//------------------------------// // 3 Ponderings // Story: Shobbit O'Gale Arrives in Equestria // by Dimensional Librarian //------------------------------// Shobbit had flown away from the six equines and the dragon they were protecting by using the stored dragon magics in his cloak, hours ago. Now sitting upon a high mountain ledge he looked upon the strange land he found himself in. None of the landmarks he knew from his home world and Alvinailey where anywhere in sight and that is what had the Dragon Ranger so worried. "So, if nothing is familiar to me then I guess I must be in one of those "Other Worlds" that the Mages and Goddesses always talked about." The sun was starting to set at this point in the day with a seemingly magical property to it. Shobbit watched the sun set over the horizon and the down below the far off mountain range. "I can feel the power of Dragons, in the air. Is there really a dragon here that has divine like magics? No, I don't believe that there is, the dragons I can since are weak and unorganized. I'm not sure if I should hunt them while they are weak, or if I should wait for them to become an organized force in this world?" With a heavy hearted sigh Shobbit then rose to his feet and looked down to the woods below, "First I will have to find food then I will go and let the ruler of this land know of my existence." He then jumped down into the woods to hunt for small game. Dear Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, I am writing this letter to inform the both of you of the strange occurrence that has happened in the Everfree. Yesterday I had found an old and yellowed page with some brief writing that got me interested into looking into the old civilizations of our world. I was in the middle of trying to find any more information about a kingdom called Alvinailey when Spike got a letter from Princess Luna asking us to go and check out a rouge meteor crash site. When me and the girls arrived there wasn't much there just a gouge in the ground where the meteor landed. As we looked around for clues Pinkie pointed out that it was a living thing and standing there watching us. At the same time Spike showed up and before any of us could blink a strange bipedal creature, almost as tall as Discord, and wearing what appeared to be a cloak of dragon scales was choking young Spike against a tree. Thinking quickly I fired a quick stunning spell at its head yet it was dissapated to nothing when it touched his cloak. After we got him to let Spike go he told us his name was Shobbit O'Gale, the writer of the page that I found and have enclosed with this letter, and that he had finally shown a dragon mercy. I will continue trying to find out more about this stranger and what dangers he poses to Equestria but, any information you might know will be extremely helpful. Your Faithful Student, Twilight Sparkle "Okay Spike go ahead and send this letter to the Princesses." Twilight told her assistant as she finished writing the letter then turned to look at her friends. "Alright girls it seems like there is a new threat to Equestria and we're going to have to do what we can to stop it." "An' how we gonna do tha' exactly?" Applejack asked "We all saw how tha' spell of ya'lls did nothing to him, as well as how Rainbow is still stunned sillier than a cat in a yarn factory." The applefarmer gestured a hoof to the friend she mentioned who they had to drag back to the castle because she was still in shock from seeing a wingless creature fly away easily making a sonic boom as well. "I'm afraid I must agree with Applejack on this, Darling, he does seem a tad bit much for us to handle without the Elements. And then there's that astonishing cloak of his." said Rarity. "Oh and we need to figure out what kind of cake he likes!" Pinkie exclaimed raising a hoof in the air. The rest of the group gave out sighs at the easily excited pink party pony. Catching, cleaning, and cooking a rabbit for a meal was easy for Shobbit to do and within an hour he had a cooking fire made with the plump rabbit he caught on a spit over it. As Shobbit watched his meal cook he sat stock still up in a tree camouflaged by using the powers of his cloak, "I'll eat then go straight for the ruler. I'm going to assume that they live in that castle up on the mountain. The one near the village just didn't have the right feel to it. Now once I reach the ruler I'm probably going to wind up scaring their guards which will just be a nusance to deal with but not impossible. I'll then ask how their relations with the dragons here are, and depending on their answer I'll slay them in the name of this country. Otherwise I will hunt for the glory of Alvinailey." Shobbit then quickly ate the now fully cooked rabbit and within five minutes left no trace he was ever there as he jumped into the air taking flight with the magic of a wingless serpent dragon as he also used his camouflage magic which made him look like a section of wavering air steadily flying toward Canterlot.