//------------------------------// // Manticore Attack // Story: Two Bros Take on Equestria // by G Writes //------------------------------// Chapter 3 "Ugh what um what happened?" Where I'm I?" As I got myself together I started becoming more aware of my surrounding and quickly realized that where I was, was impossible. I quickly got up and started looking around and saw a familiar figure in the distances face down in some bushes. I carefully started walking towards the figure and found out it was another person and that person was Tyler. "Oh my god Tyler!" I flipped Tyler over on his back so that could see if he was breathing or not. Thankfully he was cause I do not know any CPR. I started looking for water as a way to revive Tyler. Luckily I saw a small pond and decided to take Tyler there. However it took a while since I completely underestimated how heavy Tyler was. Who knew someone so skinny could weigh so much? Anyway as soon as I got Tyler in both of my arms I started running towards the pond as fast as possible while caring someone. When I got to the pond I had accidentally dropped Tyler a little too hard on the ground after doing so I frantically got handfuls of water and started throwing it all on Tyler's face while scaring a family ducks in the process. "Hey Tyler you alright man?" "Gabriel?" Tyler said weakly. "Yeah bro it's me come on get up I wanna show you something." I helped Tyler up and presented him the world around us. "Where are we?" He said sounding confused. "Ok this might sound crazy but I'm pretty sure were in Equestria." I said joyfully. "What your not making any sense." "Think about it bro or actually better yet look around you man. Cartoonish trees, clouds, flowers, even the animals all look like cartoons." "Well than how come we don't look like cartoons?" "Hey that's beyond me I just made a wish to take us here and -" "Wait hold up. What do you mean you made a wish?" Tyler ask curiously. "Oh well right after you left I saw a shooting star and wished for you and I to come here while our world be frozen in time." "WHAT? Are world is frozen!?!" Tyler ask worried. "In time." I said to try to reassure him. "What does that even mean?!?" "Well first off calm down everything and everyone is alright. You see I didn't want us to come here if time back on Earth was still happening because if we disappeared to Equestria then no one would know and our parents would be worried so you can say that part of my wish was to pause time on Earth and the other part was to come here so that way we could have fun here and no one would worry about us back home. I'm still surprised that it worked." "Well I guess that's a little revealing. You thought of everything though right?" "Of course bro." "Ok so how do we get back?" "Wait what?" "You know how do we get back home after all of this?" "Oh right, ok so maybe I didn't think of everything." I said embarrassed. "Gabriel!" Tyler said angrily. "Ok ok I'm sorry. Honestly I was so excited that I didn't really think of a way home." "So that's it were just gonna be stuck in this pony world for the rest of our lives?!? Tyler ask angrily. "I'll think of something I promise." "Why me?" Tyler ask suddenly. "What do you mean?" I ask nervously. "Why did you have to bring me into this? Why couldn't you have picked one of your brony friends?" "Because your my best friend!" I yelled in frustration. "I'm going." Tyler said while walking away. "Where you going bro?" "I'm gonna find a way home and don't all me bro as of right now were not friends." "Come on Tyler you can't mean that." "Your welcome to come with me but don't talk to me and I do mean it." "Come on Tyler you really wanna argue in a place were friendship is literal magic?" He didn't say anything to me after that. As we walked we came across a dark spooky look'in forest and instantly I knew what it was. "The Everfree Forest." I whispered to myself. "Um Tyler." "I told you not to talk to me." "Yeah but it's just that I don't think we should go in that forest." "Look Gabriel we've been walking for a full hour and I'm hot so I'm gonna get some shade." "Tyler no wait." I tried warning Tyler but he had already gone in the forest. I ran in after him making sure that he would be alright. It didn't take long to find him but when I did he was just standing in place not moving at all. When I went up to him and ask what was wrong all he did was point forward. My eyes followed the direction Tyler was pointing towards and I found out why Tyler wouldn't move. Over in some bushes were two wide open eyes staring back at us. "Tyler I know your scared but we have to back away slowly." I whispered to Tyler. He nodded in response. We both took two slow steps back and the creature let out a small growl we hesitated backing away anymore but we did so anyway and in doing so the creature leaped from the bushes and let out a mighty roar. "Run!" I told Tyler. As we were running for our lives I got an idea. "Wait Tyler I got an idea." "Quick what is it?" "Climb up one of these trees." We quickly climb one of the many trees as a way to hide from the beast. "So what exactly is that thing?" "That is a Manticore half lion, scorpion, and bat or dragon I can't remember. It's pretty cool you know when it's not hunting you down for food. Anyway as long as we stay up here and stay quite the Manticore will just pass right by us. Oh here it comes remember quite." As we saw the Manticore down below it was about to pass us but then instead of passing us it just stopped dead in it's tracks and started smelling the air then lifted it's head up to see me and Tyler. "ROAR!" The Manticore let out a powerful roar just like before and started using it's wings to fly at us. "Quick Tyler start throwing stuff at it!" We then proceed to throw anything that we could grab near by pine cones, nuts, etc. However our efforts weren't enough so I had to do the unthinkable. "Tyler I'm gonna jump on that Manticore's face." "Wait what that's crazy!" "Wish me luck." As I jumped down from the tree I could see the Manticore wasn't expecting that. It also wasn't expecting me to land on it's eye. Once I did me and the Manticore went falling to the ground. I was lucky though cause the Manticore soften my fall but then I was a little unlucky cause the Manticore wrapped it's tail around me, picked me up, and gave me the fall I deserved. "Ow ok that hurt not gonna lie about that." As I got back on my feet I could see the Manticore towering over me ready to finish me off. "You seemed easier to beat in the show." Before the Manticore made me his next lunch we heard a voice from above. "Hey ugly!" I looked up to see Tyler jump down from the tree and land right on the Manticore head. Once the Manticore realized what had happened it used it's tail to throw Tyler off of him and then pinned Tyler to a tree. After seeing this I charged at the Manticore which was a bad idea cause it just pinned me right next to Tyler with one lion paw on me and the other on Tyler. "Tyler I gotta say before we get eaten alive I am so sorry i got you involved in all of this!" "It's ok Gabe I forgive you this was actually getting pretty fun. I just wish there was someone to to save us now." "Stop!" Before the Manticore could finish us off a somewhat loud voice caught our's and the Manticore's attention and I couldn't believe who it was. "Fluttershy."