Chapter 10, Outsmarted

Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy glided over the tree tops towards where the kidnapper went, as every minute passed Fluttershy became more and more afraid to face Sin again. Rainbow Dash noticed by the expression on her face, "Don't worry he's a nice guy Shy. He needs us to save him, besides if he hadn't snapped that weirdo back there could've kidnapped us or worse" she said. Fluttershy nodded but she's not fully convinced, the image of Sin attacking that pony burned into her mind.

"There he is!" shouted Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy looked down at the bounty hunter with the straw hat and a piece of wheat in his mouth. Sin stood with him chained up to the wagon looking at both Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash caught his glare as if he's warning them about something. They landed 5 feet away from the bounty hunter, GoldHeart looked at them both "I knew you two would show up, that's why I stayed here waiting. Edge and LockHeart must be beaten by now, I'll have to send them a giftbasket later".

"Wait how do you know they're defeated?" asked Rainbow Dash, GoldHeart let go of his wheat and watched carefully as it was blown towards the south. "Looks like I have the advantage now" he said, Rainbow Dash scoffed "Please! I'm the fastest pony in Equestria! I believe I'M the one who have the advantage!". Rainbow Dash charged towards GoldHeart in such incredible speed, he nearly hesitated then act fast.

He jumped over Rainbow Dash then threw a net in front of her, the net came towards to too fast and caught her before she turn away. Fluttershy gasped as Rainbow Dash fell to the ground struggling to get it off, GoldHeart noticed the missing hat and picked it off the ground. Fluttershy panicked a little then nearly yelped as Sin called her name "Fluttershy! Don't be afraid, if his predictions about the other two bounty hunters are correct then you won't be alone!" he said.

Fluttershy looked at his eyes, she can tell he's worried about her and Rainbow Dash. She smiled and turn to GoldHeart, the wind blew harder towards her then she realized something. "Wait now I know what you meant about having the advantage, you're using the wind to help your traps" said Fluttershy, GoldHeart nodded "I'm an honest man I can tell you that, this field is littered with booby traps, you'll be safe in the sky but it will be impossible for you to charge against me" he said.

"So we have to fight without getting close to you?" said Rainbow Dash as she struggles to get out of the net. GoldHeart nodded "If you can, it'll be hard but I'm sure you'll figure it out. Everybody has a brain, it depends how the person use it" he said. Sin turn his head to him "Funny that sounds like something a teacher would say", GoldHeart chuckled "Yes but I invented it and they stole it from me".

"Really?" he asked.

"Yes funny story actually I was-"

"Oh who cares?" shouted Rainbow Dash as she finally managed to get the rope off. She flew back next to Fluttershy and caught sight of the others behind them, "Hey they arrived!" she shouted with hope. Spike was front of them and waved at the two ponies "Hey Sin we're here to rescue you-whoa!" he shouted as he stepped in a pile of leaves triggering an explosion underneath him. The group stopped and watched him flew towards the wagon next to Sin then crashed.

"My hero..." said Sin.

Twilight watched her footing then looked at Sin, he smiled at her warmly like he's telling her not to worry. Twilight smiled back at him then turn to face GoldHeart "Okay so can anybody fill me in?" said Twilight, Fluttershy nodded "He has this place trapped and he's using the wind's direction to amplify his strategy". "Is that so? He must be really smart to pull it off, but we already took the other two down! So it'll probably be easy for us!" said Applejack, Twilight shook her head "No I can tell he's going to be hard to beat, he's so calm and laid back I don't think it'll be easy for us".

GoldHeart sighed and sat down on the grass "I'd say take your time but I'm afraid the king will arrive here in a half hour" he said, Sin and the rest of the ponies gasped. Rarity looked at him with doubt "What? Weren't you taking Sin to his kingdom? How could the king knew without any communications?" she asked, GoldHeart looked shrugged "It's a guess really, before we left the kingdom we heard that one of the guards found a ancient underground tomb of the four gods. I assumed that he would left the kingdom and look for it himself but he must've already found one of the items gone and assumed whoever took it went south to here. I happened to witness a pony threw an object in the lake like he doesn't want anybody to find it, after realizing what it was that's why I assumed why the king might be here".

All the ponies stared at him in shock, Pinkie Pie winced as the pain from her head bothered her from all that explanation. Twilight looked impressed by her expression "Wow! You must read alot of books Mr. GoldHeart"

"Now's not the time to compliment him Twilight, boy she sure do have a thing for books. Maybe I should own a library and give her unlimited time for her to enjoy herself...wait what am I thinking? And why must she be so cute! Curse this thought bubble!" thought Sin as he shake his head. GoldHeart sighed "I guess I'll have to get serious now, we burn quite some time" he said. He took off his hat by jerking his head up for it to fly then catch it with his teeth. He threw it as soon as the wind blew hard against making it go faster, blades popped out of the hat and spun towards them.

Twilight and the others dodged out of the way, she stood in shock seeing the blades expanded into a deadly frisbee. As the hat flew past them it suddenly cut through a tree then fell to the ground. The force shook the ground then one by one explosions popped out of nowhere from left to right causing a huge chain reaction around the group. The ground crumbled by the impact then gave way below the group and revealed a huge hole. All of them screamed as they fell into it, Sin looked worried but GoldHeart nodded at him "Don't worry, I keep my promises like my bargains. They'll be okay" he said.

Laughter rose behind, GoldHeart hesitated then looked behind him and saw a large group of ponies all claded in black armor. Sin turn too and spotted a lamb in the group (which was weird to him) and a tall black unicorn pegasus with silver hair and red crimson eyes. Sin don't know why but something about him really irritates him like running into a high school jerk, the pony smiled at him "Hello fugitive, My name is Grim but you shall call me King".

"Dang it, I didn't think that he would've be here already!" muttered GoldHeart, the King smiled at him "Thank you bounty hunter, judging by the absence of your friends I'm guessing that they'll need medical attention. I'll give full health insurance, no charge. Now if you could leave Sin here I'd be much oblige. Here's your payment now if you excuse me-" the king said before he was interrupted by the lamb. "He has it" said the lamb, the king stopped then smiled at GoldHeart "You have it? I see, you certainly made my day! You'll definitely get a bonus for that!" the king exclaimed happily.

GoldHeart nodded "Here you go my lord" he said as pulled out a square object with a pony's head carved on it, he gestured for the king to walk over and take it. The King walked toward then stepped on a pressure plate, suddenly chains popped out wrapped around the King and pulled him down. The ground around broke and revealed two massive boulders tied to the chains below him, the king growled at him "Traitor!".

GoldHeart smiled "You know my business, I don't kill for a living. Giving this pony to you might as well be known as murder" he said, the king struggled then stopped. He looked up then smiled maliciously at him "Fine then, your check will be deducted. Here's your payment" said the king, suddenly veins popped out of his head around the eyes as they changed shape. GoldHeart made eye contact then suddenly appeared in a empty black space.

"What is this?" he cried.

This is my latest ability, it grabs your mind and placed it in a world Death calls Hell. In here you'll get a glimpse of the horrors it holds so terrifying your mind will be in total wreck.

Images flashed around GoldHeart he screamed in pain feeling the punishments of everything sinners would have to go through, outside in reality Sin looked at him staring into an empty space with no emotion or breathing. The king barked orders "GET THE SEAL!" he shouted, Sin quickly ran and grab the seal in front of GoldHeart and ran passed the hole. "Sin!" shouted Twilight, Sin stopped and remembered "No! I can't leave them, he'll kill them!".

The guards ran toward Sin with blades drawn and charged, Sin jump and dodge automatically by instinct and jumped over them. He kicked one of them and grab his blade and fended off the attackers, he was strong and quick but there was too many of them. "Now be a good time to go psycho..." he muttered as he quickly dodged one of the but he yelped in pain as one of the guards slashed his leg with the sword. He jumped back and limped as he backed away from them, Twilight shouted Sin's name in fear "SIN!".

"It's no good..." he said, he closed his eyes then suddenly heard static noises. He opened his eyes and all the guards in front of him are paralyzed with blue electricity crackling around them. Sin looked behind him and spotted a pony in gold armor a few feet away from him and gasped "Kirin...? . He looked up and spotted a dark cloud over the guards, a head popped out revealing Rainbow Dash. She looked at Kirin, he nodded with a smile at her. Sin could've sworn that Rainbow Dash's face was red until she poked her head back in and pushed the cloud away.

The King growled then turn to whatever's left of his guards, there's only four of them then he looked at the lamb and had an idea. "You! They say that your strength is legendary! Get the seal from them!" he shouted, the lamb look down at him "Has thou shall accepts the consequences of the rise?" it asked. The King nodded "Yes, whatever happens I'll accept no matter what" he said with a smile. The lamb nodded, suddenly he disappeared in a blur then reappeared in front of Sin and kicked him away. Sin cried in pain and let go of the seal and fell into the hole, Twilight ran to catch him as he fell.

Sin groaned in pain and look at Twilight's face "I'm sorry...for everything I've-".

"Shut up! I know you didn't mean to Sin" said Twilight, the ground below them rised up to the surface by the lamb's magic. Sin looked around at the other ponies, Twilight and Rainbow Dash seems to be the only ones that wasn't hurt by the fall. He looks at Kirin as he's trying to fight the lamb but it was too fast and kicked the lance out of his mouth. The lamb jumped and did a barrel roll while carrying a rock shard with his magic and slammed it on Kirin.

The lamb defeated both of them without even breaking a sweat, the chains on the King snapped by the lamb's magic. He stood up and craned his neck, he jumped over the gap and push GoldHeart's body to the ground. "Looks like you've been outsmarted GoldHeart, it's been fun but I got a god to invite to this world" he said to him then walk towards the lamb. He whistled at the guards and they immediately went inside the carriage and pull out a unicorn.

He looked at Sin and gasped "It's you! I knew it you would help us, I just knew" he said then coughed out blood. Sin and Twilight stared at him "What are you doing to him!" shouted Sin, the king smiled "Every reward comes with a sacrifice, and every sacrifice comes with a reward" said the king.

The lamb spoke ancient words as he rested it on the pony's head, he smiles at Sin "Don't worry, as long as you live we'll never lose" he said. Suddenly he screamed in pain as red and black aura leaks out of the seal into the pony's head. The sky darkens as the air became thick and dry, Sin watched in horror as the pony screamed in unbelievable pain as the king laughed "Finally! After years of finding! The gods will make me the King of All Equestria and a their eternal servant!".

A column of red and black fire engulfed the pony, causing a impact blowing them away. Twilight screamed as she was blown away, Sin grabbed her and hold her tight as they both landed on the ground in pain. The King looked up as the column formed a face with fire as it's eyes, it looks at him then spoke.

Come and see

That's it for now! I was in starbucks writing this story and man I have got to tell you it totally set the mood right, in the next chapter witness a battle between a god and a war leader. Also there'll be song at the end of it, forgot what it's call but I'll definitely get it. Plus after the next chapter there'll definitely be more TwilightXOC time. Stay tune my fans :)

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