//------------------------------// // "TINY CAN'T FLY!!!!" // Story: Equestria's Largest Tiger // by darkstone57 //------------------------------// It was a serene day in Ponyville. A part of the social norm in this part of Equestria. The birds chirping, the skies are clear and the sun shines down on the land. The ponies of the town are relishing in this peacefulness, going about their days whilst some are sharing friendly smiles with one another as they pass by, others are enjoying conversations with their friends. Practically all of the ponies, are having a good day. A yellow pegasus, with long pink mane and tail and trio of pink butterflies marked on her flanks by the name of Fluttershy is enjoying such serenity with her animals. Her graceful smile is sign of her enjoyment of the day and her enjoyment of feeding the robins in one of the nearby trees from her cottage. Placing the last of the feed in the robin's bowl, she was rewarded by their friendly chirping towards her kindness and she gave a warm smile in return. "Oh, it was my pleasure Mr and Mrs. Robin," Fluttershy spoke softly, "I hope you enjoy your feed. But not too much Mr. Robin, we don't want you to have another tummy ache now do we?" she asked him with motherly tone. Mr. Robin, looked to the side with a small blush. "I will check up later, just to see you're al right, ok?" Fluttershy spoke to all of her animals in such a motherly tone, for she loved them all equally, even when they are being naughty, and she wouldn't have it any other way. As she picked up the feed bag in her mouth and started to trot towards her cottage, but after a few steps she dropped the feed bag in shock response to her animals suddenly squawking and crying out loudly in fear. Fluttershy looked around frantically and saw her chickens shaking in their coop, the birds rustling inside their nests wildly and all her other animals trying to hide in their hoof made homes. "Oh dear, what has you all so frightened?" Fluttershy spoke out to all her animals, only to receive more cries of fear that couldn't here her worried call. "This isn't normal," she continued, looking in every direction the cries were coming from, "something is definitely wrong here..." she began to worry, bringing a hoof to her mouth, unsure of what to do. As the cries continued, she became more and more worried until she received a few taps on her back hoof. Turning immediately, she saw Angel the bunny of the household, pointing toward the sky above the Everfree forest. Fluttershy followed the direction he was pointing it and saw the most peculiar thing. A large orb of royal blue, with electric bolts sparking in multiple directions, the strange though was the bolts didn't stray far - they seemed to stop before going as far as a metre away from the orb. The static of the bolts could be heard all the way to where Fluttershy was. "What in Equestria is that?" Fluttershy spoke out loud in wonder and uncertainty. ----------------------------------------------- As the orb shrunk and disappeared from the sky, something else took it's place. A large orange figure standing in two metres tall appeared in the middle of the sky. It has large muscular arms, the size of stone pillars that went down to his feet. It's hands had five large sharp claws on them and had golden metallic wrist bands around its wrists'. It had a large broad chest and shoulders. Strangely, its chest towards it's waist became slimmer, but had a four pack on its yellow stomach. This creature certainly looked quite strong indeed. Its legs were humorously thin, like sheets of paper. It donned a green loincloth with black spots that went from its waist to its paper thin thighs, which was supported by a brown belt. Hanging out from the back of the loincloth was a thin orange tail, with a brown hairy tip on the end of it. It wore large red and white shoes that went up to its shins. It's head was quite large, the upper half was orange; the area above it's nose and eyes and pointy ears were. The lower half around its mouth and jaw was yellow. It had pointy black eyebrows, yellow eyes and black irises. The jaw of this creature is quite large and square, one could say its a jaw of a beast. As it looked around, it smiled lightly at the sights. It looked to the left at the land beyond the forest and smiled, then looked to the right and gave a happy chuckle at the sight of the town, showcasing its large, sharp teeth. It tried to take a step toward the town but as it tried to place the foot on the floor, it went forward and made it lean forward. As it looked down, it saw the forest below and its mouth turned into an circle and it spoke, "Oooh." It's voice was heavy and loud, similar to its appearance. The creature looked down for a few moments and put a claw from its left hand to its chin, pondering the situation. It took its other hand and swung beneath its feet, trying to feel the ground below it. It made a deep humming noise, continuously thinking about its situation. 'Tiny is in sky,' the creature thought, chuckling lightly. Tiny's brain was ticking, waiting for something to happen but when it rang Tiny's pupils shrank and his limbs stretched out every direction in shock as he screamed. Tiny looked upward and tried to use his large muscular arms, like makeshift wings, flapping rapidly and whimpering in fear. It was working. He was surprisingly hovering in the sky, despite his freakish and abnormal physique. Tiny cracked a smile and barked a proud laugh. "Tiny can fly!" he proclaimed to the world. If only he could keep it up. After a few moments, he quickly began to fall from the height and rapidly dropped down to the earth below screaming, "TINY CAN'T FLY!!!!" With a large crash, Tiny landed in a clearing of the forest flat on his front, his limbs stretched out in multiple directions and his face planted in the ground. The earth was cracked around his body, imprinting his figure into the earth. After a few moments, he turned himself over with a long, painful groan. His visions dazed as he looked at the sky, he could vaguely see three robins circling in front of his line of sight, tweeting happily as they went round and round. Tiny chuckled lightly. "Tiny like pretty birdies... Tweet... tweet.... tweet..." he spoke clumsily as he laid his head on his side and drifted into unconsciousness. From the entrance of the clearing, Fluttershy saw the large creature slip into dream land. She cautiously approached it from the right and saw it breathing. This made her breath a sigh of relief, but as she looked at it's figure, she could only wonder; 'What in Equestria are you?' To Be Continued....