A bird flies down to the bars of a Dungeon window; quietly it sits on the cement opening, staring through the bars into a dark chamber barely lit with the light of the rising sun. There in a still form lay a Pegasus, slowly waking from his nightly slumber. The bird stares at him. Taking no heed to the fact that he is still in a state of sleep, the bird begins to tweet a melody, taking him out of his sleep faster then his natural cycle.

The pegasus begins to stir, taking in a deep breath, and exhaling, then yawning. He realises that he is awake. *Yawn* “Oh… It was just another dream.”

The Pegasus stood up, hearing the sad reality that was the same as every other time he would stand up after having his dreams; the sound of an iron chain rattling around the ring which covered his wings preventing him from flying.

“I guess I shall never again be free. To be stuck in this wretched dungeon for eternity just because I refuse to join the, “Equestrian Liberation Front” or, ”E.L.F” as they prefer to be called. They seized control of my home, my village. They imprisoned all of those who resisted to join their conquest to overthrow the tyrant of Equestria.”

He looked up towards the direction of the window to see the bird that had landed on the window moments ago. He stared at it, and it stared at him. Silently they just stood there, watching one another, the Pegasus; feeling rage and sorrow building inside of him, hearing the deafening sound of silence.

Much time passed as the two stared at each other, until Venture could take it no more and spoke his mind. “Look at you, you’re able to fly freely whenever you please and go wherever your heart desires, able to sing your sweet melodies as loud as you want, whilst I lay here in this dungeon, my wings bound to my body by this cursed metal ring, chained to the floor…” His eyes began to water, and his voice shaky as he starts to shout at the bird, “Day after day I lay here for hours, only leaving for an hour to be escorted to a room to be fed horrible food not fit for anypony to eat! What have I done? All I did was refuse to stand up against the ruler of Equestria! All I…”

“Quiet in there!” Two pegasi walk up to the iron-barred door, both dressed in gleaming steel armour and a beautifully decorated sword hilt strapped to their backs. One begins to open the iron door as the other draws his sword.

“Stand still and don’t move until spoken to. Doing so will forfeit your chance of getting your food for the day!”

The Pegasus walked over to Venture, and began to unlock the metal ring that constrained his wings.

“Now, you know the drill. Follow us quiet-like and we won’t harm you. Make a noise and you will be beaten then thrown back into your cage. Now get moving!”

The captive began to slowly walk towards the door, one of the guards behind him whilst the other waited at the entrance. Slowly they walked out of cell into the long and dimly torch lit hallway, then proceeded towards the eating chamber.

End Pilot Chapter-1