My Little Pony Ice Age
Chapter 3: Attack of the Saber-Teeth
The purple Unicorn, Twilight Sparkle was taking a drink of water from an ice-cold stream. She sure was thirsty as she greedily gulped down the water. She was beginning to wonder if she would ever find her friends. Suddenly she heard the scream of Pinkie Pie and her head instantly rose out of the water and turned to the direction that she heard the scream. 'Pinkie!' she thought, 'She's in trouble!' Twilight instantly lost all doubt about her friends and began running towards the noise. A lightish grey, unusually thin, mangy looking cat with large saber teeth jumped out of bushes in front of her. She stopped in place and stared wide-eyed at the saber-toothed cat, the cat in return roared and pounced. Her horn glowed violet red and the cat was suddenly frozen in place in the air, surrounded by the same glow as Twilight's horn.
"Uh oh...Oh man, Soto is not gonna be happy." The cat chuckled weakly. He looked at her nervously as she glared at him. Twilight had the saber-tooth cat named Zeke completely under her control. Though Twilight had to be careful, if there was any slip up or lack of concentration Zeke would get free and probably get her before she could defend herself.
Zeke had been out scouting with Oscar, Lenny, and Diego, which were somewhere nearby. Zeke had noticed Twilight drinking and split from his pack members out of sheer desperation for food. Soto, their pack leader, had chosen for them to stay behind and hunt the humans for revenge for killing half of their pack, despite the pleas of the others, including Zeke, to follow the herd.
"So you ain't gonna kill me right?" Zeke asked, visibly nervous in being dominated by the pony. (Don't you f**king dare think what I think you're thinking - -)
"No, but I won't promise I won't hurt you," Zeke flinched at his, gritting his fangs, and clenching his eyes shut. "Unless you tell me if you've seen my friends." Twilight walked up to him. Normally, Twilight would not behave as rash and bold as she was but if her friends were in this hostile world with her, she had to find them as quickly as possible. She knew she'd have to do this by any means necessary. He gulped, he had no clue where the ponies friends were at. Then something flashed into his mind, 'Maybe that blue flying thing was one of her friends.'
"Was one of your friends blue? With a long, colorful, tail?" Twilight instantly smiled and hugged the Smilodon, thanking him for his help. His description matched her friend Rainbow Dash almost exactly, what were the chances of having a blue flying pony with a rainbow tail? Though she knew she couldn't trust the obvious carnivorous predator. Her horn glowed brighter as Zeke was suddenly lifted further into the air, and she threw him away from her. He landed in a lake nearby, and she ran off into the direction where she heard Pinkie scream.
In a cleared area, surrounded by trees, stood a Neanderthal camp. It had five huts made up of Mammoth skin and in it were the Neanderthals themselves. The apes wore grey skin as clothes to keep themselves warm. There were two campfires that barely flared. The chief, Runar, was grunting and talking to the other members. They had gotten fish from the river nearby, to them the winter seemed like it was going to be a bad one. He walked over to his mate, Nadia, who held their child in her arms.
She let the baby down and it tried to walk over to his father but he couldn't and almost fell before Runar caught him. The adult held him up and smiled at the giggling child. He rubbed his nose playfully and they both laughed. He tossed his son into the air and caught him, much to his son's delight. They cooed and played unaware that they were being watched.
"Look at the nice, cute, little baby Diego. Isn't it nice he'll be joining us for breakfast?" Soto glanced at his second in command.
"It wouldn't be breakfast without him." Diego the Sabre-tooth never took his eyes off the family below them. They watched them from a mountain that hid them from the human's sight.
"Especially since his daddy wiped out half our pack, and wears our skin to keep warm. An eye for an eye don't you think." Soto growled.
"We'll show that human what happens when they mess with sabres." Diego declared to Soto and turned to walk away. Soto started speaking which halted the cat.
"Alert the troops we attack at dawn and Diego, bring me that baby. Alive. If I'm going to enjoy me revenge, I want it to be fresh! Soto walked away from Diego muttering something about bringing the baby back alive. Unknown to the cats, they too were being watched. Behind a rock, completely hidden from view was a cyan, Pegasus, mare with a rainbow mane and tail, listening to the sabre's conversation with disgust on her face. 'Oh really huh?' she thought to herself before sneaking off as quietly as she could.
To be continued...