Chapter 1 - The First Encounter
Chapter 1 - The First Encounter
“…help…me……please…”
The six ponies stood frozen in place. They didn’t know what to do, it’s not like they’ve ever seen something like the creature in front of them. As they stared at this unfamiliar being one of them decided to step up and help. Applejack was the first to respond.
“Come on y’all, we need ta help this thing.” They ran up to and surrounded it.
“Does anypony know what to do?” The normal pink happy pony couldn’t help but frown at the site in front of her.
“Of course, ah dealt with this type of wound before. We need to cauterize it to stop the bleedin’. Do you girls see any metal nearby?”
A quick glance around told the group that no such metal was near and they didn’t have time to be fruitlessly searching for any. Rainbow notices the thin appendage rise slightly. It pointed down to it’s bottom half were some tan clothing was still present. Rainbow pulled out something from the end that looked like a handle.
“Wat out ish.” her voice being muffled by the knife in her mouth.
“Doesn’t look like any metal ah’ve ever seen but it will have ta do.” Applejack took the knife in hoof free RD’s mouth from the restriction. “But we still need a fire or a lot uh heat. Twi?”
“Sorry, I’m still not versed in magic of any kind that deals with combat or fire spells. I don’t even know of any spells that can produce a sufficient amount of heat.”
“I’m afraid I can’t be of any help either, darling.”
The group looked down to see the end of the limb move yet again. This time instead of lifting off the ground it turns over then begins to glow in the center of the smaller limbs at the end of the long appendage. Applejack even felt heat from it. She lowered the knife to the source and the creature grabbed it. Soon it turned red. The country mare pulled it from the grip not giving the creature a second to react before shoving the knife into the open wound. The ponies closest to the head covered their ears as a deafening cry came from the creature passing out afterwords.
“There now big fella, yer gonna be all right.” Applejack’s consoling didn’t have any effect on it but did for the other ponies present. She knew they weren’t done. “Alright y’all, we got the bleedin under control but we need to sterilize the area and wrap it up.”
“Oh, I know how to make an all-natural disinfectant. Fluttershy can you help me with gathering ingredients?” Twilight asked.
“Of course Twilight.” The canary mare replied. As they want off Applejack refocused on the wound.
“Ok, while they get that, we need to find us somethin to wrap the wound with.”
“What if we use this?” Pinkie produced a long scarf seemingly out of nowhere.
“Pinkie how did you…never mind, it’ll work.” Applejack knew not to look a gifted Pinkie in the mouth. Soon Twilight and Fluttershy came back with a muddy substance in tow. Twilight used her magic to spread it on both sides of the wound then applied the scarf. “And that’ll bout do it.”
“Now what?” Rainbow Dash was impatient.
“Not sure. Twi, do you have plan?” Applejack asked.
She sat for a minute and thought out the possibilities. Deep in thought she wondered about this world they were in, what it might contain, what harm it might have, and what creatures out there would consider them dinner. Once she was done thinking of several likely scenarios she looked at her friends.
“Ok, here’s what I propose. We stay here to watch over this… creature.” The girls didn’t like it and wanted to know why she thought of that idea. “Before you say anything I have several reasons for that choice. This behind us is like a cave where we can make a fire and camp out, Fluttershy and I found some food in the woods not to far from here, and as far as we know, we really are in another dimension. One where this creature is the only thing who knows the geography of the land. At least one that we know is kind enough that won’t hurt us.”
“If we leave who knows what we’ll find or what could attack us. We could get lucky and find something useful like a town or place to sleep, but I already consider us lucky for landing in a dimension where we can live. And I’d rather not push our luck especially if we have to watch over this creature for a time.”
Now the girls seemed to all agree. For the rest of the day they split into teams. Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash patrolled the surrounding area from the skies, Twilight and Pinkie gathered food, and Applejack and Rarity looked after the creature. Applejack had a fire going by the time they all got back. It was starting to get dark after all.
“AJ, remind me to take you with me anytime we go somewhere new.”
“Awe shucks Rainbow, this ain’t nothin. Believe it or not ah used ta spend a lot of time in the wilderness with my papy.”
Twilight started to divide the food amongst the group making sure to set aside a seventh pile. “So AJ, how is it doing?”
“He.”
“Did you say something Fluttershy?”
“He…it’s a he. I can tell.”
“Huh, well that’s one mystery solved. Ok how’s he doing AJ?”
“Lot’s better. The bleeding completely stopped, the wounds starting ta close, and his heart beat is slowin down. At least ah hope that last thing is a good sign.”
“Already? Wow, what ever he is he can heal faster than any pony in Equestria. What about you Rainbow, anything good to report?”
“Yeah, me and Flutter’s found this tiny village. I don’t think anypony saw us so we can scout it out thoroughly tomorrow before entering just in case it’s dangerous.” Rainbow replied with much enthusiasm.
“Sounds good we should do that when we get a chance. For now let’s eat and settle down for some shut-eye. We should take guard shifts throughout the night in case something happens.”
“Good thinkin’ Twi. I think I’ll take first shift. I ain’t tired yet plus ah ain’t comfertable sleepin til I know what’s here.”
The others had no objections. They finished their meal of berries and mushrooms, they were tasteless but very much eatable. Most of them fell asleep right away. As Applejack stayed up a bit she could hear some weird noises in the far distance. Like growls or perhaps they were howls.
“Werewolves.” AJ turned to see the creature stare at her. “Those howls…they’re werewolves.”
“You can talk?” AJ said surprisingly.
“Actually I was surprised you could talk. It’s not everyday a creature like you is seen around here.”
“Could you tell me where here is exactly?”
“Yes, but I’d rather wait for your friends if it’s not too much trouble?”
“Oh no, of course. Ah can wait till mornin.” She heard the howls again. “Um, you said there was werewolves round here, but uh, what are they like?”
“If you’re worried they’ll harm you then I would say no. They should be friendly.”
“Ah’ll take your word for it. While you’re up…is there anything I can do to help heal ya faster?”
“Yes. Behind you.” AJ turns around, “The blue flower that’s on the ground over there, can you bring it to me?”
She ran the few feet to grab it and brought it over. He tried to grab the flower from the farm pony but it was clear the pain wasn’t going to let him do that so easily.
“Woah there fella, yer still hurt. Ah’ll give it to ya.” She held the mountain flower close to the injured man’s mouth as he ate it whole. “So what does this do?”
“This flower helps aid in the bodies healing process. It was only one but it was better than nothing. So where do you and your friends hail from?” At the end of the sentence he was feeling the pain worse than before. Groaning to try to restrain himself he began again. “On second thought forget that.”
“Ah guess ah can give ya some now but ah’d rather wait for us all to be awake and you ta heal up before we exchange pleasantries. We come from Equestria. Ah recon we traveled dimensions ta get here. You ain’t got ta say where we are. Ah can just hear it later when yer healed up some.”
“Thank you.”
“It’s no trouble.” A yawn escapes her. “I think I’ma hit the hay as well.” She wakes Twilight and before she falls asleep she informs her about the howls. Twilight herself didn’t get the opportunity to talk to the wounded before he fell asleep.
The morning comes with no shock or surprise to the ponies. In other words, a good start to the day. As Twilight gathers food with Rarity and Fluttershy, she goes over what to do in the following days and what the creature could tell them besides ‘the howling is no big deal’. According to AJ he didn’t give a name last night. She hope to change that today.
What seemed like halfway through the day he awoke to the six curious ponies gathered near him. They noticed him wake up then ran to help in any way they could. He wasn’t able to sit up yet, but he was still able to speak well enough so they just talked to him while he was on the ground.
“My name is Twilight Sparkle. These are my friends, Applejack,”
“Howdy.”
“Rainbow Dash,”
“Hey, what’s up.”
“Pinkie Pie,”
“Hiya!”
“Rarity,”
“How do you do.”
“And Fluttershy”
“Um…h-hi there.”
“Nice to meet all of you formally. My name is Barix. As thanks for helping me I shall provide any answer you seek, be it a question I have an answer for. So, Twilight, if I may, what is your first question?”
“Where are we?”
some kind of marker or town to help.”
“There’s a village not too far off from here.” Rainbow had no idea how helpful that was but anything was something at least.
“Really? Describe it to me.”
“Well lets see. There was this building in the middle with some banners in the front that had a picture of an elk’s head and there was a small cemetery at the edge of it.”
“No way… I can’t believe we’re that close.” Barix let out a small chuckle but immediately regretted doing so.
“What are we close too?”
“My house, it’s not too far away from here. Who’s the fastest one among you?”
“That would be me.” Rainbow Dash proclaimed with great confidence. “What do you need me to look for?”
“Just past the town is a single house, next to that is a small dirt trail that leads to another one. Knock on that house’s front door. Anyone who answers, ask them for Lydia and tell her to come here. Got it?”
“Don’t worry, I’ll be back in a jiffy.” With that she took off flying toward the village leaving behind her signature rainbow trail.
“What now?” Twilight asked.
“Now we wai-”
Barix stopped speaking and appeared to be listening for something. The five ponies couldn't hear and were getting curious as to what he heard.
“We have a problem, bandits are moving our way.” Barix was rather calm, unlike the others.
“Bandits!”
“What are we going to do?”
“Stop talking.” Barix demanded them and immediately they were quiet. Foot steps and faint talking were soon heard. Barix signaled the group to gather close. They didn’t hesitate. Soon enough two bandits walked into view.
“I told you it took off over here.”
“And yet there’s nothing.”
“But that thing wasn’t natural. There has to be a…,” the bandit froze at the sight of five ponies somewhat similar to the one that flew off, “well well well, look at this. I told you there was something here.”
The second bandit turns to see the ponies, some looked scared while the lavender and orange one took a protective stance. He looked passed them to see a person, clearly injured, laying on the ground.
“Hey boss, we got something!” the bandit spoke loudly as he looked over from where they both came from.
“Applejack,” she turned to the injured Barix trying to turn himself over, “get me up.”
“Woah now sugarcube, you shouldn’t move with that injury.”
Applejack tries to get Barix fully on the ground again as three others emerge into sight. One was wearing a suit of tough looking silver armor that had black fur on the edges.
“Would you look at this, a bottom feeder and his ugly horses.”
That hit Rarity hard enough that she started crying on the spot.
“Is that thing crying?” the leader sounding a little shocked.
“It won’t be crying for long boss.” One of the bandits began to unsheathe his sword. “I bet it’ll make some good breakfast.”
“Those boots look good too, I think we’ll be taking those as well.” one other bandit chimed in.
“Applejack,” once again she turned her attention to the wounded Barix, “get… me… up… Now!” She turned her head once more to the slowly advancing enemy. She and her friends took on and army of changelings and did pretty well given the circumstances. But she had no idea what these new enemies were capable of and finally decided to help Barix to his feet. She got around his arm and pushed him up. With some groans of pain, audible to even the bandits, he was able to stand. AJ noticed that he picked up the knife before standing up completely. He made his way to the front of the group and held out his knife. “Alright…I’m going to tell you this once,” he looked directly at the leader, “leave us...or die.”
Everything was quiet as the bandits stopped their advance. The leader was more than a little surprised and blown away by this. He couldn't help but laugh at his attempt.
“Do you really think you stand a chance? Greten, send this fool to Sovngarde.”
With that the bandit to his right ran up to Barix trying to slice him in half with a sword. Barix push the sword to the side with his knife, punch the bandit in the face, and stabbed him the heart twisting it in the body once fully in. Barix pulled it out and the bandit fell to the ground. The others were speechless as to just how fast he was taken down. Barix didn’t show much of the excruciating pain he was in but knew he could only take so much before he would faint. He tried using any of his powers but to no avail. He was too weak to use them in his state. The bandit leader obviously had enough.
“Kill him!”
The bandits all rushed him. The right one was the first to come close. As he swung straight down Barix raised his hand and angled the knife so the weapon would miss him slicing down his side. He then hit the bandit with the hilt of the knife as hard as his wound would allow. The bandit stumbled back with a bleeding nose. The next two came from the front and the front left. ‘Too easy’ . It was all Barix thought before he set his on the go plan in motion.
“YOL!”
A fire-ball left Barix and hit the left bandit, he dropped screaming in agony. In one fluid motion Barix grabbed the weapon arm of the other bandit, tripped him, twisted the arm, put the bandit to the ground, crouching down on one knee, and stabbed him in the face. Blood spurt out when he removed it and threw it into the neck of the bandit who was partially on fire, silencing him. He looked over at the last bandit getting up from the hit to the face.
“VEN!”
A small cyclone formed and hit the bandit who was sent flying into a tree. A snap indicated his death. The leader stood there completely shocked at what he saw. Sadness from his lost followers, fear of the seemingly frail person, and the realization the dragonborn is in front of him all boiled into anger and hate. He took the greatsword from his back and walked to Barix. Although he tried, Barix couldn’t move at all now. He closed his eyes as the bandit leader went in for the kill.
“Ah don’t think so partner.” Barix opened his eyes to see Applejack kick the bandit away. “There ain’t no way we’re gonna let ya touch a hair on his body.”
The leader composed himself from the kick but Pinkie Pie had her cannon ready. She shot a concentrated round of confetti that hit him in the stomach. He hunched over but when he looked up the pink pony was replaced with a lavender one who threw dirt in his eyes. The bandit walked backward tripping over Fluttershy. That fall to the ground was the last straw for him. Rarity was using her magic to wrap him in vines but he broke through easily.
A wave of his hand smacks the fashion pony away. Applejack went in for another kick but was met with a kick from the bandit into her gut breaking a rib. He walked past her towards Barix to be blocked by Pinkie Pie. She readied her cannon but this time he kicks it aside before it fired. He swung his greatsword at her but she ducked out of the way. She went in for a punch to the face but hurt herself against the armor. The bandit leader picked her up by the neck and flung her to the nearest tree leaving her too badly hurt to move.
Twilight used her magic to levitate as many tree branches as she could and strike the bandit with them. They did nothing to him as he made his way to the scared pony. A hard punch to the face put her in an unconscious state. As Fluttershy didn’t know what to do the bandit had free range with Barix he walked up to him and readied his sword. All Barix could think about was how badly the others must be hurt. The bandit was about to swing his weapon but suddenly felt pain in his leg. He screamed and looked down to see an arrow pierce a weak part of his armor. Running was then heard but all Barix could see was another persons legs before he past out.
...
Barix awoke in a familiar place, it was his room in his house. It took a second for all the memories to catch up to him but he remembered the fight with Alduin all the way to the ponies he met along with the bandits. He checked his wounds but found he had none. Was it a dream? Barix walked downstairs and straight to the front door. Once open Lydia is seen walking towards the entrance but stops at the sight of a fully healed Barix with basic clothes on.
“My thane, I’m glad to see you’re awake and healthy.” Lydia sound both surprised and relieved but Barix ignored that.
“Lydia you have no idea the dream I had, first I went to Sovngarde to kill Alduin-”
“Barix-”
“With some help I succeeded and was sent back here only severely wounded and not to far away-”
“Barix-”
“Then these funny creatures showed up and helped me but-”
“Barix!” Barix finally stopped talking and looked at Lydia with a ‘what’ expression. “Behind you.”
Barix turned to see five different colored ponies sitting at the table in the next room. A lavender colored one steps into sight. “It’s not a dream and we’re really here.”
“By the nine…it was real.”
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by the nine huh? well he just went up in my book for not saying "by the eight"
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Misspelling, it is Dragonborn not Dragon, euugh, Dragonporn. Ugh this will attract furries.
most excellent
your using the rank and file nord dragonborn then? just asking cause it's kinda hard to place.
on his entrance you had him avenge a thalmore which would normaly imply a emperial dragonborn which is highly likely not to be a nord however
you just had him say 'by the nine' indicating he recognises talos as a god which a imperial dragonborn shouldn't be doing.
Another great chapter. A tip: Try adding some shyness in Fluttershy's phrases like: "B-but who are you?","W-what?!?". It seemed to me that the mane 6 behaved to the fight with the bandits just too well. Like they came from a peaceful world and find out completely normal a unknown creature taking other's lives. You could add some panic and shock. Just remember that I'm here to help you improve, not to negatively criticize your story. And I recommend using spaces between words when someone is hurt like: "By the Nine... my arm...". Keep up the good work!
Nice chapter!
Any reason why this is here?