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// Unpunctual Guests  Second part 
// Story: Ainz Ooal Gown in Equestria 
// by zakan 
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To say that Tempest was upset would be an understatement, she was furious, and the sparks on her horn were an indicator for everyone around her, however, Grubber did not seem to care or not notice.

"Boss, we have a coastal city in sight!"

"It's about time! Almost 24 hours have passed since we started the chase! Can the train be located?"

"Yes, it is at the station."

"Excellent, secure it before that anything else, and I don't need to tell you what will happen to you if they escape again!"

With an alarmed face, Grubber sprang into action, giving instructions to the soldiers; as soon as the ship was within interception distance of the train, the gorillas jumped on it and secured it together with the conductor and its helper, after that, the commander came down finally and obtained information, but it was not what she expected to get.

"Now, both of you are going to answer all my questions." -Said the unicorn, with a threatening voice as sparks flew from her broken horn- 

Taking a look around, the ponies decided that they should cooperate, they nodded hastily, after all, there was no way they would defeat fifteen gorillas on their own.

"First you are going to tell me how fast this train is!" -The one who answered was Swift Ride-

* Glup * "We don't know."

"How the heck would you not know?! You were driving it!"

"W-well, we don't know, because it doesn't differ much from a normal train, I just know that it has something to do with a design invented by Mr. Mo-"

"Enough! We'll take care of that later, now tell me, where's the princess?!"

This was what I was waiting for, I will disorient them, I will make them lose at least two days, that will help the princess a lot.

Swift Ride was sure he could still help ... at least until Burning Ground opened his mouth, as he drew in a breath to speak.

"She went south across the plains."

"Moron!" -being immediately reprimanded by the driver-

"I'm sorry I can not avoid it!"

The unicorn allowed herself a small smile at this pair of idiots.

"You six, take this train back to Canterlot, and put these two with the rest, when we get back I'll ask you more questions… personally."

The commander said the last word, while sparks came out of his horn, she was already in a better mood, now that knew where to look for, to the south of the plains there was only one small town, and it was a nest of corruption, it would be easy to find them.





Twilight was exhausted, and the desert heat was overwhelming, which did not make it any easier to bear, just a short time ago they had avoided death, they had collapsed in the desert sand, but they managed to wake up and move on by the mere heaven's grace, but they were already reaching their limit again.

"The sand * huf *… is * huf * all over * huf * my everyplace."

The cheerful Pinkie Pie, was not far from the alicorn, when tripping over a skull, probably a griffin, squeezed the last of her mind.

"* Huf *… I must, * huf *… save, * huf *… Equestria, * huf *…" * Cloc *

A solid sound, as if its hoof had struck an empty coconut shell, caught her eye and lifted the offending object on his hooves.

"Uuuuuu, maybe he can tell us where to go!… What are you saying? Lost ?!, Hahahahahaha, Juhg Juhg -she trow away the skull- cough cough cough"

Suddenly she tense as when she was very excited while laughing.

"Hajijijijij"

But with a face more suitable for a lunatic, then she fell and deflated.

* Plof * * Prfffffffft * -Face in the sand-

The next to give up was Spike, who fell to his knees and expressed his despair.

* Plof * "Huuhuu, and if we are going in circles?, infinite sand, nothing for kilometers but sand and this rock, and this road."

The young dragon fell on his belly to the ground, totally exhausted.

"This path."

And it was this second time that Twilight managed to catch what he said.

"This road? Where there is a road, there is a... WOW."

"What the buck are you talking about?" -Said the polychromatic haired pegasus-

So she approached the top of the dune, and could see what had caught the attention of the princess at the front; hearing the words of the Pegasus, Pinkie jumped again to be attentive as if it were a freed spring that was compressed before.

"Uuuuuh, a city, we are making it girls!"

"A city! You know what they say, where there is a city, there is a Spa!" -Rarity said, shaking her tousled mane with a hoof as she spoke-

They were all talking as they headed into town, but AJ couldn't let the dressmaker's comment go by.

"A' dont want t'a be a party popper, but should 'a remind you tha' we're trying to sa'e Equestria?"

"I can be a multitasker, you know?"

With these last words from the dressmaker, they all continued towards the city.

Upon entering the city, they were greeted by an atmosphere they were not used to, as soon as they put a hoof in the city, an aggressive vibe hit them in the face, in short, this place screamed at the top of its lungs 'Danger', it First of what they realized, was that in this place there were no quadrupeds, almost all had reptilian or amphibian features, there were even some orc-like creatures, on the way they came across a creature that was similar to a turtle, that was loading barrels onto a cart and failing miserably, the princess approached to help, levitating the barrels and arranging them vertically so they wouldn't roll.

"Let me help you."

"Uhu? Claws off the product! Get out of here!"

But all she got was insults, slightly scared and quite surprised by the fuss, she reunited with the others immediately.

"Girls, I think it would be best not to attract too much attention in this place if-"

But her explanation was interrupted by a face that expressed concern, anger, and disbelief, all at the same time, the cause of this reaction was none other than Pinkie Pie.

*HUUUuuuuggghhh*

"Excuuuuuuse meeeeeee, is thereeeeeee somebody hereeeeeee that can guide uuuuuuuuus to the hippooooooos queeeeeeeeen?"

She had separated from the group and started yelling at the intersection of two main streets.

Ever since Twilight had tried to help the turtle, an Abyssinian who was seeng it all from the sidelines near a stall, began to follow the ponies with his eyes, his fur was a creamy brown color, his eyes an emerald green color, they reflected His intelligence and on his head, was a slightly long hair, of a deep ash purple color, he was dressed in a scarlet coat, with edges and ornaments in vibrant yellow, crowned with golden buttons, it was something that would not be strange To see in an aristocrat, however, only one word could describe the coat and it was 'trash', it was torn in multiple parts, it looked more like a rag, so it did not attract the attention of anyone in the city.

"If you want something, offer something in return!" -told an angry amphibian-

When she heard these words, Pinkie jumped into the amphibious creature's outstretched arms.

"How about a hug from a cute pony?" -The creature growled slightly and released the pink pony-

"Bha"

But the party pony moved quickly, clinging to a lizard's neck.

"How about this comb I've never used?" -she said as held a comb with a tangled strand of pink hair in his hoof, and immediately afterward changed to a turtle-man neck.

"How about a picture of my sister Maud?" -she said while holding the said image in view, his next target was something similar to an orc, which carried on its back a kind of cage backpack.

"A peppermint? Seriously friend, help me help you." -she tried to convince him with a stressed voice-

The response was immediate.

*BRUUUUP*

A burp to his face, which made her turn green and fall to the ground.

The rest approached nervously, and the princess, speaking softly at the attention they were attracting, scolded the party pony.

"Pinkie! I think it's not a good idea for us to attract so much attention in this place."

"Easy Twilight, I know what I'm doing!" -the pink pony answered him unceremoniously-

Those most attentive to detail or sensitive to danger, such as Fluttershy or Rarity, could have sworn to see bright eyes in their shadow or have heard a cold, sinister laugh in a barely perceptible tone during a fraction of second.

"How much for the giant gecko?!" -asked one that looked like a deep sea fish-

"Who are you calling a gecko!" -the little dragon said annoyed, but he was stopped by Twilight before he advanced-

"Um, sorry, but Spike is not for sale."

"I'll give you two storm tickets for that purple mane!" -a reptilian female said, provoking Rarity's outrage-

"Excuse me? Just two! Of course not! My mane is worth much more than that!"

Said the dressmaker, causing incredulous looks from the rest of the group directed towards her, and a 'Hu' from the alicorn, after that the creatures began to surround them while shouting their intentions.

"I want the pink one!" -said an amphibian-

"I want the blue one!" -yelled a draconian-looking one-

"No, I want the blue one!" -yelled an amphibian-

"I want that lizard!" -yelled one that looked like a lizard man-

"I accept your sister's photo!" -shouted a voice of doubtful sex-

"I want all seven for my collection!" -A female lizard yelled-

The demons in the mares shadows were practically savoring the blood they would spill, but the feline that had been staring at them earlier spoiled the party, leaping between the stalking crowd and the ponies that had been walking slowly in reverse towards a wall.

"Back off, don't come any closer, you are in grave danger!"

"Stay out of our business." -Multiple voices answered in the crowd-

"You don't see it! Those colors are not normal, they are infected with coloritis pastelus."

This statement won exclamations of surprise among those present.

*GASP*

"Hey you, 'listen to me well, that-"

Applejack was about to protest, but the feline covered her mouth with her tail as he passed her by pretending not to have heard her, he approached the amphibian with whom Pinkie spoke first and spoke to him as if he were whispering, but with enough volume so that everyone around they will listen.

"They have coloritis, and it is contagious."

He said as he put an arm on the shoulder of a turtle man, and discreetly, using his tail, he applied some purple juice from a strange fruit that had been stepped on previously, to the amphibian next to it from the back.

"But you can rest easy, as long as you don't start to get purple spots on your skin."

As he said this, he moved slightly pulling the turtle man, to expose the spots on the amphibian, when this last saw them, screamed alarmed.

"Aaaarg, nonononono, aaaaa!"

Turning his gaze to the feline, the amphibian asked.

"Oh no, what do I do now?"

"Enjoy the rest of your life ... and be careful where you put your hands, because some parts may fall off."

That was the straw that spilled the glass, everyone who was around, fled, with this show of skill and control, the cat impressed Rainbow Dash.

"Well, that's it."

"That… was… Great, you're great!"

"And lovely!, Ahaha haha." -Added Rarity with the grace of a lady-

The stranger, bowing, introduced himself in his silky, soothing voice.

"Capper they call me, and because of my charm, they love me."

He straightened up, adjusted his coat, and then continued.

"Now to the hippos."

The party pony had a smile from ear to ear, literally, after all, she had achieved her purpose, unfortunately, that smile did not last long on her face thanks to the intervention of Twilight, otherwise, it would have been disturbing, the princess stopped her and Covering the faces of both with one of his wings so that the feline would not listen, she commented on his concerns.

"Pinkie, we can't trust him just like that."

"Do not worry everything will be fine."

Everyone was happy to have gotten help, the only exceptions were the princess of friendship, who still had her reservations about the cat, and her assistant, who was upset that the cat had managed to 'charm' Rarity.

Shortly after they were walking in silence, Capper gave them a look and asked:

"A fairly long journey awaits you, and you already look quite tired, wouldn't you prefer to take a break first to regain strength? If you like, I can offer you my humble abode."

"You don't know how much we would appreciate it, to tell the truth, we are completely exhausted!" -said the dressmaker, fanning herself a little with a helmet-

"All of you really look exhausted, haven't by chance tried something stupid, right?"

"Hey, what are you implying?!" -Said Rainbow offended-

"Wow wow wow, take it easy, it's a little local joke to make fun of idiots trying to cross the desert on foot, but you guys seem like a smart bunch, I doubt you were doing such a risky stupid thing, right?"

After a little awkward silence, Capper stopped and turned to look at the mares, their pained, embarrassed, and/or nervous faces telling him everything he needed to know.

"Noooo, are you serious or are you kidding me?"

He was surprised, after all, even on a normal day, it was impossible to cross it on foot during the day.

"You're kidding, right? It's almost 24 continuous hours of sunshine, right now the desert is worse than a sauna for anything with hair, and an oven for anyone without it!"

Pinkie, who was the only one with no signs of shame on her face, answered for everyone.

"Yeperoni, we just came from the other side of the desert."

Wow, just wow, how come they are still standing? Normally that desert is difficult to cross, but at this moment, and with how long the sun has lasted in the sky, it is impossible!

"To tell the truth, for a moment we collapsed, when we were almost reaching the village, fortunately, we managed to get back on our hooves."

The princess replied with an embarrassed expression on her face.

Wow, if what they say is true, I can use them to pay off my debt to the mole.

After a few minutes, they reached their destination, a kind of windmill, which had the back embedded to the rock, almost to the top, when entering, Rarity was the first to speak when she saw the place.
"Welcome to my humble abode."

"Ooou, it has a baroque-vagabond style."

"Come in, come in, make yourself comfortable."

"Uuuuu, it has a lot of fragile things." -Said the party pony-

"Well, yes, it's one of my hobbies, rest, for the time being, I'll go see if I can find something decent for a snack."
Without waiting for an answer, the feline exited through the door leading from the upper level to the rock plateau at the back of the mill, after all, they were in the highest room of the mill.

"Don't- *Slam* worry… he's already gone."

After the alicorn tried to stop him without success, all the mares began to browse the gadgets that littered the room, Rainbow inspected what was hanging, Fluttershy curled up on an armchair, Rarity inspected the crafts, Pinkie looked at a little of everything, while AJ and Spike were content to take a seat and relax, as for Twilight, she was browsing the items on display, when she finished, she focused her attention on the books, and one caught her attention, it was red, with ornaments and borders gold and had on the cover, something that looked like an engraving on a map.

When she was flipping through the book, Capper came back.

"Unfortunately, there was nothing good, but I brought you some water to quench your thirst."

Just as the feline reached out to reach glasses that were on a shelf, one of its arms was stretched to the side by an aura of a light blue-whitish color, an instant later, needle and thread were moving quickly over the unstitched area. of the sleeve repairing it on the spot, and then the lapels of his coat were pulled to receive two brass buttons that were fixed in the same way, attracting the gaze of the feline to the one who made said reparations to his coat.

"Huh?"

"This is all I can do at the moment, if we were at home, I could do something much greater."

"What is the catch?"

"There is no catch, it is simply a way of thanking you for all that you are doing for us." -The dressmaker finished-

"Don't worry, you don't have to be so thankful ..." -said the Abyssinian as he continued where he left off the subject of the cups-

"By the way, why does it have to be the queen of the hippos, can't it be someone else? I'm sure there must be more options, right?"

"That is not so, to tell the truth, we were wrong."

Twilight approached the center table and placed the book that was suspended in her magic, open on the central map.

"We were looking for the wrong queen, it wasn't the queen of the hippos, but the hippogriffs, see, part eagle part equine."

"You see, there is a problem" - Capper intervened - "nobody knows where they are" -said with a voice that augured mystery while moving his claws accentuating it-

"It literally says here that they are on Mount Aris." -Twilight said with a frown-

"You mean, the mountain that can be seen through the window?" -spoke cheerfully Pinkie Pie without denoting what her words meant-

"Hehe, the images may be less mountainous than they appear, also, you will need transportation, not all of you can fly, it will be impossible for you to get there otherwise."





Tempest Sadow, Grubber, and a few gorillas were walking down the main street of Klugetown, destroying stalls in their wake.

"Tell me, boss, do you think they managed to get here? That desert didn't look easy at all."

The unicorn took a couple of deep breaths and then turned her gaze to a barrel of rubble, on which, among some pieces of wood, were long and curly pink hair.

"I am sure of it." -said when she saw the hair-

She went to the center of the street and continued speaking aloud.

"Attention, a little purple pony passed by here, tell me where it is, or very ugly things will happen."

A fairly large amphibian, with yellowish fangs protruding from its mouth, which has clear discontent on its face, began to scream.

"I don't know what kind of scam Capper, you and your friends are planning."

"Friends, did you say?" -Asked with some incredulity in a low voice the commander-

"But we won't  be fooled again!" -the amphibian finished when he was already at face to face with the pony, trying to intimidate her-

Something that failed miserably.

Moving with extreme agility, Tempest turned on one of its front hooves and using the rear hooves it swept, knocking the creature down, after which it used its magic to catapult itself along with the creature in the air, making it a spin. and then breaking the movement and throwing it against the ground, she finally landed on the creature and while charging magic on its broken horn until enough sparks fly, he said:

"Now, you're going to tell me who Capper is and where he took the ponies." -she spoke with a friendly tone that did not match the pony's actions-

After the amphibian released all the soup, the group headed towards the mill, as their ship had landed in the upper part, their path took them back the way they had arrived, they approached the mill from the rear that hit with the plateau, outside it was a large cage and some thugs, the door of the mill was open, there was only one explanation.

"It seems that someone is trying to snatch our prize, Grubber-" -said the commander with disdain-

"ARE YOU SELLING US?!"

A scream that came from inside, interrupted her orders and brought a smile to her, as she reached the door ordered her assistant to take care of the thugs that were outside.

"Mhahahaha, what stupid ponies, trusting a stranger, a very, very bad idea."





"Luckily for you, I can get you a ride." -Said the feline trying to calm the spirits of his' guests'-

The door the Abissnian had previously entered through swung open.

* TUCK *

"Alright Capper Dapperpaws, here's Berto, those ponies better be able to shoot lightning bolts through their eyes, if they're going to pay for your debt, I brought the big cage, let's load them!"

Everyone present was stunned by surprise, except for Rarity, who had more anger than surprise in her, but it quickly vanished when she heard a familiar voice.

"ARE YOU SELLING US?!"

"I knew it!, let's get out of here!"

"Mhahahaha, what stupid ponies, trusting a stranger, a very, very bad idea."

All eyes turned to the gate of the mill.

"A big mistake, a ... very ... serious ..."

"Error." -finished Grubber for the unicorn-

The cherry-colored pony was standing at the door, next to her was her assistant and on the outside, two gorillas were peeking inside.

Berto the mole, dressed in a suit and a top hat, turned to see who was speaking behind him.

"My, my, what do we have here." -He said while taking Tempest's cheeks between his claws-

"With that broken horn and that scowl, what can you do?"

The pony was not very calm, after all, she was starting to run out of time, so she simply charged her horn and shocked the mole, until it passed out.

"Okay, now, what were we on?" -said the commander, focusing her attention again on the room-

"Quick, now, now!" -said the alicorn in a hurry-

As Twilight had the map floating in her magic and was about to exit through the window facing the front of the mill, their gazes briefly met, Tempest in slight surprise and Twilight in concern, just before the latter flew out the window.

"What are you waiting for? Go after them!" -Said the commander to the gorillas, who rushed to the window-

On the outside, everyone except Rainbow and Twilight was hanging from one of the propellers of the mill, seeing that they were moving away, the gorilla stopped the next propeller and tried to push it in the opposite direction, but the two in the air reacted quickly, countering it and they began to struggle.

After a moment of the struggle, one of the Hanzo's took advantage of the first blind spot that was formed to quickly hit the union of the stem and the propeller, cutting it off, when the resistance disappeared suddenly, the gorilla lost its grip and the propeller turned. hitting him in the face.

Outside the reactions were immediate.

"Wooohoooaa" the speedster yelled in surprise.

"""AAaaaaahh""" -the princes, the dressmaker Fluttershy and Spike yelled in surprise and fear at the same time-

"Jijihahahaha, Wuuhuu" -Pinkie Pie yelled excitedly-

"Woooha, daaaaaahaaarnit, woowo" -the farmer yelled with concern-

The propeller bounced several times when it touched the ground, rising almost 10 meters in the air with each bounce, while everyone firmly clung to the blade in which they had hung, the ones that had been flying, were also clinging, the movement was very fast and if they let go they would be hit by the blade behind them.

The propeller bounced three times, destroying everything in its path of everything that protruded, heavy debris or objects that could cause fatal injuries, were redirected or completely taken out of the way by the [Shadow demons].

When they rose for the third time, their guardians had had enough and threw them towards the nearby buildings, they fell in front, on the wooden scaffolding that protruded from the buildings, with the adrenaline of the moment, they recovered and kept running immediately.

"""""Ooofff!"""""

"Where?" -Rarity yelled as the propeller followed them tearing up the path behind them-

Twilight who was on the side of the group with Spike on her back, frantically turned around until she located her destination.

"Over there, to the launch pad!"





Inside the mill, when the gorilla fell knocked back, Tempest could not believe it, she quickly looked out the window and was speechless, the ponies were bouncing along with the propeller, after a couple of bounces, they were spat out of it, and they kept running, when she lost sight of them got inside again.

"We go back to the ship, bring in the idiot and the jester." -The unicorn said annoyed while pointing to the passed out and Capper respectively-

"At your orders boss, you bring the fainted and you the buffoon." -The helper ordered two of the gorillas-

Once on the takeoff ramp, the gorillas threw the cat in front of Tempest.

"Ooffh, come on, there's no need for so much violence," -Capper said as he got up and shook himself-

"Now, you! You are going to tell me where the princess and the rest are going."

"But of course, there is no problem."

When the feline was about to say that they were heading to Mount Aris, he raised his left paw and remembered what Rarity had said and done as a simple thank you, he looked down and saw the golden buttons, they were the first creatures that had done something kind for him, his face contorted a little while he remembered who had destroyed his home and from the shame of what he was about to do, and he changed his choice.

"They left for the east, they were looking for the queen of the hippos… well, it was a pleasure to be able to be of use to his majesty." -He said as he bowed and started to retreat-

"But if you will allow me, I have a lot to do." *Weaarrghh*

Two gorillas blocked his path, and Tempest spoke to him.

"When I have my princess ... until then, your fate is rather ... unclear, secure him, we will leave immediately!"

The M6s were already on board the ship that had just taken off, they had managed to reach it just barely, when they reached the dock, the ship was already sailing, but Dash went ahead and took a long rope that hung from the ship with its snout.

"Quick, hurry up!"

As soon as it was taut, Rarity Applejack and Spike walked on the rope, while she used all her strength to keep it taut.

"D-don't look, down, d-dont"

"What in tarnation... come on, hurry up!" -Said AJ hurrying the unicorn while pushing her with his head-

Flying just above them was Fluttershy, and just behind them Spike followed, when all them were midway out of the flight deck, Pinkie caught up with them and took a big jump on the rope, causing the speedster to lose her stability and dragging her; fortunately, the others reacted in time and held onto the rope, unfortunately, the party pony did not have the same luck and began to fall into the void.

"AAAaaaaaaaaahhh!"

"Pinkie!"

Twilight who was running right behind, seeing it jumped immediately to help her, was she so focused on catching up with her falling friend that she did not notice the fact that more than jumping, she was thrown by the shadow under her hooves;
By launching into the void and intentionally increasing his speed with her wings, managed to reach her just a couple of seconds before they got to know the rocks of the place very closely, the others were thrown to the rear of the ship, thanks to a maneuver of Whip from Rainbow, while Pinkie was carried from the hooves by the alicorn to join the others, where she unceremoniously dropped her onto the deck, collapsing beside her from exhaustion. (Note, Pinkie sounded like a deflated balloon hitting the deck.)

* Huff, huff, huff *

"The best. Plan. Of. Escape. Of history!"

"What?!" -exclaimed Twilight with exasperation-

The princess was about to explode against the party planner, but was interrupted by a rope that tied them both, and pulled them between the load, it was Applejack.

"Shhh, 'e quiet, they 'a close." -Said the element of honesty, almost whispering, they had all swirled next to the wooden boxes that contained the cargo to hide in their shadows-

* Thump, thump, thump * -two crew members approached-

"Hey, did you hear something?" *Crooot*

"Yes, you're right, maybe it's the rats, if we find them, we eat them." *Croot*

"Rats?" -Said with concern and in a low voice the dressmaker-