Twilight yelped when she found herself hovering above a swamp, then she groaned when she landed with a splash. Twilight's ears perked when she heard the sound of loud splashes, the unicorn turned to spot a giant crab drawing closer. Twilight screamed and dashed onto the nearby shore, a loud crash behind the mare a mere second after her jump signaling how close she was to a quick smash.
“Giant... crabs? What next, a pair of heavily armed giants?” Twilight huffed, then looked to her side to spot a pair of cloaked men, their masked faces emitted an air of sadness. Suddenly a shuffling sound made Twilight turn, crouched nearby was another man. He was in rags, his bare feet were heavily scarred and his hands were bruised. But his most noticeable feature was the large bandage around his head, covering his eyes, nose, ears and hair but leaving the mouth.
“Who... goes there?” The old man asked, slithering closer with a hand feeling the air. Twilight slightly paled as she saw blood covering his fingers. “I know you aren't those Exiles, so who are you?” The man asked again.
“I-I'm Twilight Sparkle, I'm not from here.” Twilight said and the old man’s head snapped to her direction, his hand moving closer to her face. "P-p-please don't hurt me." Twilight begged quietly and the old man chuckled and removed his hand from her face.
"Why would I hurt a lost soul?" The man asked and sat down, Twilight flinched when he suddenly patted the ground. "Sit, please. I haven't talked to anybody for a long time, I'm sure you-" The old man suddenly snarled and shoved Twilight back, the unicorn yelped when the man suddenly slammed a large axe in front of her face.
"I mean no harm!" Twilight screamed but the man yelled and swung his axe again, Twilight noticed the two other men start walking towards her. The old man raised his axe and Twilight shot a bolt of purple magic at his exposed chest, the old man groaned and fell onto his back. The two Exiles charged at Twilight but she quickly shot a freeze spell and froze the pair mid swing.
"You... dare tread this forest?" The old man asked as he rolled over and grabbed wildly for his axe, when he found it he swung it around and slammed it into the ground. "I, the Old Watchdog, will defend this place." The old man suddenly coughed and crouched lower. "For it is all I know!" The Old Watchdog leapt forward and tackled Twilight, the unicorn smacked his face with her hooves and sent him stumbling back.
"I never wanted to hurt you! I wanna go home!" Twilight stated and the Watchdog burst into laughter.
"Then you should never of come to this place!" The old man sneered and swung his axe, but it bounced off a metal surface. A shield was in Twilight's face, along with a man in a suit of simple metal armor. The knight thrust his spear into the Old Watchdog and tore a bit of flesh when he pulled back. The knight then kicked the Old Watchdog back and smashed his shield against his face, the Old Watchdog fell onto his back and started to get up. But the knight quickly plunged his spear deep into the old man's face, blood spurted from the wound and the man slowly faded from existence.
"Run!" The knight suddenly said in a muffled but clearly female voice as a shadow suddenly appeared over Twilight. The unicorn jumped forwards and the giant club missed, the pair of Exiles locked onto the knight and charged. "RUN!" The woman yelled as she parried the large curved sword of one of the Exiles, Twilight quickly turned and sprinted into the large building that the Exiles were guarding. She passed a hole and skidded around the corner, peering over the edge she saw a large swamp. The unicorn slipped and fell down a flight of stairs, she grunted and got up. Suddenly a loud scream pierced the air, then a pair of heavy footsteps grew louder.
Twilight saw some rubble and old iron bars, she could fit! Twilight quickly leapt at the gap and started to squeeze through, she popped out the other side and looked back. Both Exiles were glaring at her from the other side of the bars, but footsteps made the unicorn turn away from the pair. Another knight was walking towards her, a pair of daggers in his hands. The man was dressed in clothes that looked suited for a dessert, but his face was extremely pale as if he had never been outside.
"You slippery little shit, you got away from the Exiles and the old man, but you won't escape me!" The man said in a maniac tone and jumped at Twilight, but she just grabbed him with magic and threw the strange man at the wall and galloped past. "Well fuck, she got away." The man said and watched the unicorn run, but she didn't get far when another Watchdog found her. The new one was shoved to the side when Twilight rushed past him, the man was in a sorcerer's robe.
"Hey! Go get 'em, Davy!" The sorcerer yelled as the mare past through a iron gate, suddenly a large blue crystal lizard appeared and snapped at Twilight. But the mare leapt over the massive beast and ran further down the long hall, the creature snarled but curled up. The sorcerer walked up to the lizard and kicked its head, then he found himself staring down its throat. Twilight burst into a large room and found a trio of men in heavy armor, they started to walk towards her when flames erupted under their feet. The men screamed as they flew into the air, but when they landed they saw more flames take the little unicorn away.
A tired knight stepped out of the swamp and looked up at the stone structure at he was looking for, then a pair of knights appeared and started to run at him. But as they neared, the knight saw more people run from the structure. A single thought went through his head, just before the large club smashed him into the ground: Fuck