Chapter 5:
Goblin Attack:
As Wind Whistler flew through the night, she hoped as much as she dared that the source of the sound was not foe, and if it was, that it would not notice them.
'There!' her mind shouted when she saw them. They were some kind of shadowy creatures following the path that she and her friends had been following earlier.
Wind Whistler flew lower to get a better look at them. To her horror, they were goblins from the mountains and they heading right for the ponies' camp. She was about to turn tail and fly back to the camp when they spotted her.
"Look up there!" one f them shouted. Wind Whistler flew even faster in hopes of getting away from them, but their leader had a trick had a little trick up his sleeve. He took out a net and chanted an incantation. The net then, flew towards her with unchallenged speed.
Wind Whistler saw it coming, and tried to duck out of the way, but it was all in vain. It caught up to her with relative ease.
"Aaaahhh!" Wind Whistler cried out when it encircled and trapped her.
It flew back to its master with its prey. It stopped a few feet in front of the goblin leader and waited for instructions.
"So, what have we here?" the leader asked, "A Pastel Pony, no doubt."
"Kill her, kill her! Boil her! Burn her! Cut her to bits! Skin her alive!" some of the others shouted, "We'll have pony mutton again."
"Ha! This lil' pony would hardly make a mouthful if split among us." He replied, "I wanna t' know what a lil' Pastel Pony was doing so afar away from Dream Valley."
Then, he turned back Wind Whistler and said, "You wouldn't have been goin' anywhere's without some company, eh. Tell me, where're yur band be and I might feel a lil' merciful and let you die a lil' quicker than yur band of vermin."
"I am the only one." Wind Whistler replied.
"I may be a goblin, who ain't highly respected, but I be knowing when yur lying." The goblin leader replied.
"Believe me if you will, but I can assure you that if you look, you will find no other ponies around here." Wind Whistler replied.
"You have o' bunch of scallywags further up that there trail, otherwise you would've just tried to escape out o' sight into the darkness of the wood." The goblin leader retorted, pointing down the path. "Take 'er back our lair, net! My boys here will be afollowin' me to the others."
With that, the net took to the air again and vanished into the night. The goblins marched down the path towards the ponies' camp. Wind Whistler hoped that her friends hadn't decided to help her, which would get them caught as well, undoubtedly.
"Where can she be?" Applejack asked, almost panicked.
"I don't know, just keep going." Galaxy answered.
They out of the clearing walking at a fast on the path again, but were ready jump into the bushes if they saw anything coming.
"What if she got caught?" Shady asked, "Maybe we should go back to help her."
"She told us to just get going." Gusty argued, "Besides, what could possibly have happened?"
"Need you ask such a question after facing Tirac, Catrina, Hugarth, and the three witches?" Twilight asked.
"They've been taken care of." Gusty replied, "Plus, these woods are usually safe."
"So was Dream Valley before Exor and his armies came and took over everything." Amber said.
"I've heard that goblins roam these woods." Shady piped in.
"Oh, knock it off, already." Gusty snapped, "Stop thinking of ways for things to go wrong!"
"At least I consider how they might go wrong." Shady muttered under her breath.
They soon came to a fork in the road.
"Get the map out." Galaxy said to Denik.
"Here it is." He replied, producing it from his pocket.
"Okay, lets see." Galaxy said, lighting up her horn, after looking it over for a moment, she said, "We go left."
Meanwhile, a long ways away at the prison where the other ponies were being held prisoner, one pony named Cupcake sat awake in one of the bunks where they were being kept.
She was thinking about the past days and wondered where the few who had escaped were.
She looked around the cabin with disgust. It was God-awful, it was crudely put together with plywood and had holes everywhere. And top of that, flees inhabited every cot and made it impossible for the ponies to get comfortable at nights when it was lights-out. When they finally did to sleep, it was just out of weariness.
There were big stone buildings where their captors would sleep comfortably with warm fires going. Everyday, they would observe as those monsters ate fresh, delicious food and drank cold, fresh water as they ate their rotten, rat-infested hay and drank hot, stale water.
"Damn them." She muttered bitterly, "Damn them! Damn them! Why couldn't they just leave us alone? Because no other evil-doers ever have. We need Megan. We could contact her if just had a way of escape. But how?"
She went over to the little window and looked out at the fence. They had enchanted the wings of the winged-ponies so that they could not escape, but they were unable to take away the unicorns ability to use magic. But, all the unicorns' escape attempts always failed.
Then, a thought hit her. Perhaps the unicorns could use their magic to free the flying-ponies.
What she needed at this point was Moondancer, who also happened to be in the cabin as well.
'Come on, come on. Where are you Moondancer?' she thought to herself as she look around.
"Hey!" a voice came from behind her said.
Cupcake whirled around to see one of those creatures looking in the window.
"What're you doin'?" It asked, "Your supposed to be asleep like the rest your scum."
"I have to go to the restroom." She replied, timidly.
"You were all supposed to do that before lights-out. The door's that way if way." He said pointing to the door, a long ways from where she was heading.
"All right." She replied. Then, began walking towards the door to avoid getting the creature any more suspicious.
'Way to go, nimrod.' She thought to herself, 'Way to go."
Meanwhile, back in the woods. The Galaxy and the rest had given up hope of seeing Wind Whistler again any time soon.
"I say we go back and get her." Gusty said.
"No way." Shady replied, "She told us to get going."
"Whatever we do, we had better do it pretty soon, because I see a group of critters coming up behind us on the trail." Applejack said glancing behind them.
"What?" Galaxy exclaimed, then looked to where Applejack was looking.
"Goblins!" Twilight said, recognizing what the creatures were.
"Into the bushes." Denik hissed.
"Where'll you think we find them ponies?" came a voice from the mysterious group of goblins.
"I be thinkin' we find 'em on th' trail somewheres up ahead." Another said.
"They know we're here, but how?" Shady asked.
"Maybe they captured Wind Whistler and guessed that there's more where she came from, since the notion of her telling them that there's more out here is not likely." Galaxy answered, quietly.
The ponies and Denik watched the goblind come closer in silence. They overheard a good number of things that sounded quite vile.
As the goblins approached, they wondered: Would the goblins notice them, or would the danger pass?
Find out in chapter six.
Goblin Attack:
As Wind Whistler flew through the night, she hoped as much as she dared that the source of the sound was not foe, and if it was, that it would not notice them.
'There!' her mind shouted when she saw them. They were some kind of shadowy creatures following the path that she and her friends had been following earlier.
Wind Whistler flew lower to get a better look at them. To her horror, they were goblins from the mountains and they heading right for the ponies' camp. She was about to turn tail and fly back to the camp when they spotted her.
"Look up there!" one f them shouted. Wind Whistler flew even faster in hopes of getting away from them, but their leader had a trick had a little trick up his sleeve. He took out a net and chanted an incantation. The net then, flew towards her with unchallenged speed.
Wind Whistler saw it coming, and tried to duck out of the way, but it was all in vain. It caught up to her with relative ease.
"Aaaahhh!" Wind Whistler cried out when it encircled and trapped her.
It flew back to its master with its prey. It stopped a few feet in front of the goblin leader and waited for instructions.
"So, what have we here?" the leader asked, "A Pastel Pony, no doubt."
"Kill her, kill her! Boil her! Burn her! Cut her to bits! Skin her alive!" some of the others shouted, "We'll have pony mutton again."
"Ha! This lil' pony would hardly make a mouthful if split among us." He replied, "I wanna t' know what a lil' Pastel Pony was doing so afar away from Dream Valley."
Then, he turned back Wind Whistler and said, "You wouldn't have been goin' anywhere's without some company, eh. Tell me, where're yur band be and I might feel a lil' merciful and let you die a lil' quicker than yur band of vermin."
"I am the only one." Wind Whistler replied.
"I may be a goblin, who ain't highly respected, but I be knowing when yur lying." The goblin leader replied.
"Believe me if you will, but I can assure you that if you look, you will find no other ponies around here." Wind Whistler replied.
"You have o' bunch of scallywags further up that there trail, otherwise you would've just tried to escape out o' sight into the darkness of the wood." The goblin leader retorted, pointing down the path. "Take 'er back our lair, net! My boys here will be afollowin' me to the others."
With that, the net took to the air again and vanished into the night. The goblins marched down the path towards the ponies' camp. Wind Whistler hoped that her friends hadn't decided to help her, which would get them caught as well, undoubtedly.
"Where can she be?" Applejack asked, almost panicked.
"I don't know, just keep going." Galaxy answered.
They out of the clearing walking at a fast on the path again, but were ready jump into the bushes if they saw anything coming.
"What if she got caught?" Shady asked, "Maybe we should go back to help her."
"She told us to just get going." Gusty argued, "Besides, what could possibly have happened?"
"Need you ask such a question after facing Tirac, Catrina, Hugarth, and the three witches?" Twilight asked.
"They've been taken care of." Gusty replied, "Plus, these woods are usually safe."
"So was Dream Valley before Exor and his armies came and took over everything." Amber said.
"I've heard that goblins roam these woods." Shady piped in.
"Oh, knock it off, already." Gusty snapped, "Stop thinking of ways for things to go wrong!"
"At least I consider how they might go wrong." Shady muttered under her breath.
They soon came to a fork in the road.
"Get the map out." Galaxy said to Denik.
"Here it is." He replied, producing it from his pocket.
"Okay, lets see." Galaxy said, lighting up her horn, after looking it over for a moment, she said, "We go left."
Meanwhile, a long ways away at the prison where the other ponies were being held prisoner, one pony named Cupcake sat awake in one of the bunks where they were being kept.
She was thinking about the past days and wondered where the few who had escaped were.
She looked around the cabin with disgust. It was God-awful, it was crudely put together with plywood and had holes everywhere. And top of that, flees inhabited every cot and made it impossible for the ponies to get comfortable at nights when it was lights-out. When they finally did to sleep, it was just out of weariness.
There were big stone buildings where their captors would sleep comfortably with warm fires going. Everyday, they would observe as those monsters ate fresh, delicious food and drank cold, fresh water as they ate their rotten, rat-infested hay and drank hot, stale water.
"Damn them." She muttered bitterly, "Damn them! Damn them! Why couldn't they just leave us alone? Because no other evil-doers ever have. We need Megan. We could contact her if just had a way of escape. But how?"
She went over to the little window and looked out at the fence. They had enchanted the wings of the winged-ponies so that they could not escape, but they were unable to take away the unicorns ability to use magic. But, all the unicorns' escape attempts always failed.
Then, a thought hit her. Perhaps the unicorns could use their magic to free the flying-ponies.
What she needed at this point was Moondancer, who also happened to be in the cabin as well.
'Come on, come on. Where are you Moondancer?' she thought to herself as she look around.
"Hey!" a voice came from behind her said.
Cupcake whirled around to see one of those creatures looking in the window.
"What're you doin'?" It asked, "Your supposed to be asleep like the rest your scum."
"I have to go to the restroom." She replied, timidly.
"You were all supposed to do that before lights-out. The door's that way if way." He said pointing to the door, a long ways from where she was heading.
"All right." She replied. Then, began walking towards the door to avoid getting the creature any more suspicious.
'Way to go, nimrod.' She thought to herself, 'Way to go."
Meanwhile, back in the woods. The Galaxy and the rest had given up hope of seeing Wind Whistler again any time soon.
"I say we go back and get her." Gusty said.
"No way." Shady replied, "She told us to get going."
"Whatever we do, we had better do it pretty soon, because I see a group of critters coming up behind us on the trail." Applejack said glancing behind them.
"What?" Galaxy exclaimed, then looked to where Applejack was looking.
"Goblins!" Twilight said, recognizing what the creatures were.
"Into the bushes." Denik hissed.
"Where'll you think we find them ponies?" came a voice from the mysterious group of goblins.
"I be thinkin' we find 'em on th' trail somewheres up ahead." Another said.
"They know we're here, but how?" Shady asked.
"Maybe they captured Wind Whistler and guessed that there's more where she came from, since the notion of her telling them that there's more out here is not likely." Galaxy answered, quietly.
The ponies and Denik watched the goblind come closer in silence. They overheard a good number of things that sounded quite vile.
As the goblins approached, they wondered: Would the goblins notice them, or would the danger pass?
Find out in chapter six.