private Mercs of Equestria Rp

[Dimitri Hammer 3,645]

Dimitri was finished relishing in the rather nice sunlight. He never liked the warmth, but always loved how beautiful the sun was. He blinked his eyes a couple times, and came back into focus. He looked at the group and noticed them seemingly all whispering to each other. Mainly Diamond and Draco. He was in a pensive and worried state. Whenever others whispered around him it always made him nervous. Reminded him of the whispering of ponies back in his homeland. They'd always have horrid things to say to him, and he never got used to hearing whispering during a strenuous moment.

 

"Um..what are you discussing friends?" He gave a fake laugh. "Is that a..." He witnessed Diamond burn the piece of paper. "Okay...um..what was that you just burned?" Dimitri questioned and walked closer to Diamond. "Burning paper? Was it no important? Thought saw something pink too..." His anxiousness turned into a deep worry.

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Draco didn't notice the pink hair till now and sighed "Alright now I know their messing with us. If I had to guess they cut off a piece of Fluttershy's hair then said they are being tortured. But really I think they cut it off just enough at the end.. I don't like being messed with and I don't like my friends being messed with either. From the link I have with Acheron. Greed along with the other Seneschals have been treating those mares kindly. Greed may have been greedy and manipulative but he wasn't a liar. Any how Dimitri better put your goggles on because there will be a sand storm coming a pretty bad one at that. I'll do what I can to protect us. Hold on Acheron when I tell you put a shield spell over us," Draco explained and then ordered.

[Dimitri Hammer 3,645]

Dimitri's eyes grew wide and his pupils shrunk. He feigned a smile and nodded at Draco. "Cut off a piece of her mane? They...cut off a little bit of her mane?" He kept repeating that in his mind. He heard the part about torture too, but didn't hear the last part. "Torture...? Are they..?" He questioned out loud and began to breath heavily.

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Draco yelled "Dimitri hear me now I said ''From the link I have with Acheron. Greed along with the other Seneschals have been treating those mares kindly.'' so cool down right now my friend. So now I want you to breath in deeply and breath out slowly. Count down from 10 to 1.  Now I want you to calm down and listen to me my friend. I want you to have a rational mind. Have I ever lied to you. Okay maybe there was that one time I stole abit of vodka from you but it was on a dare I swear,"

[Dimitri Hammer 3,645]

"I...I.." Dimitri took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. "I'll try my best..." he whispered. He knew Draco was most likely right, but his darker personality kept making him panic. He tried to focus on what Draco said, but he kept having conflicting thoughts. He would remain calm at the moment, but if any other news about his wife came to be he would not be able to contain his emotions. "I..will try and take your word Draco..." Dimitri said as he still had the worry in his eyes.

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"I think I still owe you that vodka don't I? hate it when I have something good then I have to crack it over some ponies head just to protect a mare. Sheesh then again he deserved it anyway. I mean who forces a mare to do what she doesn't want to do? So there I was struggling to get that damn bottle open. I swear Dimitri either I was twisting the wrong way or your strong than I," Draco said as he started to walk towards the town.

[Rainbow Dash 1,472]

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Delia chose to ignore Draco's words. "Bring it on then. I can handle a little sand." She said as she began to think to herself.

Sand is sand and a little storm won't hurt. plus i don't remember if i packed the goggles. She thought as she had a look of determination on her face.

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Diamond facehoofed. "You know, I brought you away from the group so we wouldn't make everypony worry Draco." She sighed and her sunhat disappeared...it would just get in the way. She reached into her bag and found the first thing that would protect her eyes...a pair of sunglasses.

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"Keeping secrets would hurt in the long run you know that right my dear?" Draco asked as he looked at Light Diamond then Delia. "I have an extra pair in my pack Delia if you want me to. It's not a sign of weakness to use them you know. If they help you they help you that's how I see it,"

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Delia sighed knowing that Draco would not let up. "I dont think i would need it for a sandstorm that comes from this side of the world. Though I do not want to underestimate it, so i will take a pair...thank you." She said as she walked a little slower.

I hope the walk is far. I need to stretch out the muscles.

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Draco pulled out his extra pair of goggles. He gave them to Delia. "Now Acheron for extra protection use a shield spell on all of us. So that the majority of the sand storm can pass us. For the finer particles that past through the shield well we'll have some thing covering our mouths and noses," Draco said stating his plan.

[Dimitri Hammer 3,645]

Dimitri feigned a chuckle towards Draco. He was a little wary and wasn't feeling so great after hearing about the lock of Fluttershy's mane that came with a letter. Outwardly he was stressing out. He wasn't focusing on the others, and kept trying to take deep breaths, but they kept turning into hasty, short breaths. He unconsciously heard about the dangers of the sandstorm, but ignored it completely. It sounded like garbled words to him.

 

He spoke to himself quietly in Sovestrian so no one else could understand him. "Am I such a failure that I can't even protect the one I love with so much passion? Why do I keep letting her get taken from me? If she is suffering I won't forgive myself for letting this happen, but I won't let anything stand in my way...."

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Acheron nodded as he put on the goggles Draco had given to him and the rest of the group. After that, he went over to each pony and cast a few mage armor spells. He finally did the same to himself, and created a tether between his armor and theirs.

"It'll keep us safe and will endure so long as mine does," Acheron explained. "It's a lot easier than continually casting and keeping a radius of protection around us."

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"Right, right, sorry Acheron I forgot your a combat mage. Err wizard ah who cares. Sorry about that. Anyhow let's get going I have a feeling this storm will not be natural," Draco said with a slight nod to Acheron. Draco felt nervous so he recited a line from Loveless "There is no hate, only joy
 For you are beloved by the goddess
 Hero of the dawn, Healer of worlds

Dreams of the morrow hath the shattered soul
 Pride is lost
 Wings stripped away, the end is nigh"

[Miss Light Diamond 2,802]

Diamond was doing her usual thing and keeping quiet as she glanced back at the sandstorm. She frowned...it was rather...strange. Something seemed to be running out of the storm...right at them.
She squinted to get a better look, then her eyes widened. "Oh dear...we've got company." She said, pointing at the massive storm that was slowly approaching...well, it looked like it was slowly approaching...it was actually quite fast...just far away...eeyup.

Anywho, coming out of the storm were more shades...not unlike the ones that Greed had summoned, and they were running right at the group.

[THE WILD HUNT 213]

Acheron saw Diamond's concerned look.

"Is there something wrong?"

Looking to where she was, Acheron noticed the odd shapes moving in the storm. They looked vaguely familiar, and despite the overshadowing sand, they still held a faint brilliance.

"Hm? Oh.... well that is unfortunate," the unicorn said in a frustrated tone as he turned away quickly and tugged at Diamond with his magic. He used the magic surrounding the other ponies' bodies to goad them forward.

"Short summary. Angry guardians who want to kill. Move."

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"Aw crap," Draco said with a sighed "Why can't things just go smoothly for once?" Draco whined slightly with a joking tone to it. "Well Dimitri you ready to fight?" Draco asked his foreign friend with a grin on his muzzle. "Today isn't even my birthday," he said cheekily. Draco started to run quickly.

Edited May 2, 2013 by dragon4111

[THE WILD HUNT 213]

"Careful, these things have a habit of calling upon more and more of their ranks," Acheron warned. "Oh, and they're still well capable of using powerful magic. It is... ancient, and since we're in the desert under the blazing sun, much more powerful than before..."

Looking back, they were still furiously chasing them. He thought he could hear their voices, but it was indistinct as of right now.

[Rainbow Dash 1,472]

Delia wasn't paying attention as she tried to get used to the googles. She then noticed the group looking at the upcoming storm. Upon hearing the words of Diamond and Acheron, Delia opened her mouth.

"I have never seen something like this in my travels before." She said as she kept up with the group.

[Miss Light Diamond 2,802]

Diamond ran alongside the rest of the group...but the shades were still getting closer, along with the storm.

 

 

Meanwhile...up on a lone cloud.

Acid sat on a small puff of cloud shaped into a lawn chair, sipping something that looked to be lemonade as Fire lay on her stomach with a pair of binoculars, Light (I think that's what her name was...I dunno) Was pacing back and forth along the cloud, occasionally glancing down at the storm. "Come on guys...lets go do something that's not- "SSHH." The other two said, in unison.

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"Whatever happened to fair play sheesh. So glad that I brought these goggles Eh?" Draco asked at the last part laughing while trying to regulate his breathing. It just couldn't get any worst could it. He sighed as he thought that. "My mind is an idiot sometimes," he thought to himself.

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Acheron thought back to the map he had studied back at the Coco Bucko. Where were they now? Acheron looked around at the area. There were a couple of landmarks dotting the surrounding landscape, indicating that they were now entering the area where the town was meant to be located. However, as Draco said, the area was off, the illusion magic hiding the town was coming into effect. And despite Acheron knew how to dispel it, the sandstorm and guardian spirits would have made it next to impossible to pull off successfully.

 

"We're nearing the place... maybe Fortune will favor us and we manage to just walk in..."

[Miss Light Diamond 2,802]

Diamond nodded at Acheron's comment. "Lets hope so." She said, looking back at the shades which were even closer now...they would probably be arriving within the next three minutes or so.

She gulped and looked ahead...lets just hope they make it.

 

 

 

I don't know if you guys have seen sand storm videos or even a real one before...but they're pretty badass.

 

 

[THE WILD HUNT 213]

(I saw Imhotep summon one in The Mummy, does that count ?!)

 

Acheron had an idea, but he doubted it would work. If it did though, it might buy them some time. He pulled out the enchanted map.

"Diamond, Draco said this was enchanted to prevent your magicka from dropping."

He tossed her the map.

"Remember that ring of fire you created to ward off Greed's wraiths? Try to make a big, powerful ward now!"

[Rainbow Dash 1,472]

Delia galloped along with the group.

"I hope so too Acheron." Delia shouted as she took a glimpse of the opposition that was chasing behind them.

I wonder how many i could take on, should we ever fight them. She thought as her face showed determination