunter (although you probably already knew that), and the little fox boy was his son. The only questioned that remained was, who were they? And why are they hunting down are 5 friends?
Meanwhile, our 5 friends were driving along the old dirt road. Tsubasa took over driving the mobile this time. However, giving her absolute ZERO experience driving a…well ANYTHING, Master Toshi sat on the passenger’s side, telling Tsubasa all she had to do. Talk about a backseat driver. Or in this case, a Side Seat Driver.
“Just slowly keep applying pressure with your foot on the peddle” said Master Toshi, slowly placing his hand on Tsubasa’s shoulder, “Okay good, then slowly release when we begin to pick up too much speed.”
“Like this?” asked Tsubasa as she slowly turned towards him.
“HEY! EYES ON THE ROAD!” exclaimed the nervous old fox.
Tsubasa quickly turned back to look at the road. As Toshi looked at the map, the young passengers were getting relentless. Poor Hiroshi and Misake were tired of sitting and were anxious to get out. Hiroshi slouched on his seat moaning to himself. “Are we there YET!” asked Misake with a groan.
“I’m afraid not little one” said Maguro with a shrug.
“Well,” started Maguro, “since we’re going to be here for a while, how about we get to know each other” she suggested with a smile.
Master Toshi pondered for a moment, and then he shook his head. “Sounds like a good idea” he said with a smile. Maguro smiled back and sat up straight on her seat, with her legs crossed.
“Okay,” started Maguro, “I’ll go first.” Maguro cleared her throat and began to introduce herself. “My name is Maguro, and well, I’m sure you all know that I’m a warrior.”
“You don’t say” said Hiroshi with a tone of sarcasm.
“Hiroshi, don’t be so insolent” Master Toshi started from the front seat.
“Sorry, Master” replied the little Kitsune, bowing his head.
“Okay, well then” Maguro began, “Hiro, would you like to introduce yourself?” she asked.
“Well, my name is Hiroshi, and I’m a Nobuyuki warrior in training” said the little Kitsune with a blank emotionless face.
“Oh, well, how nice” said Maguro awkwardly.
“Hiro doesn’t like to talk much” said the little girl to his side, holding on to Hiroshi’s robes.
“Oh my, and you might you be cutie?” asked Maguro, as she leaned over and pinched her cheek.
“I’m Misake,” she said with a cute expression on her face.
“Well aren’t you just adorable!” exclaimed Maguro.
Meanwhile, Tsubasa kept driving down the road, while Master Toshi stared at the map. As the other passengers sat together getting to know one another, they soon began to felt the mobile slowing down. Maguro slowly leaned towards the driver’s side and tapped Tsubasa on her shoulder.
“Why are we stopping?” asked Maguro asked softly.
“There’s a fork in the road” said Tsubasa scratching her head with confusion. “Master Toshi, where do we go from here?” she asked.
“I don’t know” replied the old fox, this fork isn’t on the map.
“Then, I think…” started Maguro with a pause, “I think…were out of Cyrodiil.”
“Well then, I guess it’s just smooth driving from here on in” said Tsubasa with relief.
“Hmm, I guess we should go left” said Master Toshi, “It looks safer.”
“Okay” said Tsubasa as she slowly accelerated forward.
As our 5 friends drove on into the unknown road, night time was slowly beginning to set. 24 minutes went by. For 24 minutes, Tsubasa drove down the road with Master Toshi sitting next to her, still telling her how to drive. Maguro was in the back seat, with Hiroshi to her left, and Misake sleeping on the right side lap. She slowly stroke her head, smiling.
“Isn’t she adorable?” Maguro asked Tsubasa.
“Can’t turn around at the moment girl” replied Tsubasa.
“Well ladies” began Master Toshi as he leaned back on his seat with his hands tucked on the back of his head, “Wherever this road takes, it’s going to be the start of our new life. Any worries?”
Tsubasa shook her head. “Nope, nothing really comes to mind” she said, looking at the road ahead.
“What about you Ms. Maguro?” asked Toshi, “You nervous?”
“A little” replied Maguro, “Wherever we may end up will be our new home forever. What if we don’t like it? Or what if the inhabitants don’t like us?” she asked nervously, crossing her hand, tapping her thumbs together.
“Don’t worry about that Maguro” assured Tsubasa, “I have a feeling that wherever we end up, we might like it.”
And off our 5 friends drove on. Not knowing where there going, and what danger they may face. But one thing was certain. Where ever they were heading, was going to be their new home.
Now, let’s get back to Ponyville. I’m sure I’ve tortured you all enough with all this bogus etcetera stuff. You all want to see what happens to Rocky, right. Well then in that case…
Next time on: My Little Pony: Secrets of the Kitsune tribes:
Making new friends. Rocky goes to School.