> The Elder Scrolls : Equestria > by Disponu > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chapter 1 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Where are we going" said a nervous looking earth pony, who was accused of being a thief. "Where do you think, where do they take traitors to the Empire" replied another earth pony sitting next to the first one. This conversation was taking place on a Empire prisoner carige that was leading four ponys to their deaths. Thunder Whooves was watching the thiefs face. He was nervous. You listened to the two ponys talk, the other pony talked to you for a little bit, but you didn't respond. "And who in oblivion are you supposed to be?" asked the nervous earth pony thief, looking at a bound and gagged pony. "Watch your tongue theif, your talking to Ulfric Stormwhooves, the true high king of Equestria" said earth pony number two. As they entered the city there could be heard a mother scolding her colt to get inside as the prison carts passed. "Where are you from theif?" asked the first earth pony. "Why do you care?" asked the theif. "Because every ponys last thoughts should be of home.". "Roriksteed, I'm from Roriksteed." said the theif. Thunder Whooves was scared, but the words of the pony talking to the theif comforted him. As they approached the beheading area though he got very scared again. A pegasus with a piece of paper and quill was calling prisoners forward. "You come here" the pony said to the theif. "Please no! I'm innocent!" pleaded the supposed theif. He started running. "ARCHERS!" said the mare standing next to the pegasus. And like clockwork the archers drew on the running ponys and released. The ponys body was pierced by the two arrows and he dropped dead. "Anyone else feel like running?" asked the mare. Obviously, no one answered. "You, step over here" said the pegasus with the paper and quill said to Thunder Whooves. Thunder Whooves was a medium green earth pony with a yellow mane and his cutie mark was a sword and war hammer crossed over an anvil, and behind the anvil was a yellow shield. "Hes not on the list" said the pegasus with the quill. "send him to the block anyway" said the mare standing next to him. "I'm sorry" said the pegasus. "Come up to the block when your name is called" said another mare. "White Lightning" a white pegasus with a moonshine bottle cutie mark came up to the block. A priestess started blessing the white pegasus. "Oh just get on with it" said White Lightning. "As you wish" said the priestess. White Lightning put his head down on the choping block. The executioner brought up his axe and brought it down onto the white pegasus's neck, severing his head clean of his body in a right and bloody mess. "Next. The green and yellow earth pony." Thunder Whooves nervously stepped up to the block. He was pushed down and his head placed on the block. He was about to puke, but he figured he'd die with his dignity. As the executioner readied his axe, a strange noise was heard. "What was that" some pony said. "Nevermind, just get on with it" said the mare. The exacutioner readied his axe again, but that strange roaring noise happened again. And that's when you saw it. Thats when every pony saw it. A dragon. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ I didn't even take a fraction of a second to make Thunder Whooves to realize he needed to run. He got up and galloped around until the pony who was talking to the thief earlier. "Follow me, to the keep" the pony said. The two run throughout the town in panic. But are soon stopped by imperial guards. "Halt prisoner" said one of the guards. "I don't have time for you guard, let me pass" said the pony who was with Thunder Whooves. The dragon thankfully subdued the guards attention and Tunder Whooves and his companion ran past. One they got to the keep, Thunder Whooves companion said, "come over here, I can get those shackles off." Thunder Whooves went over to him and he picked the lock on the shackles. "My name is Raloove" said Raloove. Thunder Whooves replied saying his name. "See if you can find any weapons and armor here" said Raloove. Thunder Whooves went over to a chest that had two iron swords and some armor in it. He held the two swords, one in each whoove (how ever the hell that works) and smiled. Duelies. As the two ponys moved through the under ground tunnels, they came across some other ponys. But the other ponys weren't exactly friendly, and attacked Thunder Whooves and Raloove. Thunder Whooves had enough fighting expierience to know what to do. Thunder Whooves took one pony while Raloove took the other. Thunder Whooves dodged the powerful swing of a war hammer and while his attacker was regaining his composer Thunder Whooves slashed the other pony in the chest with on sword and with the other sword he charged back and drove it into his attacker throat. Warm blood began to flow out of his attackers neck. Thunder Whooves pulled his sword out and his attacked dropped. Raloove looked like he was having some trouble so Thunder Whooves charged his opponent and knocked him down. Thunder Whooves drove both of his sword into the ponys side before he could get up. From one hole the blood was really red which meant one sword hit the sweet spot, the heart. From the other hole the blood was darker, which signaled that the other sword had hit the liver. Thunder Whooves pulled his swords out and blood continued to pour. Thunder Whooves felt a rush of adrenalin coarsed through his veins. He felt alive making things die. He looked over at Raloove. "Thank you", said Raloove, "I needed that" Thunder Whooves and Raloove pushed through the caverns, all the time the dragon was causing chaos in the word above.