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Poke
"Noooo mommy I don't want to wear the pretty pink bow"
Poke
Poke
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Poke
"......... five more minutes mom........... Mr pancake is getting away............."
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Poke............ Poke......... Poke........ Poke
"uuuggghhhh.............." Poke........
"Go..... away......." Mumbled Alex silently
Poke......
" OKAY THATS IT! I SWEAR TO ALL THAT IS HOLLY, WHO EVER IS POKING ME, IS GOING TO HAVE A SLOW AND PAINFUL DEATH!!!!"
Poke...........
"GET LOST! CAN'T YOU SEE I'M TRYING TO .............................. Errrrr Hi" Alex Said sheepishly while wiping away the sleep in his eyes. To the side of him, was the colt he saved yesterday. The said colt was staring up at him in wonder and fear.
"AHHHH IT CAN TALK!!" It shouted in panic, its legs frayling about. In shock it jumped up slightly and landed on its back. It scurried to the nearest tree and hid behind it. Putting its fore hooves on the tree and tilting its head to one side, so it could see Alex. It waited for the creature to make its move.
"Errrr......... You do know its supposed to be the over way right?" Alex said still looking at the Colt.
The colt slowly moved it body, so its rear was behind the tree and just its head was poking out.
".......... Well, that is much better...... But I can still see you" Alex said. "Oh........ my......... God is that cute. He reminds me of a lot like Chopper, or at least what I've seen. All he needs now is a backpack, a blue hat, and for him to have eaten the human human fruit, and for him to be a doctor. And he'll be all set. " Thought Alex. It was only then did he notice the expression of the colt, fear. "Well....... Better calm him down, before he has a heart attack or something. I'm still surprised I'm not, to be honest"
"It's okay, I'm not gunna hurt you little one" Alex didn't move a muscles, so him wouldn't frighten it more.
"A likely story! Your just saying that so you can eat me!" The colt replied.
Alex silently sighed "Trust me I'm not going to hurt you. Besides, I don't think you would taste all that good. What with being so small...."
"SHUT UP!! I BET I TASTE BETTER THAN YOU!"
"Oh, so you want me to eat you now? Jeez make your mind up will ya." Alex shrugged, whilst looking down at the floor. It didn't have the effect he wanted, as the colt already turned to run away. "Okay okay, I'm not going to eat you. So.......... Whats your name? Can't just call you colt or horse-pony thing or something."
The colt smiled a little, but it disappeared after only 3 seconds. "It-it- it's Ra-rapid Sha-Shadow"
"Ra-Rapid Sha-Shadow? Thats a strange name....." The colt snickered a little.
"No!! Its Rapid Shadow!"
"Well, nice to meet ya, Rapid Shadow. I'm Dracule Mihawk, But Mihawk is just fine. Although Rapid Shadow is kind of a funny name" Alex said smiling at the now named Rapid Shadow.
"HEY!!! LIKE DRA.... DRA.... OHHH WHAT EVER YOU SAID, MIHAWK IS ANY BETTER!"
"That may be true, but your name is still funny" Alex said laughing a little at the colts actions. It was now he saw that Rapid had moved slightly away from the tree. To which Alex noticed with one eye slightly open, while he laughed "Good I'm getting through to him, that I don't mean any harm. Just needs a little more convincing"
"So why where you alone in the woods Rapid?" Asked Alex
Rapid flinched a little."I don't know, I was lost and looking for something I could remember. But then that Kludde came after me.......... I was so scared, I thought I was going to die........And...........And.......... But I can't remember what happened after that, can you tell me what happened?" Tears where threatening to come out of Rapid's eyes at that point.
"So thats what it was called, Huh, strange name, but like that matters. But do I tell him? Or don't I? Would it really help him? If I tell him I saved him, before the Kludde could get to him. What if that only manages to scare him more? That it only took me one hit to defeat it............... What even happened to the Kludde? Meh, he probably just ran off, ungrateful jerk" Is what is going through Alex's mind. "Hmmmmm..... No sorry kid, but I found you alone. You was on the floor, with some cuts and bruises. So I fixed you up the best I could. And thats it before you wake up again. So anyway where are your parents? They must be worried sick."
Rapid lowered his down to the floor in sadness. "I don't know my parents. My Dad left years ago, and my Mom had to leave when I was born. I've been living with my Uncle and Auntie since then. A small scowl made its way onto Rapid's face ".......... They don't want me there anyway, so whats it matter?" Rapid said under his breath
And just like that, any good mood Alex had, vanished. "Wow, poor kid. I don't know If I could deal with what he's ben through. And why wouldn't his Uncle and Auntie want him there?" Alex then noticed Rapid was uncomfortable and is currently fidgeting. "Come on Alex say something...... Anything!"
"So......... It's a nice day today isn't it?"
"Wow, I'm not even going to react to that lame....... What ever you want to call that. Just, wow. Way to go, smooth talker" Alex scolded himself
"Y-Yeah" Rapid said sniffling a bit
"Right, heres the plan. We get all we need for a possibly a long trip, and we get you home. Don't want your Uncle andAuntie worrying about you, now do we?" Alex said standing up. Rapid didn't reply, just looking away from Alex.
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Within one of the most famous Forrest on the entire planet, also one of the most creepy and scary I may add, stands a statue of a nightmarish villain. The said villain is a tall pony with a set of wings and a horn. However this pony is taller than Luna, but not quite as tall as Celestia. But what set this pony apart from those two, is not only the armour, but the body it self. It just reeks of evil and so on. The eyes are like snake eyes or cat if you prefer. The teeth are much sharper looking also, so much so, someone would think the being would be a carnivore. And set in front of that said statue is a small pile of candy.
Where did the candy come from you ask, well there is a group of small fillies Colts & baby dragon, and a few adults there also. Putting their candy they got from a certain holiday, because they think its the last of the said holiday.
"Goodbye, Nightmare Night. Forever." Said the smallest colt there. He is a white pony with brown patches. And is currently wearing a pirate costume, with the eye patch and everything. He lowered his head and started to walk away. Suddenly the wind picked up, taking a few leaves with it
Then came a booming voice from directly above the colt. "Citizens of Ponyville! You were wise to bring this candy to me. I am pleased with your offering. So pleased that I may just eat it... instead of eating you!" All of the beings present, looked for the source of the voice, as the wind picked up a little more. The hat that Applejack was wearing blew of her head, and headed towards the statue. But it was now the ponies notices something about the statue. It wasn't a statue anymore. The now real live pony said looking down at the frightened children, with a menacing look.
Looking up in fear, he noticed the statue wasn't made of stone and etc, but was the real live deal. All the colts and fillies, running away from the frightening pony.
The said being on the pedestal glowed a bright white light, and started to shrink. It eventually turned into Luna, and she spat out a fake pair of teeth. "I am not certain that did what you meant for it to do, Twilight Sparkle." Luna said with sadness
"Just wait."
"For what? For... for them to scream some more?"
"Um... Princess Luna. I know there's not gonna be any more Nightmare Night, but do you suppose maybe you could come back next year and scare us again anyway?" Asked Pipsqueak, looking up at the night princess with hope in his eyes.
"Child. Art thou saying that thou... likest me to scare you?" Luna was confused as to why, being scared is a good thing.
"It's really fun! Scary, but fun!" Pipsqueak said without hesitation, and a slight nod.
"It... is?" Luna asked shocked.
"Yeah! Nightmare Night is my favorite night of the year." Exclaimed Pipsqueak
"Well then. We shall have to bring Nightmare Night back!" Luna beamed. The volume of her voice forcing back the colt a few inches.
"Whoa! You're my favorite princess ever!" He galloped to her and hugged her leg. He then proceeded to go to his friends, in the distance "She said yes, guys!"
"YAY!" Came the cheers of Pipsqueak's friends
"See? They really do like you, princess."
"Can it be true? Oh, most wonderful of ...... I mean... Oh, most wonderful of nights."
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A few Hours Later...............
"Are. We. There. Yet?!" Asked are seriously bored Rapid.
"For the, ohhh I don't know, 537th time..... NO!!!!!" Sceamed Alex in annoyance "Damn Kids, and their damn impatience, and their damn............. Okay Alex, calm down. There are better ways to deal with the situation, than taking it out on a kid. Even if that said kid, is the offspring of the devil from hell, sent to earth to take over the world............ With things like *Are we there yet? I need to pee! Can we get something to eat? Waa Waa Waa, cry cry sniffle*"
"Y-you d-didn't n-need t-to y-yell" Came from Rapid, sniffling a bit, whilst wiping a tear from his eye
Alex sighed "Ok, I'm sorry, I'm just a little frustrated, can you forgive me?"
"Yeah, okay" Rapid said a split second later. "Erm, Mr Mihawk Sir, I need to use the bathroom"
Alex's eye twitched "Okay Alex, calm down, before you murder the kid....... Deep, calm breathes......... In......... And Out........ In.......... And Ou....."
"Hey look! A cute little cat, can we keep it?" Asked Rapid. And indeed there was, and it was a simple and common looking white cat, with a collar around its neck.
"NOO WE CAN'T BLOODY WELL KEEP IT!!!!" In his rage Alex kicked the cat to which it made a startled cry. As it went flying past the trees, and landed in a pile of leaves. Lucky for Alex it was pretty much okay, somehow, and ran away quickly, a few seconds later. There was steam coming out of Alex ears, mouth, because of his anger and frustration. But it suddenly stopped, as he realised something. "Wait........ Why is there a house cat in the middle of a forest? .......... Unless............" Alex picked up Rapid, and ran as fast as he could, in the way the cat took off.
Not 5 minutes later, did the sight of a town come into view. "OH THANK YOU MERCIFUL GOD! THANK YOU! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!" Alex screamed mentally. Alex ran to the town just like he won the lottery. Stopping just outside it, stopping just behind a wall, he looked for the inhabitants. The town itself was medieval looking, but surprisingly very clean. Most of the houses looked the same, but with a few changes here and there, such as colour.
What he saw, threw he off a bit, he was expecting just ponies. But he did see other creatures as well. "Is that......... a Griffin? And that must be...... What are they called again Mintour? No, Minatore? No..... Errrr Minotaur?....... Yes, that seems right, I'll just go with that. Okay, now who to give this kid too......." Alex's thoughts were stopped but a sudden shadow looming over him. Looking behind him, he saw a very tall, and very strong looking Minotaur. "Errrrr Hi" he said with a small wave. Alex suddenly felt an alarm kind of feeling go of in his head, and his body on its own accord jumping away from the Minotaur. Only a split second later, a huge axe come crashing down, where he was a split second ago. There was a small crater created from the impact.
"WHAT THE FUCK, IS HE TRYING TO KILL US?!" Alex screamed in his head. Only then did he notice the Axe was shooting straight towards him again. Time seemed to slow down for Alex. It is said before someone dies, a number of things can happen. The most famous one being; there is a flash, and they live their lives over again, but in a split second to the world. But a less well known one is; time slowing down, to it's virtually at a stand still. Alex knew he didn't have enough time to pull out Yoru or to dodge. So that left him only 1 option.
Alex only just managed to pull it off, the small knife stopping the axe. But the momentum and the crash of the axe sent Alex and Rapid a good 10 yards back. "Phew!!...... That was close. Lucky I remembered that Mihawk carried a small cross knife thing, otherwise I'll be half the man I am" Not to mention Rapid as well."
"Hand over the Colt monster! I don't know how you stopped my axe with that small knife. But you won't last another swing with that butter knife of yours!" And with that, he swung his huge axe at Alex.
Now that Alex was prepared and ready, there was no chance in hell, he would lose to this guy. Block and block Alex was starting to get bored, while the Minotaur was getting more and more angry. "Left........ upper cut....... down thrust....... left......... right........ faint left then down thrust..... wait why am I even doing this. My priority should be Rapid, not my enjoyment" Alex thought to himself. When the Minotaur swung his axe next, Alex seemed to disappear, or at least for the Minotaur. All the Minotaur know a second later was pain in his neck then darkness. Alex managed to knock him out in one hit. "Wha........... Wow that was easy, if this guy is anything to go by, I have nothing to worry about. Strength wise."
"HEY! MONSTER!" shouted a male voice behind him. Alex naturally turned around, to see the source, but was met with a mob of at least 50 strong. And you know what they say about instincts, they die hard. And no not the movie. Alex my have Mihawk's body, skills and as such. But he still has his own brain, soul and so on. This included his own instincts, and in this situation is was fight or flight as they say. And his mind subconsciously choose flight.
However Alex set off a little faster than he was expecting, and dropped his passenger as a result. Who fell to the floor like a tone of bricks, and hit his head on the floor. Fading into unconscious second later, the last thing he saw was the creature he knew as Mihawk, running away from the mob of ponies, griffins and minotaurs.
"Not good, not good, not good not good not good!" Alex said over and over again. Alex looked over his shoulder, to see no one was following him anymore. How long and fast did he run? "Meh, doesn't matter all that matters is that me and R..........." Alex's eyes bulged out comically as he patted his shoulder, in search of Rapid. Alex slowly turns his head to see where Rapid should be.................. nothing but air. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! RAAAAAPIIIIDDD ISSSSSSSSS GOOOOOOONNNNNE!!!!! Alex screamed. His shout was so loud, it scared the birds in the trees and they flew off in panic.
"O-okay Alex think this through. I managed to drop Rapid. What should I do? What should I do? What should I do?.............. I could go back and get him, but what about the mob? Should I do nothing? Should I leave him with them? Okay Alex deep breath........... In.......... And out............ In............. And out......... *sigh* Okay. If I go back and get him, I would be putting myself, Rapid and the mob of ponies, griffins and minotaurs in danger. So that's out, I can't do nothing, so that out as well. That leaves leaving him with them. But will they take good care of him? But then again, he's better with them, than me. Not like I've got a home or anything, or money for that matter........." Alex sighed. "They better take care of you Rapid, otherwise there will be hell to pay."
With that Alex chose a random direction and walked on.