Day 3
This is the third day of my stay here, I now know that this is no longer a dream. I realized that this wasn't a dream when I my dog friend gave me a dead arm this morning at the mess hall, that pain was real and it really bummed me out when it shattered my hope that everything here was all just a lucid dream. Although that this is no longer a dream, I saw plenty of ups and downs for all this crap going on.

Firstly, I can now live the dream that so many people back home can never truly accomplish, have sex with an alien. I can see it now 'Yeah, that's my boy Ian, met a strange new alien life-form...and fucked it. Our homeboy fucked a martian.' And I can say some shit from my world and not be judged too harshly for saying it, I can bring some ideas from home 'toilet paper and pens' and get rich, can give myself some outrageous title to prove my foreignness.

Downside is that there are no humans here so loneliness will settle in soon enough. I might go crazy without my internet, television or porn. No more pizza or noodles, I won't have a chance at starting my own family that is actually related to me by blood...man that just bummed me out even more.

Well, better not keep depressing myself, rather not be like my uncle who is a complete and utter Debby Downer, just have to find a way to turn my frown upside down. And now onto the plan on how to escape this cavern with my treasure and prisoners without losing any blood, limbs or dying!

Firstly I will need to find a way out of this place, it won't do me any good if I can't get out with the prisoners and idol if I can't find the surface in time. Next I will need to get those prisoners out of their cell, I don't know how much time I got to do that let alone if I could even get all of them out before the dogs find out what is going on...maybe a diversion is needed? Getting that idol back is going to be one of the hardest thing there is for me to do besides escaping with it and those that I rescue. Man this is going to suck...

Putting down the quill onto the makeshift table that my friend made for me by carving out a hunk of rock that he dragged in here (still stepping on rock chunks even after kicking most of them to the corners of my room) I leaned back a bit on my rock stool (from the same rock that made my desk) and looked at the wall in front of me I imagined a window to the outside world, imagining trees, rolling green hills, birds, sunlight, hell I even imagined a trainwreck to get a laugh out of me but sadly it wasn't enough.

I needed to get out of here before I lose my goddamn mind.

Moving both my hands through my hair I let out an explosive sigh, I know that if I tried to ask any of the guards here they might think that I am a traitor (which I am...I think?) and put my ass in a prison cell immediately and tell the alpha that I tried to escape. But on the other hand if I asked my buddy he just might be a real pal and lead me up top so I can get some fresh air, an idea of where I am, and also quite possibly be able to make a mad dash out of there if I couldn't do anything that I tried to do and come back with the gryphons if they believe me at all...which I doubt.

Scratching my head I thought of a few scenarios that might happen if I do start my plan to get the treasure, get the prisoners, and get the hell out of dodge.

Scenario 1: I fail epicly and get killed for my failure.
Scenario 2: I fail in an epic manner but instead get kicked out of the cave, and the prisoners get executed for my troubles.
Scenario 3: I manage to steal the idol but couldn't save the prisoners.
Scenario 4: I manage to save the prisoners but the idol is lost to the dogs.
Scenario 5: I somehow manage to steal the idol, save the prisoners, but I die in the process.
Scenario 6: I doubt this will happen but I save everyone, steal the idol, and we all make it out alive.

Man, I am so fucked aren't I? There is just no way in hell I can pull this off!

"Hey! Instructor!" And that is my name that these dogs have given me since they are completely stupid to the highest degree, with the exception of a few rare smarties, most of these dogs are big ol' dumb dumbs.

Rolling my eyes at the sudden disturbance I stood up and closed the journal that I 'acquired' from the dogs earlier today. Apparently they raided a traveling convey of wagons a while ago and they came back with some loot, I took an empty book, ink well and quill for myself and they didn't mind, apparently I get an early pick of the stuff for being close to the alpha. Works for me, now I just wish I get first dibs at food time...getting the crappy parts of the meat sucks.

"Yeah, yeah...I heard you Scrawny." I muttered as I picked myself off the chair and walked over to him, his tail was wagging in a happy manner so I know for a fact that something good happened. Maybe he took my advice yesterday and he finally got laid? Wouldn't that be a change of pace for a change, my advice finally gets someone that isn't me get some ass.

When I left my room and left the door open (still no door so eh) Scrawny (not his name but he is thin for a diamond dog) clasped me on the shoulder before pulling me into a bro-hug (no open palms, just closed fist style hug) before breaking out into a frenzied fast talk.

"Your advice worked!" Scrawny shouted and from the way he is acting he enjoyed himself quite a bit.

"Yes, I can smell that it worked." I said as I as I caught a whiff of something most dank. It confirmed my suspicion when I saw his tail to a lazy wag, an all too easy sign that he got some booty last night.

Apparently I was right about my guess...but come on he could have at the very least cleaned himself up before coming here!

"Dude, you smell, go take a bath." I said and with those words I watched my friend wince ever so slightly but I didn't care, he just hugged me with what is pretty much musky stank sweat and I now smell like him and whoever he had sex with.

God damn it, it is bad enough that my clothes were dirty and started to stink from my own body odor but now it smells like my stank and diamond dog sex sweat! Can my day get any worse than it already is?

Well, apparently it can.

"Sorry...but Alpha wants to see you!" Well that caught my attention, if I remember right then it should be early in the morning.

"For what reason?" I asked as I shuffled my clothes, letting them ruffle around before straightening em out.

"Don't know, he just wants you." Scrawny says, his ears still folded back but for the most part he looks fine.

Now I feel bad for pretty much telling my only friend that he smells bad.

"You know, if you got lucky this time with that girl you like, maybe it will happen again and who knows, maybe one day you will be a father to a litter of pups." Here is hoping my nice words will draw him out of his sad mood and be stuck in happy. Dogs are notorious for their love of being praised.

And naturally, it works, but the downside is that I was starting to imagine him as a father and oh boy do I feel bad for him. Taking care of a single child is hard enough but a litter of pups? He is going to have his work cut out for him.

We were both silent for the rest of our trip to the alpha's room, and when we got there the door was open and before I could step inside out came four diamond dogs. I immediately recognized one of the dogs as Thane but he was being led out of the alpha's room by the first diamond dog that left the room and I saw that it wasn't one of the usual dog guards that protect the room at all times.

No this was a straight up female, if the overly gifted curves, supple booty and breasts was anything to indicate otherwise. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that this particular dog was Thane's mother, this dog looked like a Doberman and for a moment I thought she was going to bark at me cause that is what they do right? They are pretty scary when you are on the receiving end of them due to their sharp teeth and scary as hell growls.

The two accompanying dogs with big momma are two different species of dog, I think one is a poodle and the other a terrier...must be some sort of handmaidens or just assistants for Thane's mother.

Looking at the two smaller dogs I noticed that they appear to be the same size as I am, and seeing how almost every single diamond dog here are either a few inches taller or a head taller than me, these two must be teenagers or their size is based solely on their dog species.

The two dogs in turn looked at me, both moved close enough to each other to whisper something but from where I am I couldn't hear a word they were saying but it was no skin of my nose, not like I cared what they were saying behind my back.

Once those four were gone I walked right into the alpha's room and saw him standing beside a bookcase, and for a moment I thought that he had a fight with his mate or they just argued over something petty. Hopefully this doesn't lead to the termination of my job because I love my job, no matter how short it is. What? I love the fact that I get my own room and that I can get some moderately cooked meat for breakfast and dinner.

"Uh...excuse me? Sir? You okay there?" I asked my employer as I watched him bellow out a ragged sigh before turning around to face me.

"It is nothing Ian, nothing...my mate is simply going through her heat cycle and showed me her displeasure when I couldn't perform my duty when she requested it. Do not worry about it, just focus on teaching my son the ways of the surfacers so that when the time comes there can be peace between my clan and those living on top."

As he says that I pondered what he meant by heat cycle I then thought back to when I had dogs of my own and put two and two together before catching a whiff of something most foul.

You know that moment that you are standing in an elevator with at least six other people, and while it is quiet and all you can hear is breathing, the silence breaks when someone just lets a mean one just rip and after that you for some reason have to take a sniff and it just smells just plain awful. I mean it smells like something died and has been rotting in the sun for days bad.

But for this instance, it wasn't the smell of rotting death bad, no this was the smell of a horny bitch in heat bad. My mind is telling me not to even go there, but my body on the other hand, which shouldn't even be possible because of the species gap between us but there it is, that scent that rolled off her body is giving me mixed signals and my brain is telling me that this would go against the bro-code.

For those of you that doesn't know about the bro-code, simply put you never bang your best bud's girlfriend, never fuck your best friend's wife, and the list goes on and on but it plainly states to never go after another bro's girl. But from what this girl is emitting it is making it hard for me to mentally say no to.

"Well, it could have ended far worse than it did, but this is none of my business so I guess we shall move onto what I shall be doing today." I said as I looked the room over, I know I have seen everything in here, especially with my bloody gold idol just sitting there, staring and taunting at me, but for the moment I have nothing to do as his wife just took his child/ my student out of here.

So does this mean that my lessons for today is cancelled?

"Today friend, you do nothing but prepare yourself for tomorrows lesson." And with that said he excused me by waving me away, but when I barely took a step towards the door to leave his room I felt a strong paw grab me by the shoulder and held me in place.

Unable to move without feeling the alpha squeezing down on my shoulder I stood still and before long I felt him breathing on my right ear and I didn't have wait for a moment before he spoke quietly to me.

"Instructor Ian, if my mate ever approaches you and asks you to sleep with her for the night, do not take that offer. She may be in heat and may be my mate but between the two of us she is stronger than I am and if you are caught by her and I am not around to stop her..."

"I can take a hint, she will throw me to the ground and ride me till either she gets what she wants or until my dick breaks, right?" I said as I shuttered at the thought of being forced upon by my boss's wife. I don't know what is worse though, having my first sexual encounter with an alien under the tag of rape, or being kicked out of this hovel without my prize and prisoners...and get raped for the trouble of refusing her...

Looks like I have to update my objectives to include not getting raped...goody.

Shaking my head and agreeing to what the big dog told me he let me go and I went on my way back to my room for a moment before heading down to the prison cells to have a little chat with the prisoners. Better to know who I am rescuing then to accidentally set loose a serial killer or serial rapist. Can't let that live with my conscious if I set a crazy bastard loose on the local populous.

Walking through the cave is starting to become easier as I take the same routes over and over again, if I knew any better it would be that these dogs have made their home simple and easy to remember, seeing how these dogs aren't the sharpest tools in the tool box.

Entering the prison room I spotted the jailer sitting on a stool facing the prison bars, watching the prisoners inside either sitting there or sleeping on their pile of hay, I watched them for a while before walking toward the jailer.

"Hey, mind taking a break for a while? I'll watch over these ponies till you decide to come back." I said to the jailer who looked up at me and for a moment I thought that he was going to leave but when he snarled at me and took a lazy swing at me with a wooden club I decided to take matters into my own hands.

Grabbing the club by the fat end I yanked it out from the dog's grasp before whacking him across the muzzle with it, blood spurted out from his nose and with a snarl he lunged at me but I only had to step back as he was addled from the blow and fell over onto the floor. Stepping on his back I used my newly acquired wooden club and placed it against his neck as I lightly choked him out as I placed my head behind his and snarled into his ear.

"You listen to me runt, when I tell you to do something you do it. You don't talk back, you don't say no and above all else you don't even dare try and take a swing at me. The next time I tell you to do something you bloody well listen or else the next time to fall asleep you will wake up without your balls!" Snarling into his ear I held him down as I felt his body shiver and shake beneath me, showing this dog that I am above him in rank and station and with another snarl I hoisted him up onto his paws before kicking him in the ass towards the door.

"And if I hear one word of this passing around you will not wake up the next time you shut your eyes! Now go get yourself patched up and stop your whining and shaking!" And with that said and done I watched the quivering prison warden run out of the room on all fours, tail between his legs as he left me alone with the prisoners.

As soon as the dog left me alone I promptly walked over to the door and slammed it shut before sliding the lock in place and with that done I turned around and walked over to the overturned stool and placed it right back where it belongs before sitting down and staring at the prisoners within.

Cracking my knuckles and my neck I straightened myself out before looking at the prisoners, cleared my throat and started to talk to them.

"So, which one of you knows how to write?" I asked the prisoners behind the bars, none of them said a word nor did any of them move beside turning their heads to look at me.

"I guess all of you are illiterate with the exception of the griffon princess because she was taught how to read and write, the minotaur...probably learned but it all depends on his profession." That got their attention immediately as the bat horse that tried to eat me charged at the bars and slammed against them, a hoof poking out trying to claw at me.

It looked adorable cause hooves can't claw. They can be used as blunt weapons, but not sharp, slashy weapons.

The griffon hen looked at me with contempt for a moment before her expression shifted into curiosity as she looked at me, maybe she saw that I was smarter than the other dogs she met, or maybe just trying to find a way to play me like a fiddle so she can escape. For someone who is all prim and proper seemingly looks good for one being stuck in a dark, dank, dirty, all of her feathers are still clean for the most part, her body isn't thinning out or frail-looking...not that I can tell because of all those feathers and fur on her but for the most part she is healthy and fine.

But the minotaur though...looks like he has been stuck down here far longer then the others and I can plainly see that he is on the onset of starvation, might have to do something about that.

"Foolish mutt are you calling us ponies stupid?" The bat pony snapped at me all the while trying to claw at me with hooves.

"No, I am just seeing if any of you knows how to read or write. Apparently you got all butt hurt over me simply asking all of you a question."

Grumbling underneath his breath the bat pony stepped back as I asked again which if any of them could read and write.

"Aye, we can all read and write although for us guards it isn't really needed unless our battle commander issues new edicts by message board or if we need to write a letter to a friend or one of our family that is farther than a days worth of flying." One of the griffon guards said, a big pudgy looking black and white griffon who is currently resting on his side.

The minotaur resting against the far wall grunted a few words out, my guess that he either acknowledge my question or just doesn't give a damn, my money is riding on he just doesn't give a damn.

Before I could ask further I heard the little griffon princess stand up from her surrounding guards, leapt over the pudgy one that was laying between us and stepped up to the bars before stopping right before it.

"I take it you are here to interrogate us now, am I not correct dog?" The she griffon said with an air of dignity and superiority that I have only felt twice in my life, and both of those times was with my girlfriend who owned my ass cause she scared the crap out of me. A good kind of scare might I add, it was scary and arousing...scare-rousing? But this girl...I wouldn't bang her unless I was truly desperate or drunk off my ass, and there is no way in hell I am getting drunk in this land unless I have a drinking buddy that will act as my designated drunk driver or in this world's case, designated carry-my-drunk-ass-home-in-one-piece-and-my-pants-still-on.

"Interrogate? No. Talk to you about offering you a way out of here along with your entourage and the minotaur as well. Yes." I said with a smile slowly growing on my face as I clasped my hands together, fingers interlocking as I stare into her eyes.

"So I take it that you have a plan then?" The royal hen said as I tried to conceal my smile but didn't escape the ever vigilant eyes of the griffoness as her beak slightly curled into a smile, not sure how one can do that with a beak but it doesn't matter now because there is something more important at hand.

"You can say that, your majesty."

"Then let us hear it this so called plan then, dog." Seems like that bat pony still thinks I am one of these diamond dogs, that idiot is gonna have himself an accident if he keeps talking shit to me. Maybe I should piss on his meal next time its feeding time.

"Well, I am still working out the kinks for it, I need to find a tunnel leading out to the surface, make a good enough excuse that the alpha dog will listen to let you all leave your cell, and lastly ensure that I don't get killed in the process." I told the princess griffon my plan in progress, and true to my word those are the three main things that need to happen to ensure they all leave out of here alive and in one piece.

What I didn't tell them is that I need to retrieve the gold idol for the griffons and hopefully I can still get my reward for helping them with both problems at the same time.

I watched as the princess of the griffons moved away from the bars and hummed to herself for a few moments, obviously thinking of what next to say to me, hoping to get me to work for her but I know how royalty works...if my time playing videogames and history class is anything to go by these days.

"Help me with my curiosity if you are able to, dog. Why exactly are you trying to help us escape from this prison cell? You do know who I am, right?"

"Nope, don't know anything about you besides the fact that you are a griffon, you are a female, and that you're a princess. Anything else I should know about you is all up to you but for the time being let us not go too deep into your likes and dislikes, I am on a time table after all. And as to why I am helping you? Because I promised an old griffon up on the mountain that I would come back with something of importance that has gone missing, and your that missing important person." I am lying through my teeth right here, Grandpa Gruff never said anything about the missing griffons nor about the bat pony and minotaur, I just have to pray to whatever god that is willing to listen to my prayer and hope that it works.

The griffon looked away from me and for a moment thought to herself while I started to flip the wooden club around, somewhat juggling it for a few moments before dropping on the floor after it bonked me on the head.

"I have only been gone for a few weeks for my visit with the equestrian royalty and on the day I am to return I get captured...curious, oh so curious...seems like somegriffon within the court finally made their move against me. I wonder who it could have been that wanted me out of the picture...to take the black throne for themselves and reign as the next high king of the griffon kingdoms..." I watched the she-griffon mumble to herself but I clearly heard everything she said as she looked at her the floor.

Seemingly trying to ignore her words I stood up and walked over to the bars before crouching down before the griffon and for a moment I thought that just maybe that it was a bad idea because griffons have sharp claws for their front paws. But instead of having my face clawed or my throat ripped out, I instead had my shirt grabbed by the princess and had my face pressed against the bars as she let out a silent growl at me.

"Who do you serve? Where does your loyalty lie with? Why are you trying to help us when you are working with the same dogs that captured us? How can I trust you to keep your word and set us free?" I let those words tumble in my head and mulled them over.

Who do I truly serve? Well myself for starters because in the end the only one I can truly trust was myself. My loyalty? Well loyalty is such a hard thing to come by since someone's loyalty can easily tilt itself into somebody else's favor at any time.

But why am I helping them? Because I know that sooner or later the griffons up top of the mountain will come down here and come looking for her and her men, and I am doing this because I don't want to be at the end of a chopping block or worse when they get here.

No, I want to be the one to bring her back to her father and hopefully stay the hand of the executioners and also get something out of it on my end. Seeing how I am now stuck in this world of wonder, splendor, mythological creatures and other things that are now real...I am probably going to my mind but I might as well enjoy whatever I can before I go batshit crazy.

Grabbing her talons that are holding my collar, I let my hands grab hers but not in a threatening manner but in a way that they could easily be swept aside, I am submitting to the griffon princess in a gamble that she will see it as me being weak and impressionable.

But this is for my own good, can't live my life to the fullest if I am dead and buried six feet under with nary a tombstone to mark my grave.

"My loyalty lies with those that have earned my respect. You have yet to earn mine but in time, you will have my respect and my loyalty. But for the time being it belongs to the Alpha. Prepare yourself for in a few days my plan will go into motion." And with that said I pried her hands from my collar and stepped away from the bars and reassumed my position on the stool and waited a while before hearing a series of knocks on the heavy metal door.

Standing up from my stool and walking to the door I undid the lock on it to see that it was the guard dog I beaten into submission, his muzzle cleaned up and his ears splayed back, a sign of defeat.

"Good boy, return to your duty and make sure they don't try to escape, if they try to break out, do not stop them, come get me." I said and for a moment he let out a low growl but when I took a step forward he immediately shrunk down and his tail curled between his legs.

"Do you understand what I am telling you." I growled into the dogs ear and for a moment he shuddered before nodding and quickly scurrying around me and sat himself down on the stool.

His fear of me is great, and a useful tool for any future incursions on my behalf.

"Good boy, now resume your duties, do as you are told and you won't have to worry about me cutting your balls off while you sleep." And with that said I left the prison room and walked back to my room, hoping that my little plan is slowly coming to fruition without being found out.

I walked back to my room and found it to be occupied by my dog friend, sleeping on my bed with his armor still on.

This would probably be somewhat an adorable sight if it wasn't for the armor, the fact that he is drooling on my pillow, or the fact that he snores like a damn chainsaw.

Shaking my head in shame I sigh I move over to my table and pulled out my book of plan making and went over my plan to escape this shithole of a cavern lair.

Looking to my left then to my right I pulled open my journal and flipped to the very back page where I kept my plan to escape and looked it over.

1. Gather all of my belongings
2. Make sure the path to the surface is clear of guards
3. Secure the Griffon Gold Idol within my pack
4. Secure the key to the prison cells from the warden
5. Rescue the prisoners from the diamond dogs
5.5 Optional: Secure any and all weapons and give them to the prisoners to defend themselves
6. Lead myself and prisoners on an exodus to the surface
6.5 Optional: Make sure all of them survive
7. Once on the surface make for any cover and hide your scent from the dogs. Survive until first light
8. Get to Griffonstone with all possible speed
9. Survive at all costs

Once I was done looking over my list I quickly scrawled into the bottom one additional piece of vital information.

10. Don't let the griffon princess die!!!

With that said and down I closed the journal and made sure the leather loop is wrapped tightly around it before placing the journal behind the desk for safe keeping.

Tomorrow I will begin to implement my plan to get the hell out of here. I will not spend the rest of my life in a hole in the ground.

I have no excuse for releasing this chapter so late.