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// Lazarus 
// Story: Snapshots in Time 
// by AtlasAbove 
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	Aw crap. Sometimes I wonder how I manage to get into trouble like this. Sure, the Everfree forest is known to be dangerous, but it's mid-day. All the monsters are supposed to be sulking in caves and not bothering travelers like me. I'm sure a lean dark grey pegasus wasn't much of a meal to the apex predators who called the Everfree their home. Even with this busted wing, I had a good head start. I really hope ursa's aren't that fast. A stallion my age shouldn't have to deal with this. Hellfire, I'm almost as old as Celestia, and yet here I am running around a forest like an idiot with a hungry ursa minor who seems to have a hankering for a fire roasted pony flank dinner. It was pretty impressive though, I haven't run this fast in a few years at least. Dodging roots, rocks, random drops, and the occasional critter. Being a pegasus and all, I don't really spend all that much time on the ground.

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Lady Luck decided to abandon me, and my forehooves were snared on a particularly devilish root. Landing flat on my muzzle, I slid a few yards before smashing into a surprisingly soft ball of "Thank goodness I didn't hit a tree". The ball of fur yelped as we tumbled together. I may not have hit a tree, but I managed to find the only hill in the Everfree and rolled head first down it with my unwilling passenger. Ground, sky, ground again; we bounced a few times, jostled by the ever-loving gravity smashing us into the ground. As we came to a rest, I resigned myself to whatever was about to happen. With my luck, I had probably just smashed into a popping cat or a mossy timberwolf. 

I cracked open my eyes, glancing about for impending doom. My end sat on the other side of a small clearly, groaning as she sat up with a few small "Ow..."s. Feeling my eyes upon her, the yellow mare yelped again and darted into the bushes. Quite the shy one I suppose. I started to roll over to stand up, but a sudden shade made me pause. Looking back up to the sky or rather lack of sky, I saw a rather large foot speeding towards me.

It seemed the ursa was back and I was about to be hoof-jam.

"Fantastic." I muttered.


Squish.