//------------------------------// // So close [Mini-chapter] // Story: Shot down // by zAnk //------------------------------// January 5th, 2018 - 5:19 PM "Are we done yet?" David asked with an impatient tone "For the eleventh time... no." Rarity spoke as she continued to measure him David let out a long sigh, but continued to stand in place as a statue as Rarity continued to measure him, after a few minutes he asked again. "...We done yet?" David asked again "Yes, we are. You're free to go David." Rarity said with a sigh "Thank you for this Rarity, I'm going to get dinner and probably head back to Twilight's." "Alrighty David, ta-ta." David walked out the front of the Carousel Boutique, taking in the fresh air after the long three hours of nothing but gaseous perfume. After taking several deep breathes, David began walking while looking for somewhere to dine out. Fortunately, he found a restaurant on the edge of town that serves Griffins, meaning that there will be meat inside. "Griffons Goblet, interesting name..." David said as he walked in David had found out from his chat with Twilight earlier that Griffons aren't always the nicest creatures, but fortunately for him, the owner of the restaurant was one of the few friendly Griffons that has no issue serving a creature he's never seen before. After ordering and consuming a steak, David continued through town, the sun was going down, it was at the midpoint where half the sun is peaking over the horizon and the sky is growing an orange tint. Though, this is when David spotted his stalker again. "Okay I've had enough of this, time to find out who this is." David said with irritation as he spotted an alleyway "Ya, this should work just fine..." David walked into the alleyway and took cover behind a few small trash cans, concealing him enough right beside a corner. *clop* *clop* *clop* 'Perfect, whoever this is landed to follow me...' David thought in his head while hiding behind three trash cans As his stalker approached the corner he was hiding in, he got into a stance to pounce so he could catch them. As soon as he saw them come around the corner, he took the leap in an attempt to catch them. [Music]Right click open new tab As David lunged forward, his stalker spotted him and sped off forward leaving David in the dust. It was too dark in the alleyway for him to make out who this person is, all he could tell was that it was a female Pegasus from the shape of the body. David got back onto his feet as fast as he could and took off after his stalker. The Pegasus took a right out of the alleyway with David hot on pursuit, as David rounded the corner he spotted the Pegasus leaping off of the ground spreading her wings, he grabbed an apple that was on the ground that fell off a counter from one of the merchants and tossed it at the Pegasus' wings. The apple sped through the air and smacked the Pegasus in her wing ruining her flight before she could get far causing her to smash into the ground, thankfully on some grass. David ran as fast as his two legs could go but he was too slow, the Pegasus recovered quickly shaking her self off and taking another leap into the air spreading her wings once more. Although luck was on David's side, he took another leap managing to grab her rear right hoof before she could get far, this took the Pegasus by surprise causing her to fail a recovery. Both of them smacked into the ground with a loud *THUD*. Both managing to recover, David still had his hand gripping her leg, but she took her left hoof and bucked David's face, primarily his nose. The hit David took caused him to lose his grip on the Pegasus which she wasted no time getting up and running again, while dizzy and in pain, David stood to the best of his ability and took after her again. His vision was slightly blurred from the blow but he kept going, he spotted the Pegasus taking off again. David was too far behind to catch her this time, so he slowed his sprint to a walk, then stopped and stood in place. As the Pegasus sped off in the distance, David suddenly felt something warm just under his nose, as well as the metallic taste of blood. 'Shit, she got me good. I must admit, she's fast, but why is she following me?' David began to wonder as he began walking towards Twilight's house while covering his nose, but he also noticed that no one was around, and that worried him a bit. "Where is everyone?" David questioned quietly to himself David quickly arrived at Twilight's library, still being cautious thanks to the sudden form of a ghost town around him. David twisted the handle to the library and walked in, only to find it to be completely dark inside. 'What the fu-' David's inappropriate thought was interrupted by the sudden sound around him "SURPRISE!"