//------------------------------// // part 1 chapter 1 akiyama // Story: Like a dragon equestria // by Jade Copperfield //------------------------------// Kamurocho The room was filled with office tables in the back near the windows those tables had many objects on them ranging from books, to stacks of paper and all the way to the pen. To the right of that was a book case filled with carefully stacked books they all looked liked dictionary's or law books. Near the front of the room was a desk that was neat and well kept, to the front right of that was the door to the outside and in between the doors and was 2 couches with wooden side bars with a table in between the 2 couches. On the couch farthest from the door was a man wearing black pants, a striped raspberry suit with a black under shirt. He had black hair that was slicked back with the sides hanging down, his eyes are hazel and his facial hair looked well shaved. He was reading a magazine that was most likely talking about celebrity gossip while he was laying down on the couch, the table next to him had a ash tray that had a mountain of cigarette buds. He was about to through the magazine on the table when someone knocked on the door. The man looked toward the door tossed the magazine on the table, got up and walked toward the door and said "who is it". The person outside the door said "it's me Mr. A". The voice was that of a woman both sweet and annoyed. After she said that Mr. A opened the door and saw a women with plump cheeks, wearing a sweater vest and a silk business she also had a purse. She was overweight, her hair was also auburn wrapped in to a bun to the back she walked in side and Mr. A closed the door. Mr. A said to her "so Hana how was your day". " well I did what we agreed on this morning so that's good". Mr. A scratched the back of his head and asked "um what did we agree on this morning"? Hana sighed then said " at least you were here to let me in but why don't you check the calendar". then Mr. A walked to the calendar that was in the office, today had a red mark that said "collection day". when he was done reading he walked over to Hana. He said "well I will do it tomorrow". but when Mr. A started to walk toward the couch Hana grabbed the back of his collar. She then said " no you are not Mr. A I will drag you out there today to make sure you get there just don't forget to grab the keys". So with that said Mr. A grabbed the keys to the office and his phone and went outside to the back alley that made the entrance to sky finance. they both made there way down the metal stair. And took a right and as they walked they passed buy the many bikes that never seemed to leave or have always been their. As they exited the alley way Mr. A noticed the club called stardust that was right across from sky finance, it has been there for so long that he simply just ignored it like the many other buildings in Kamurocho. As Mr. A was eyeing it Hana went down the street to the left of the alley. Hana called to Mr. A " come on we don't want to be out all day". Mr. A started catching back up to Hana and just walked beside her watching the people walk down the street. There were people in business suits, casual clothing, and school girls still in there uniforms. As they were getting closer to there destination Mr. A felt something odd like someone was watching him but when he looked around no one was watching him but when he turned his head to one of the alleys he noticed a peculiar looking cat in of them watching him with what seemed like a devious smile plastered on its face. Mr. A called to Hana who was still walking" um Hana can you wait a moment I want to check something". Hana turned around replied" make it quick Mr. A we don't have all day to slack off well I don't ". As Hana was walking back to see what it was he was doing. Mr. A walked into the alley but as soon that he was in it a bright light over took his vision. and the last thing he saw was the cat having 2 horns, miss matched eyes and having a devilish grin. The dark forest Mr. A woke up feeling grass underneath him and slowly got up making sure not to fall over. He was disorientated and his vision was swimming but when he got to full height he managed to keep himself balanced and his vision back to normality. He took a good look around with a shocked expression he was looking at a forest and it was the middle of night. He was trying to get his head wrapped around what was happening when he had a idea. He checked his pockets and pulled out his cellphone and his wallet but the key to sky finance was gone but he didn't think much of that and decided to check his phone. He dialed Hana's phone number but he couldn't get to her, he tried 2 times but couldn't get through so he checked the signal and noticed he had zero bars. Seeing this he said" damn I have no idea where I am and I can't even get a signal". He was wondering what to do now when he heard a owl's call. He looked in the direction of the call and noticed it at the edge of the clearing Mr. A decided to walk towards the owl with its yellow eyes staring at him in curiosity and asked. " can you show me the way out here please"? The owl cocked its head and hooted then quickly flew of the branch and landed on another branch at the edge of the clearing. It then hooted and moved his wing in a manner similar to the hand motion for following. Mr. A sighed and walked to the owl when he got there the owl moved again and did the same thing. Out of options Mr. A kept on following the owl for a good 15 or so minutes since Mr. A still had his watch so he could tell the time passed. He kept on walking until the owl made a different gesture similar to the hand sign to be quiet so Mr. A did be quiet and started hearing more animals. He went toward the noise and ended up near a trail with the owl right behind him he watched the scene in the trail. There were several creatures in the clearing some of them looked like rodents and squirrels they were on the trail standing around something while the birds were perched in the trees near the trail. Mr. A walked near the center of the of trail to examine what all the animals were looking at. Mr. A stood there in awe as he was looking at what looked like a human being but wasn't at the same time it was wearing something similar to a black suit but it had multiple tears and there was no shoes no scratch that it had no feet. Mr. A decided to walk a little bit closer to examine it and heard faint sobbing coming from the figure. He decided to stop and ask one simple question to the figure. " are you okay"? at that moment when Mr. A said it the figure stopped sobbing and looked up. When Mr. A saw its face he gasped and fell to the ground and kept on staring. The creatures face was jet black and its eyes were pink? Its hair was the shade of red and it looked unkempt. Mr. A stared into its eyes and saw in them sorrow so he examined the creature more and noticed its hand or what looked like its hand was bleeding and it had several bruises on his head and arms so Mr. A made decision that he would probably regret later. Mr. A asked " do you need any help"? The creature responded with " why would you help me". " because you look like you need it". After a few moments of silence the creature said something" if you do want to help me bring me to town". Mr. A then said " as long as you tell me where it is and how to get there I will carry you". "ok". the creature tried to get up but kept on falling back down so Mr. A get back to his feet and walked toward him then turned around and said. "if you can hold onto my back I will carry you". So with out putting up a argument the creature started climbing Mr. A's back it took a couple of tries but the creature finally managed to get on Mr. A's back and folded his arms around his neck. Mr. A then put his hands at the bottom of the creatures legs. So basically it looked like he was giving it I piggy back ride. After that was done Mr. A asked" are you okay like this"? "yes I'm fine just follow this path and it should lead to town, there is a woman there that should be able to help me ". " where is she in town". "after you exit the forest look around she lives in a house that looks like a tree you know its her when the house has a chicken coop next to it". So with that said Mr. A started moving down the trail checking on the creature ever so often as he jogged onward. After a good ten minutes Mr. A decided to ask a few questions. "so may I ask what are you and your gender preferably". After a short pause the creature spoke" I'm a guy couldn't you tell just by my voice you idiot". Feeling insulted Mr. A replied with " hey I have never seen anything like you before and where I'm from you look like a living demon". The creature decided to finish the question" I'm a changeling and you should be scared about what I can do but now its time for you to answer my question". Mr. A replied" ok what do you want to know"? The changeling then asked " what are you and why are you here"? Mr. A answered the question truthfully" I'm a human being and why I'm here I have no clue". When the changeling was about to ask they got outside the forest and was at the edge of a big field. Mr. A looked around for a moment to observe the surrounding area. In front of them the trail led to a town filled with lights but Mr. A saw no one out but he looked to his right and noticed a tree like house at the edge of the forest with a chicken coop to its back. Mr. A said while pointing " is that the house you described earlier". The changeling looked where Mr. A's finger was pointed and said " yes that's it but be careful there are rumors that she has a roommate that will turn you into a chicken". Mr. A raised a eye brow but walked toward the house, when he was nearly there he heard the changeling on his back breathing erratically and he was also groaning in pain. Mr. A said to him " are you okay". The changeling said in between breaths " I don't really know it probably has something to do with before you found me". " oh by the way what happened to you"? " I'm not telling you anything other than it doesn't involve you". Mr. A sighed and continued to the house when he got there he knocked on the door repeatedly, It took a few minutes for the lights to come on but he never expected to see what he saw. What opened the door was a anthropomorphic horse with yellow fur and wings. It said when the door was opened" who is it"? in a quiet feminine voice, as she was rubbing her eyes. When she was done rubbing her eyes she finally noticed what was at the door and jumped back in surprise and yelped. Mr. A readjusted his eyes and noticed she was wearing a bunny themed pajamas with long pants and buttoned shirt. Her eyes were wide open and he could see that they were huge the eyes were also a combination of green blue. Finally out of the shock Mr. A was about to say something but the changeling beat him to it. " can you two stop staring and help me". Mr. A added with "yes what he said". after a few moments she finally shook her head and said in a very intimidated voice " I will take a look as long as you promise not to do anything odd". Her voice was barely audible but Mr. A heard it and so did the changeling but there was a pause as another figure came to the scene behind the girl. It had two mismatched horns, a eagle claw and a paw for hands, a dragon tail, and two legs one of a deer and the other a lizard. It's eyes were also mismatched with blue and red irises and yellow all the way around the iris, it was on all fours. " Fluttershy what is happening down here its 1:00 in the morning". It paused when it looked at the door and then said "oh". It's voice was that of an old man that probably was in a TV show at some point. Mr. A's eyes were wide open and the same went for the changeling but in his eyes it was of fear. The creature then said" I'm guessing you are here for flutters please come in but you do anything to harm her your dead". it added a bit of malice to the last part. Fluttershy noticing the tension in the air said" yes come in and drop your friend on the couch and I will check him". So with that said Mr. A reluctantly walked in eyeing the weird mismatched creature as he dropped the changeling on the couch that had a bunny pleasantly sleeping on it. The bunny woke up just in time to get off the couch as the changeling dropped on the couch. When he hit the couch he felt pain in his wing on his side and Mr. A stretched the back of his own head. Fluttershy asked to the changeling" ok where are you hurt". the changelings response was showing her his hand which was still bleeding but very light and he added " and my upper body but that should be it". he was looking away while saying it. Fluttershy was blushing constantly while trying to say " ok can you take off your shirt so I can look". The changeling started to take of his suit first his tie and after a while he was bare chested and the strange creature was eyeing him making sure he didn't do anything suspicious. Mr. A was just staring at the changeling who had no fur at all but on his right arm was the beginning of a tattoo. it was red and had the head of a dragon. " Um can you get the first aid kit". the voice was Fluttershy her face was beet red as she was checking the changeling. " But Flutters I'm not leaving you alone with these two". the one who responded was the mismatched creature looking at her in concern. "Someone has to get the first aid box and your the only who knows where it is". the mismatched creature was about to reply when Mr. A said. " um I can get it for you". After a moment she said " ok it is in the kitchen grab it and I can help your friend". Mr. A walked to the kitchen and noticed that there were a lot food bowls for pets so he assumed she had many pets. He saw the box hanging on the wall so he grabbed it and walked back into the living room and dropped the box next to the couch. Fluttershy opened the first aid box there were needles, stiches, bandages, everything that would be in a first aid box. The changeling decided to start a conversation" so why are you helping me after what my race did". " I give most creatures the benefit of the doubt but it is hard to trust you because of what you all did at Canterlot". Mr. A decided to ask something " so where am I anyways". "oh you are in ponyville and might I ask what are you". " I'm a human and if you ask why I'm here I have no clue, one second I'm in a city the next I'm in the middle of a forest at night". As Fluttershy was bandaging the changeling the mismatched creature decided to respond" I think we should introduce ourselves first I'm Discord and the lovely lady there helping your friend is Fluttershy". Mr. A decided to go along with this discord" my name is Akiyama". Everyone looked at the changeling expecting him to say his. he sighed and said " I will tell you my name after you fix me are you okay with that". Everyone in the room nodded and Akiyama said to discord" so do you know why I'm here you look remotely similar to what I think sent me here". " oh yeah I did do that did I". " what did you brought me here". Akiyama said with confusion. " yes I indeed did". " why did you do that". "because everything was getting so boring around here I thought to spice things up a bit". " Discord I told you not to do this stuff again". It was Fluttershy that responded with anger present in her voice. "but" Discord didn't finish Fluttershy continued" now send him back he is obviously confused about what is happening so just send him back". After a few moments Discord said back to her" but I cant". " and why cant you". " I'm not some kind of all powerful being". she was glaring at him so he added" well I am but I cant do it right after I did it". "ok but as soon as you can your sending him back". During the entire conversation she was fixing up the still nameless changeling so after a few more minutes she was done and his entire chest was wrapped up in bandages and his right hand had a bandage where the cut was. He had bandages on his bug like wings and she started to tell him what his injuries were. " you have a couple broken ribs, that cut on your right hand, multiple bruises, a mild concussion, and both your wings are broken so now will you tell us your name and to add to that what gave you these injuries". The changeling sighed and then said" my name is Dragon and I got attacked by a pack of timber wolves when I was walking in the forest". Fluttershy sighed and then said" I wont push it but I know you weren't attacked by timber wolves if you were you wouldn't have that many broken bones and you would be covered in bite marks at the very least". she turned her head to Akiyama and asked" by the way did you find him in the Everfree that is what the forest is called". " yes he was there but there were animals all around him and an owl showed me the way to him". Fluttershy surprised said" why would animals be around him and why did an owl show the way to him"? Akiyama scratching his head said" I don't know I asked the owl if it knew the way out of here and it left so I followed it and it brought me to him so here we are now". Discord decided to interrupt " well lets continue this in the morning shouldn't we". Everyone in the room looked at him in surprise but Dragon said " I agree with the thing that summoned something entirely foreign to this world". "um Ms. Fluttershy is it okay if we stay here just for tonight". it was Akiyama who said it as he bowed his head. after a few minutes of thinking over she had an answer. "yes you two can until Dragon is well but if I don't feel comfortable you two are out of here". "thank you mam I promise we wont be a problem". " but the minute Discord can bring you back your leaving is that understood". "yes I do understand". "you got that Discord". " yes I do Flutters". She got up and walked around the living room looking for something she then said " now we just need to find someplace you can sleep". Akiyama said to her" all I need is a chair and I'm good". " ok but Dragon do you need anything". Dragon looked up to her and said hiding his face" just a blanket and I'm fine thank you". Picking up a blanket from a nearby closet she handed him it and then said to all of them" well good night and Discord if your worried you can stay here for the night". Discord was blushing and then said" no I will stay up there with you to make sure your safe". Then with out anymore said they went up stairs to leave the human and changeling alone together. Dragon asked a question without looking up from his lap" so why didn't you tell them I was crying". Akiyama then replied with" it seemed personal so I left it out but goodnight". Without another word Akiyama went to the lights and turned them off leaving the room in darkness. Akiyama went to a chair and dozed off while Dragon kept on thinking about what happened in the forest. He said one thing before he went to sleep" I will find you and save you from them no matter what gets in my way I will find you".