I hope you all can forgive me for the delay :( I have been really busy with school lately, so many projects n' stuff.Regardless, I hope you all enjoy!
Chapter 17: The fire within
I slowly began to wake up slowly and when my eyes adjusted I took a look around. I was on the ground and all around me stood tall trees. I slowly got to my feet and looked around. I noticed a pink blob on the ground. I went over to her and rolled her over and looked at her. It was Pinkie, and she was unconscious. I picked her up in my arms and looked around again. I began to walk forward slowly. After a long time of walking I reached an openish spot and put her down. I took off my jacket and lay her on it. I left for a moment and gathered rocks and some wood and twigs. I came back and formed a small circle with the rocks. I placed the wood and twigs in it and began hitting two rocks together. Finally I created a spark and ignited a deaf leaf. I sat down and tended the fire until it was fine. I went up to Pinkie and pulled her closer to the fire. She was cold. very cold. But still breathing. I sat there holding her trying to warm her up. Until I dozed off to sleep.
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I woke up in the middle of the night to a sound. I looked up and saw the fire was still burning, but had died down a lot. Pinkie on my lap feeling a lot warmer. I looked around and noticed 5 pairs of yellow eyes looking at me. I slowly put down Pinkie and stood up. I grabbed a large stick from the fire that had coals on the end and gripped it firmly in my hands. Then they emerged from the bush. Five timber wolves looking at their prey. They inched closer and closer. Finally one dove towards me, I swung with all of my might.
THUNK
The stick made contact with it's head and lit his face on fire. A moment later the wolf fell to the ground dead. By the time I looked back up I already saw the next wolf nearly on me. I tried to dodge it but it grabbed the stick with its mouth and tore it out of my hands. It threw it away, it got up and looked at me. One behind me pounced and pinned me to the ground. It looked at me with It's yellow eyes and was about to bite down when they stopped. It got off me and ran into the woods.
'Wait... what?'
Then I heard it. I slowly turned around and became face to face with a manticore. As it roared and sent its claw swinging I dove out of the way. I looked back up at it as it stared me down. I looked to Pinkie and then back at the beast.
'I can't let this thing take her.'
As it charged at me I did the only sane thing left. I charged back. When it was about to strike me down with its stinger I dodged to the right and grabbed it. The manticore flung it back up and I landed on its back. I looked up at the stinger and grabbed it. I felt rage fill me and everything went red. I ripped the tip of it's tail off and jumped off the beast. It stood there for a moment before coming out of its daze and running at me. I took the piece of tail in my hand and began to line up a shot. While my hand drew back multiple thoughts ran through my mind. All bad. I screamed and sent the claw flying. It made impact with the beasts face. Within a moment of it hitting, I ran to it and pulled it out and put one hand on its head. I began stabbing the manticore thrust after thrust. When the red in my vision dissipated I noticed what had happened... I had single handedly killed a manticore... not noticing the glow emitting from my hands, I immediately ran back to the fire to see Pinkie still asleep. I had a feeling nothing was coming back here for a while. I threw a few more logs on the fire and got back under Pinkie to keep her warm. I slowly began to lose sight of the world.
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I woke up again, this time in the day. I looked around and noticed everything looked the same. Even the dead manticore. I looked down at Pinkie and smiled. I picked her up carefully in my arms and began to walk. I walked for what felt like hours. Which it probably was. I don't know how I had the strength to carry Pinkie all the way through the forest. But I never seemed to run out. I just kept walking forward. Not stopping. I continued for hours. A slight pain in my left arm, but I just ignored it. I had to get Pinkie out of here. She had been asleep for two days. I had to do whatever it took to make sure she is OK. I stopped when I looked forward to see light. I went into a sprint and shot out of the forest. I looked around to see I was in a large grassy field with ponyville in the distance.
'How did we get all the way over here?'
I pushed the thought from my mind and ran. I only ran. I couldn't think of anything else. I ignored all the stares and I just kept going and going. I got to the hospital and kicked open the door. I shouted for a doctor and he came running and hesitated for a moment when he saw me and Pinkie. Then he took her in his magical grip. I followed along, but was stopped by another nurse.
"Not so fast, I think you need a look at too." She said looking at my tattered clothes.
"No I'm fi-" I was cut off when an intense pain filled my body starting from my left arm.
I looked over and noticed a huge gash with my skin changing color.
'The manticore must have hit me...'
Before I could think anymore another surge of pain flew through my body. I fell to the floor and began to pass out. The only things I could hear was beeping. Loud yelling. And the nurse asking for a De-fib unit. Before I completely blacked out.