//------------------------------// // first impressions // Story: Apocalypse: Worlds End or New Beginnings // by Blue dragon 116 //------------------------------// Two days have past since I left Queen Chrysalis and her hive to try and learn more about this world and keep its inhabitant's ignorant to my existence. Not much has happened the occasional predator trying to establish dominance or looking for a quick meal were put in their place. As of late I have been hunting to no avail I guess a six and a half foot tall twenty-three foot long killing machine is kind of hard to miss. Its either that or my camouflage was off so with a thought my skin changed colors to better match my surroundings and the hunt was on. About midway through the day I had singled out a single doe and was slowly pushing her closer to the hole in the ground I called home. Until something spooked the both of us causing the doe to flea in panic and I to growl in frustration, which in hindsight wasn't such a good idea. As I turned my head to face the newcomer I nearly missed it seeing as it barely came level with my knees making roughly four feet tall. Its fur was a light yellow almost like butter with a light pink mane and blue eyes that radiated a timid, loving, motherly strength that put me at ease. It looked up at me its jaw dropping its head craning back and eyes going wide. For a long drawn out moment we simply stared at each other until I snorted in annoyance earning a startled "eep" from the little creature as it jumped in the air and it's wings fluttered in alarm. The sound of the eep marked the creature as female and the little wings as one of the pony races Chrysalis told me about. She hid behind her mane for a short while as I continued to stare at her my boredom clearly etched on my face. After a while when it was apparent I wasn't going to eat her the little pegasus came from behind her mane and approached me slowly looking me up and down as she did. 'What kind of animal are you" She said her voice soft and full of wonder. She slowly made her way from one side of me to the other looking me over. "Where do you live" she asked her voice oddly tinted with a smidge of concern. As a way of answering I went and curled up in the little hole I called home. Which was nothing more than a little dug out in the side of a small cliff I dug the day before. I had my back to the little pegasus trying to give her a hint to go away but she seemed to miss it completely. Since she slowly trotted forward and poked my shoulder saying. "Please come with me I'll take care of you this is no place to live by yourself." Their was genuine concern in the little pegasus voice but I didn't pay it much head it would be better for us both if she just left. But no she had to be caringly persistent and continue to bug me till I had enough. In a flash all my fifteen hundred pounds of killer instinct was out of the hole and pushing the little pegasus back to the edge of the small clearing that surrounded my home. Growling and feigning attack doing my best to scare the little pegasus off only to have her try and follow me when I turned my back. With a enraged roar I turned on the little pegusas swiping out at her with my claws just barely missing her and snapping my enormous jaws shut mear inches from her muzzle. For a split second it seemed my plan may have worked but then her entire demeanor changed. Gone was the timid and shy demeanor replaced by strong will and iron nerves, where once her eyes were soft they were now hard and glaring as if she could see my every sin. And the way she stared at me froze me in every sense of the word in place the only coherent thought I could muster was. Holly shit that is terrifying as she came closer I sunk low until my head and belly rested on the ground looking up at her utterly terrified. "That was completely un called for" she said her voice was still soft but it held such authority one couldn't help but obey "Now you be a good boy and fallow me and I'll take care of you.... if that's ok." As she spoke she returned to her timid nature, fearing to release the beast again I simply nodded and fallowed. We quickly left the forest to find a cute little cottage sitting all alone on a hill surrounded by pens and roaming woodland creatures. The closer we got to the little house the more all the animals panicked or just outright ran away. All save one, their was a rather large brown bear lying in front of the door eyeing the Pegasus with interest. Though when his eyes fell on me they narrowed dangerously and all the fir on his body stood on end a deep growl echoed from his chest. Next he stood on his hind legs towering almost three feet over me and made as if he was going to attack only to stop when he caught sight of the little pegasus again. I craned my neck forward over her body so I could look down on her face from above and almost jumped back in fear. Their was that damned stare again and judging by the bear I wasn't the only one afraid of it. The bear quickly cowered off to the side of the door. Letting us pass earning a pat on the head from the pegasus and a solid smack across the face with my tail as I passed by. I didn't get to see its reaction since the little pegasus pulled me inside and then closed the door and turned to face me looking around her house. She continued forward deep in thought and that's when I noticed she had what looked like a tattoo of butterfly's on her flank. Huh must be that cutie mark thing Chrysalis told me about. I thought to myself completely missing the fact she was trying to get my attention until she turned and fully faced me and said. "Is their something wrong little guy?" She actually sounded concerned and tried to rest her hoof against my forehead. As if she was checking me for a fever but it was way out of her reach plus. Who the hell does she think she is calling a Utah raptor little guy of all things. I snorted in annoyance again causing her to jump and eep allowing me better access to her house. As I walked on the hardwood floor the claws on my feet clacked and scraped leaving gauge's and scratches where ever I went. The little pegasus quickly recovered and began to trot alongside me until we came to a door and I reached out to open it only to have her stop me and say. "no no lets get you some rest first and have Twilight look at you then you can go outside with all the other critters ok?" Her voice was so soft and pleading and her eyes so large and innocent. It was hard to imagine this cute little thing nearly scared the shit out of me not even a hour ago. With that said she turned and led me to another door this one she let me open to reveal a spacious room and a large bed with a few rugs here and their. I walked inside at the pegasus insistence and looked around it was actually quite nice real homey. "Now you can rest here" she said as she started to close the door. "Im going to get my friend Twilight she would love to see you ill be right back ok?" I nodded in acknowledgment to show I understood and she closed the door leaving me to my own devices. I decided to take a nap to pass the time and sleeping on the bed was out of the question. Sleeping their in this form would ruin it and it would probably scare the little pegasus out of her mind. If she opened the door and found something else in this room besides what she let in. So with a sigh I curled up on a rug on the corner my back in the sunlight of a nearby window and I drifted off to sleep but it was short lived. I was awoken by the tail tail clop of hooves on wood and two voices outside the door getting closer. "Ohh wow Fluttershy a whole new species of animal I cant wait to see what it looks like." One voice said probably belonging to that Twilight character the pegasus was talking about. "Oh yes he is quite something" came the quite reply "He is like nothing I have ever seen so I thought you should get to see him first after all you are the smartest unicorn I know Twilight." My eyes snapped open and I stared at the door in apprehension as three things went through my mind. 1 Chrysalis told me unicorns can use magic 2 use of magic means magic or aura sensitivity. And finally 3 im fucked. The pegasus was the first to open the door followed shortly after by the unicorn. Whose eyes grew wide and then narrowed dangerously when she saw me and she quickly put herself between me and the pegasus her glowing a purple color to match her coat. "Twilight... what are you doing?" Fluttershy said looking back and forth between her friend and I with concern. "Fluttershy" the unicorn said glaring at me hard as if she was trying to kill me with just her stare. "This thing is evil its a miracle it hasn't tried to harm you or anypony else for that matter." The pegasus gasped in shock and looked at me with fear filled eyes. And then I did something that common sense was screaming not to do. "Would you believe me if I said im not as bad as you think?" I asked trying to hold my hands up defensively. sadly this only earned a squeal from the pegasus and. Then the unicorn shot some sort of magic at me with missed and I bolted out the closest window running blindly realizing too late I was heading into a town. A town that had all sorts of ponies in it pegasus, unicorn and then earth ponies as Chrysalis called them but none of that mattered all I knew for sure was I was screwed.