The road through Grimfire Canyon, near Taurin’s border wars:

A fearful herd of bison flee Cauldron’s minotaurs,

A frightened herd of farmers, their young calves and their wives

Seek refuge from a warlord who wants more than just their lives

Now Littlepip approaches. “Why do you run?” asks she,

“And who is that pursuing? Whose anger do you flee?

“You are all of Taurin, why seek the NCR?

“Gawd can’t give you protection with her armies stretched too far.”

“Of Gawdyna, we beg her, the shelter of her lands

“Lord Cauldron would enslave us to toil beneath his sands,

“He’d give our calves to hellhounds, our mates to minotaurs

“Chief Grimfire ignores our pleas or has fallen in the wars.”

Now up speaks small Littlepip, “The border is not far,

“But you are all of Taurin, and not the NCR.

“They have their share of battles; no forces can they loan.

“But damned if I will see you left so helpless on your own!”

So forth goes brave Littlepip, and up the canyon side,

Atop Grimfire she waits there, Little Mac at her side,

With Cauldron’s force approaching, she calls out from on high,

“You shall not pass, Lord Cauldron. Nay, I shall not let you by.”

Now only small Littlepip stand blocking Cauldron’s way.

“Now who are you, fool pony, who dares to tell me nay?”

Now up speaks fierce Littlepip, her voice like brittle glass,

“The mare they call Lightbringer, and it’s I you shall not pass.”

Now there stands great Lord Cauldron, behind him bulls with chains.

A pegasus beside him, his facial color drains.

“So you are the Lightbringer? This land is not your home,

“So heed me now Littlepip, and find somewhere else to roam.”

“Turn back, I’ll give you weapons, and I shall give you bits.

“And drugs that make you stronger, faster and quicken your wits.”

Lord Cauldron offered, smiling, “Turn aside, I’ll make it so.

“Just do not interfere here ‘tween me and these buffalo.”

“What need have I of weapons, with Little Mac right here?

“And all the wealth I treasure is sunlight bright and clear.

“Your drugs I really don’t need, you have no idea…

“And I protect ALL helpless not just in Equestria!”

“Let it be, I’ll give you lovers, stallion slaves and mares.

“And I will give you servants who will tend your every cares.

“And I will give you bullets, and name you as a friend,”

“If you but turn aside and leave these poor fools to their end.”

“Homage is my lover; I need no other mare,

“And I am flush with bullets, so you need not worry there.

“Friends I have already, through friendships better made,

“So turn you back, Lord Cauldron, if of me you are afraid.”

Lord Cauldron snorts and gestures. The pegasus flies high,

“Prepare yourself, Littlepip, for now you shall surely die.”

The winged one calls forth monsters, the hellhounds she commands,

And Littlepip’s horn starts to glow as defiantly she stands.

The pegasus flies upwards, making clouds of thundering black.

The hellhounds charge Lightbringer; she strains and holds them back.

The manticores attack now with throwing chains and guns,

And Littlepip cries out in pain, but refuses to run.

The thunderclouds descend now, upon Grimfire Canyon,

They hide the awful battle from the eyes of everyone.

The pegasus shouts triumph, too soon she vents her mirth,

Lightbringer pulls the lightning down and smites her to the earth!

The thunderclouds have lifted, and there on barren ground,

Stands Li’lpip, hurt yet victor, the hellhounds chained and bound.

She looks down on Lord Cauldron, her eyes grow cold and bleak,

“Now I shall give you, Cauldron, all the power that you seek.”

Now Li’lpip frees the hellhounds, and Cauldron screams with fear.

She sets them on the slavers who first had brought them here.

“The slaves shall judge their slavers,” as in Gawdyna’s laws,

They look down on Lord Cauldron and they do not stay their claws.

Littlepip calls the farmers, “Go tell you near and far,

“How thus are dealt all tyrants, not just in NCR.”

Littlepip’s the bane of slavers, their query she defends.

And thus she gained new enemies and thus she saved new friends.